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[928G Boy]

In parts of the USA you have to register equipment to travel on the road, correct? That is so weird to me, seems we do things very differently here. I've seen pictures of loaders, graders and rubber tired hoes with license plates, how common is that in the states or is it more common in Europe?

The only loader I have ever had to drive behind with a pickup was a 988F when I worked for Peter Kiewit. Other than that, I've driven up to 966H on the highway before with no escort or pilot or whatever, but it's very common to see 980s on the road with no truck, just today I saw a 970F (probably returning from snow removal) on my daily commute with no pilot vehicle. I honestly do not see the need for one as long as the operator is experienced and the machine is smaller than a 988, but I'm not against their use. Always pays to cover your rear end!

 

[bonanno23]

i dont think an escort is required. ive run our 980 over the rd by myself plenty of times.

and yes, we have plates on all our loaders, rubber tire excavators, backhoes and graders

 

[surfer-joe]

In 1986/87 we roaded Cat 992C's up and down I-70 in New Jersey. Took the buckets off is all. These were rented machines from a sand and gravel outfit about forty miles away. We used them at Stewartsville Dam. We roaded Cat 992C's from Hellertown to Easton, Pa., too. Left the buckets on those. Just ran them right along some back roads, along with ten Cat 777B's. Also ran some Cat 631E's the same route.

Roaded Cat 651's on state highways in Wyoming and Colorado several times. Had to laugh in Colorado. State scale guys flagged one over near Grand Junction and had us run it up on their portable scales. That was the end of both of those very expensive scales. They wanted us to pay for them, but like we said, they were the ones that directed those 51's on the scales, not us. Poor scales were mashed completely flat. We couldn't road after that untill we made sure scale guys weren't around.

 

[LDK]

here in the uk ,some people just pop off down the high street to the next job
might get in a spot of bother if it was done now

d4c24a, what town is that and who did the scraper belong too. Looks like it was in the 60's. In those days and right up to the early 70's it was probably more common to move scrapers and trucks from site to site under their own steam than it was to transport them. Where abouts in the UK are you from?

 

[wormkiller]

I'm not sure on size anymore but if yer roading any machine with air brakes in Chicago, you better have a CDL with air. Windsheild time pays the same.

 

[d4c24a]

60,s

hi ldk i do not know where the picture was taken ,but as you say i would say the 60,s as well
i am in a little town called hook just outside of basingstoke ,and 30 mins from london it a nice little place how about you
cheers graham

 

[LDK]

hi ldk i do not know where the picture was taken ,but as you say i would say the 60,s as well
i am in a little town called hook just outside of basingstoke ,and 30 mins from london it a nice little place how about you
cheers graham

Hi Graham, I have never done any work round your area that I can think of but I did use to work for a company that came from Basingstoke, Micky Pearce. They folded in the 70's, I think he went over to the UAE and was doing some work over there.

I originaly came from Licolnshire but moved around the UK a lot on different projects. I have been working overseas for the last 20 + years and I am now based in Patagonia, Argentina. I am still travelling, it's a hard habit to break!
Russell

 

[Burnout]

I have personally wheeled a 980C through Edmonton from our shop to a jobsite on a friday afternoon, let's just say thats not really a fun ride in traffic, especially when the loader hasnt left the shop in awhile because it has "issues" no one can solve.

I have seen our company driving 5 657E's down a 2 lane road from one site to another, only a few miles, but when your wheelin the 710 Deere backhoe behind em... those 57's look massive. I have seen our 966's on the road plenty of times, one guy carried a 4m long piece of 48" sewer pipe from their site to ours on the road with a 966F which was an interesting site to see. And I wheeled that same loader carrying a 14000lb bucket for a 375 the next weekend albeit not very far. And last year in a small town we were workin in just outside edmonton... I was known to have stolen the WA450 Komatsu loader to burn over to the 7/11 to get a slurpee for me and the packer girl... gas is expensive, company diesel is free. And the look you get from the guy at the store is priceless.

 

[d4c24a]

micky pearce

hi LDK i spoke to my girlfreinds dad who work for rocons basingstoke ,he remembers the name ,did he run some motor scrapers etc

you are getting to see a fair bit of the world traveling about
i had a short stint working abroad but it did not last long with a young family at home ,once the novelty had worn off ,it was not for me:
cheers graham

 

[LDK]

hi LDK i spoke to my girlfreinds dad who work for rocons basingstoke ,he remembers the name ,did he run some motor scrapers etc

you are getting to see a fair bit of the world traveling about
i had a short stint working abroad but it did not last long with a young family at home ,once the novelty had worn off ,it was not for me:
cheers graham

Yes, he had TS 24, TS14 and ¨631B scrapers.
Where abouts were you working overseas?

 

[tonka]

When i lived in Las Vegas i took a Case 580L right down the strip, that was fun. Lay the cutting edge down when coming to a stop and watch the people in cars freak out...:falldownlaugh

 

[Ray Welsh]

When i lived in Las Vegas i took a Case 580L right down the strip, that was fun. Lay the cutting edge down when coming to a stop and watch the people in cars freak out...:falldownlaugh

In 1970s we used to move TS-24s by road, sometimes in travelling pairs with no escorts, sometimes with. Safety issues were less of a concern back then and Terex scraper brakes were never all that flash either!! This was in South-East Queensland, Australia..........C ya........Ray

 

[iron kid]

volo 40 haul trucks just take them any were, never been stopped

 

[mikef87]

When i lived in Las Vegas i took a Case 580L right down the strip, that was fun. Lay the cutting edge down when coming to a stop and watch the people in cars freak out...:falldownlaugh

What'd you have no brakes? My first few loaders were like that.

 

[JS580SL]

Having an escort is a pain. Backs cars up even more cause they wont pass 2 vehicles most the time. I like running alone so I dont have to worry about the guy following me and I can cut threw were ever I can.

I hate the dummys that try to pass you when oncoming traffic is right in front of them. Even worse is when they see it and you run the yellow line so they cant pass you and they still try.

Me personally,
I keep a close eye on the traffic behind me and whats coming ahead. Even more so on the hills that I can see over they can't. Last thing I wanna see is a collision from some one trying to pass me or cut me off.

 

[trainwreck]

the biggest thing i have ran on the road is a 988b in the middle of the night, we went about 5 or 6 miles across town to a small train derailment.

 

[joedirt]

777 Going down the road

Well I stand corrected. This is the biggest thing I've done to date. Three 777D Cat rock trucks down the road. It was only about a 4 mile move but I loved every minute of it. This was the first time I had ever got to drive a truck this big. I was in the middle truck snapping pics. as fast as I could and trying not to run off the road. :usa

 

[bobcat ron]

That looks so wild! I'll bet if the cop car got enough speed, he could slide right under that rear axle.

 

[Rick Rowlands]

A couple of months ago I had to drive a Clark 20,000 lb. forklift for 8 miles up to a jobsite. We couldn't haul it on a trailer because the top of the mast is already 14' 6" off the ground. So I picked an early Sunday morning and away I went. I had already laid out the route which would avoid low overpasses and stay off city streets as much as possible.

One thing I can say is that I located every cable and phone line along that route that hangs lower than 14' 6"!

 

[buddy605]

a few years ago we had our years worth of dangerous goods show up which included alot of blasting materials so we used our fleet of Terex 40 ton trucks to move them. One went off the road but thank heavens it was a-mix and not volitile. we trucked them on a saturday and sunday to keep off the radar. It must have been 20 kms round trip or more.