Heavy Hauler

[Steve Frazier]

I caught this D-8 on the move last week, thought I'd share it. Two new schools are being built on the same piece of property, they had a lot of earth moving equipment working there for quite a while. They're starting to finish things up now and are moving stuff out. I happened to catch this as I was exiting our Agway store.

[badranman]

I guess it isn't heavy enough to warrant putting the helper axle down on the tractor!

[Steve Frazier]

I think he'd have a problem if DOT were to stop him!

[2004F550]

Here in CT we need two escorts and the tracor needs to put the axle down but thats for our D8L.....not sure about NY

[Steve Frazier]

NY requires only one escort ahead of the load, he had a service truck ahead of him with a warning light flashing. We've got consecutive axle weight limits here that have to be met, that would dictate whether the third axle would have to be down. To be fair, he had just made a turn on to this road at an intersection behind the truck, he may have raised the axle to make the turn.

I do notice the dozer is loaded all the way to the rear, I don't know how much weight that would leave for the gooseneck. Look how little clearance there is between the trailer and the road!

[cat320]

I could see the thirf axel being up if he just made the turn.Talk about being close to the ground looks like maby5' tops.

[badranman]

I like the orange safety paint on the edges of the blade!

[2004F550]

Thats actually quite a bit of room...we usualy have less then that w/ r D8L under the deck...............the orange paint is good but flages are what the law usually states alleast in CT

[LaLaMan]

Econdyne 300 or 350 hp?
5 or 6 spd triplex?

[BKrois]

My friend has a 1978 R model with a 300 and a 6 spd lo hole and moves Cat 235's and John Deere 892s on a 50 ton trailer. Its a little slugglish at times, but it gets the job done. That Superliner could have a Cummins, Cat, Detriot or Mack motor in it.

[CascadeScaper]

I was talking to a guy that works for a heavy haul outfit up here in WA. He said he doesn't need his helper axle until 102,000, the truck is grossed at 82,000 w/o the helper and he said he can go right on up to 150,000 with a dolly setup. Truck was a Peterbuilt with a 550 Cat and a very nice looking Trailking gooseneck.

[triaxle]

D8-K weighs about 68k, without the ripper.

Position of dozer possibly reflects two things.
1. With the ripper, thats a long dozer, and the gooseneck and ripper tip are close. The blade is likely heavier than the ripper so it was loaded over the most axles.
2. Driver has better rearward vision with dozer blade as far back as possible.

This load is legal on 5 load axles and a steering axle in SE.
Regardz

[coffee521]

i think the engine part must be heavier than the other half.

[coffee521]

I caught this D-8 on the move last week, thought I'd share it. Two new schools are being built on the same piece of property, they had a lot of earth moving equipment working there for quite a while. They're starting to finish things up now and are moving stuff out. I happened to catch this as I was exiting our Agway store.

:notworthy
i am interested in this kind of hauler,say detachable gooseneck lowboy.hope you can bring us more pictures.

[JDOFMEMI]

i think the engine part must be heavier than the other half.

That is incorrect. I have many thousands of hours on D-8's just like that one, and the center of balance is very near to the point that the blade side arms meet the tractor, nearly under the operator seat.
The engine is heavy, but the trans, bevel gears, and final drives are te real heavy part

[637slayer]

thats a good looking setup, wouldnt want to travel a long ways, but it looks perfect for shorter hauls. good pics. do most people haul dozers facing backwards for safety? i used to work for a company and thats why we did it.

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thats a good looking setup, wouldnt want to travel a long ways, but it looks perfect for shorter hauls. good pics. do most people haul dozers facing backwards for safety? i used to work for a company and thats why we did it.

I guess they would do it so they can have the heavier blade, and other parts on the trailers axles and not the trucks, they may also do it for safety also.