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Overload of the Day
- Thread starter Birken Vogt
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
When I talked to the lead guy running the joy stick to turn this around at a T intersection,
each set of four tires on it's own axle because of width, not straight across because each
group is independent according to him.
each set of four tires on it's own axle because of width, not straight across because each
group is independent according to him.
Pops52
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Our 16 tire groups on our everyday lowbeds are the same. (4) 23K axles with a walking beam type suspension on each side. Murray uses a 3 point system with a ball/socket on the front and rear and a short walking beam in between, independent of the other side.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Yeah his basic line was because each are steerable considered independent of one another.
It was interesting watching him turn it around at T intersection between two buildings.
Done more than once obviously. Plus they were quite the working crew I watched as they unloaded
from rail car to open frame lowboy, over three days.
petepilot
Senior Member
what president?
OzDozer
Senior Member
You just gotta admire this guys steering style - but at least they could've given him a windshield!
donkey doctor
Senior Member
That looks like a good way to get injured. Even just a small pebble coming off the tires and hitting you in the face would do real damage; d.d.
Birken Vogt
Charter Member
I've seen that done before. IIRC it was a lady and she was wearing a full face motorcycle helmet and jacket.
Truck Shop
Senior Member
Don't remember the exact weight of this load, IIRC it was well over 400 ton. Coming down one
of three 7% plus grades to Lyons Ferry. I could smell some hot brakes at the rail crossing.
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of three 7% plus grades to Lyons Ferry. I could smell some hot brakes at the rail crossing.
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
Toss up that
piece Ralph and we got a full load. If I add another extension I can get another tier
on the whole truck plus stoop.
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piece Ralph and we got a full load. If I add another extension I can get another tieron the whole truck plus stoop.
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Truck Shop
Senior Member
Correction-well over 400,000 lbs.
I am really missing out I know now I have not been loading my truck like I should.
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Seeing that load of square bales reminds me of when i was young. I think our highest from field to yard was 13 tiers on an old home-made(not by us) stackmover. There was a bit of an art to placing the bales and a pattern for each tier to ‘tie’ the load together so it could flex without falling apart. Each tier also got progressively smaller than the one underneath it. It was hard enough work to do it once let alone having to redo part of it if it came apart
Truck Shop
Senior Member
crane operator
Senior Member
I don't think that's anywhere close to a overload. Looks like you could have had two more on there, each pair side by side.
DMiller
Senior Member
We had bridges along the MO River and still have a select few that were built in the 1920s, 8' lanes, NO edge on the lanes, semi's often busted each other's mirrors passing sides opposite directions. Are currently in that phase to bring them all down and replace. Even our old Interstate bridges were a hazard, built in the 1960s they had ten foot lanes, two way traffic then some Enganear comes up with redesign of Side Guard Rails in Concrete as a split Jersey Barrier and a Fifth lane as a second bridge is built to handle increased traffic flows for opposite direction, down to 9' travel lanes.
CM1995
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Saw this contraption Thursday.
Couldn't get a great pic as I was piloting the "Old Lady" aka L9000 back to port after dropping off the D3 on a job 10 miles away. In the turn lane waiting for the light and couldn't get a good angle but ya'll get the idea.
F150 loaded with crap pulling a camper over its ability. Looked alot worse in person.
Pic reminds me I need to get a new fish eye mirror for the drivers side.
Couldn't get a great pic as I was piloting the "Old Lady" aka L9000 back to port after dropping off the D3 on a job 10 miles away. In the turn lane waiting for the light and couldn't get a good angle but ya'll get the idea.
F150 loaded with crap pulling a camper over its ability. Looked alot worse in person.
Pic reminds me I need to get a new fish eye mirror for the drivers side.
92U 3406
Senior Member
Its an Ecoboost. Its fine.....
cfherrman
Senior Member
My mom has a 8,000# bumper pull camper, she toasted her trans on a Chevy(was leaking). She decided to get a new pickup and was told to get a 3/4 ton.
I asked her how much she was going to drive the camper, which was not very much. So I told her which do you want, drive the camper 45-55 mph on a 1/2 ton several times a year or drive a 3/4 ton empty all year.
She got a 2013 f150, and moves the camper just fine, all though the camper does push that truck around.
I asked her how much she was going to drive the camper, which was not very much. So I told her which do you want, drive the camper 45-55 mph on a 1/2 ton several times a year or drive a 3/4 ton empty all year.
She got a 2013 f150, and moves the camper just fine, all though the camper does push that truck around.