Lehigh Valley Equipment Tour

[9420pullpan]

Myself and Hoeman600 went for a drive up in the Lehigh Valley and found some iron....

 

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[bigpeps]

Frst post, D8Ls ?

 

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:usa

 

[9420pullpan]

Frst post, D8Ls ?

thats correct

 

[JimBruce42]

Nice pics Pullpan,:notworthy

Seems that Macungie job is coming along nicely, get any of the new D8T up there? :usa

Brubacher has a job opposite 22 of the LVI airport too. 6 A40's and a 385, somewhere....:beatsme

 

[jimmyjack]

you guys need to ride by the airport there was a really big project going on off of rt22 , they have to be still doing it they had just start it in feb.

here a couple i got while i was working out there

 

[jimmyjack]

thats funny jimbruce thats the job i'm talking about, u must have made that post while i was loading the pics up

heres the last one i have i was trying the take a picture of the porta john but all the trucks were in the way:bouncegri

found one last one of the water truck

 

[JimBruce42]

thats funny jimbruce thats the job i'm talking about, u must have made that post while i was loading the pics up

heres the last one i have i was trying the take a picture of the porta john but all the trucks were in the way:bouncegri

found one last one of the water truck

HAHA yeah it is, I however wasn't so lucky to get a shot of the big boy... were they assembling or tearing down the 385 when you took that photo?

 

[jimmyjack]

they were putting it together that was in mid january

 

[AtlasRob]

Boom off

HAHA yeah it is, I however wasn't so lucky to get a shot of the big boy... were they assembling or tearing down the 385 when you took that photo?

they were putting it together that was in mid january

That is'nt standard practice to take the boom off to move a 385 is it. Did it have to come a very long way ? or were there other obstructions / weight limits to warrant it ?

Great pics :thumbsup

I am suprised how small that old D9 looks against the High Drive D8's, I would have guessed they were 9's also :beatsme

 

[JimBruce42]

That is'nt standard practice to take the boom off to move a 385 is it. Did it have to come a very long way ? or were there other obstructions / weight limits to warrant it ?

Rob,

Around here it is, different states have different weight and width and height restrictions. The company I work for used to own a 385bLME and every time it was moved, the counterweight, bucket, stick and boom were removed and the fuel tank had to be almost empty so it was legal on a 2x2x2 trailer. When Cat delivers them, sometimes the boom is left on and the track frames are removed.

And that is a big reason we don't own one anymore, production didn't outweigh cost of moving. Maybe some day we'll get one again:beatsme:notworthy

 

[stretch]

I'm drooling at those Euc's Morrissey has...how many do they have in service? Wow...

 

[dirt digger]

should have kept going towards state college...they are starting a huge pipeline from state college to harrisburg....apparently the pipe crew leased out the Fort Bellefonte campground and have over $4mill worth of equipment setting up there digging from SC to Harr.

 

[rino1494]

should have kept going towards state college...they are starting a huge pipeline from state college to harrisburg....apparently the pipe crew leased out the Fort Bellefonte campground and have over $4mill worth of equipment setting up there digging from SC to Harr.

Is Henkels & Destroy doing that ??

 

[AtlasRob]

size does matter

Rob,

Around here it is, different states have different weight and width and height restrictions. The company I work for used to own a 385bLME and every time it was moved, the counterweight, bucket, stick and boom were removed and the fuel tank had to be almost empty so it was legal on a 2x2x2 trailer. When Cat delivers them, sometimes the boom is left on and the track frames are removed.

And that is a big reason we don't own one anymore, production didn't outweigh cost of moving. Maybe some day we'll get one again:beatsme:notworthy

Wow! That has to be a very good reason for not owning one
As you say different states different rules :Banghead
In the UK I am sure it would class as an indivisibale load. The bucket would come off and probably the dipper, that would be for height rather than weight reasons.
I expect it would probably get belly loaded on a beam trailer for the same reasons. :thumbsup

 

[kamerad47]

Them old autocars that's when trucks were trucks!:usa

 

[stretch]

Them old autocars that's when trucks were trucks!:usa

:iagree Don't think they'll ever make them like that again, especially since Autocar's only interested in cabover garbage trucks these days!