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Overload of the Day

DMiller

DMiller

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WS Dealer brought out a wagon for the boss to look at, useless to his operation, 40 tonner commercial zone machine. Side steel of bed stood a good 4-6" taller than the dumper I drive, then had Two 2x10s above that, in no way anything less than a Quarry loader could cross that height. 4900 series WS, two drop axles on Super Single tire and no kingpins/non steerable tire scrubbers.
 
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suladas

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DMiller said:
WS Dealer brought out a wagon for the boss to look at, useless to his operation, 40 tonner commercial zone machine. Side steel of bed stood a good 4-6" taller than the dumper I drive, then had Two 2x10s above that, in no way anything less than a Quarry loader could cross that height. 4900 series WS, two drop axles on Super Single tire and no kingpins/non steerable tire scrubbers.
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It baffles me who specs out some of these trucks. My brother bought a new WS tandem 2 years ago off lot, light spec 350hp Cummins spring suspension, super tall box sides, and to make it worse 24.5 rubber. It's easily 12"-16" higher sides then most other trucks with air bags. Absolute nightmare to load with smaller equipment. Spring suspension I get some people prefer, but 24.5 rubber makes absolutely no sense and you should be going with a wide box, not a narrow one to keep the height lower on a lighter truck.
 
DMiller

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Hard enough to load the box on the unit I drive with a 963 Cat or a 310 Deere, will be at full legal load and only see a small speck above side boards while in loaders seat. 963 would not get high enough to clear the pig they brought down, loading ramp was suggested but that only works for large sites and jobs.
 
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hosspuller

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Willie B said:
God, I wish I could have seen this happening. A few well placed rounds would prevent countless future thefts.

Thieves should die. The other option is Arab law; You steal, we cut off your hand. You steal twice, we cut off your other hand.
After that you won't steal.
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It's the fault of insurance.. Stealing today is taking from the faceless corp giant. Stealing used to be taking the life work from someone. A person that spent a part of his/her life building. A eye for an eye, a life for a life, etc

Texas has it right, you can defend property with deadly force. No Antifa riots in TX.
https://www.dougmurphylaw.com/defense-of-property
 
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