Nige
Senior Member
A brand-new machine being delivered to the customer.That bucket still had paint inside.
A brand-new machine being delivered to the customer.That bucket still had paint inside.
Let me see if I can find a sequence of photos of us loading one. The loading process took about 4 hours to the point of having everything aboard, chained up, and ready to roll. I may be able to answer your other questions at that time. The bogies both front and rear of the lowboy deck were steerable. The trailer was 300-ton capacity, the loader weighed about 230 tons.Nige, what is axle width on the main carrier and how long did it take to load that machine?
How far were they moving that? I always drove our 994 from pit to pit although it probably was never more than 3 or 4 miles.Up in the Andes with a 994.
Note: There is another tractor hung on to the front of the one in the photo. You can just see the towbar.
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So, that's the tri-drive that was always shelling out inter-axle driveshafts? At least it had a decent sized knuckleboom on it.
How far were they moving that? I always drove our 994 from pit to pit although it probably was never more than 3 or 4 miles.
Here is a a pic. of our old 35 ton hyster folding goose neck trailer this thing really worked great we added ramps for rear loading the dozer and track hoe and to make things faster you could even use an over head crane
The son of a friend of mine that has small excavation business just bought this home built, two were made in the late 70's. And another friend owns it's brother. It was bought at a pretty low price,
the dad runs/owns a machine/fabrication business and they plan to up grade the detachable neck for easier hook/unhook. When the two were built locally it was not spared any steel the main
I beams are 24", axles are on General walking beam with solid spindles. This one moved a D9H most of it's life and still has a nice positive arch. Steve who owns the brother to this one has had
80 ton on his.----------Plus he also bought a 79 W900 with a BCII and 5X4 for a tractor to pull it.
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