Hitachi350Man
Well-Known Member
Anybody know what's the biggest loader you can drive on the road physically or legally. Here in BC I've seen and driven myself 966s on the road. What are your guys experiences.
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
One guy told me he got an overweight ticket for roading a Volvo 120. :beatsme
We have gotten away with some good ones around here. Like the time my grandpa coulden't get the farmall 400 started, so they pulled it to the shop (tractor and disc) behind the 120 grader, and the disk was raised just enough so that it still drug a little and made some sparks, not to mention the scraches in the asphalt.:Banghead
Or taking the D6s down the rail road right of way to get to the golf course (when we were building it, not to use instead of a cart )
And then there was the time that I roaded the 235 down about a mile of state higway to get to our shale pit, on easter weekend nonetheless. That would have been a tough one to explain to the cops. :bash
i don't know how it is in other places... but out here roading a loader is no big deal at all. some loaders basically live on the road and never touch a lowbed... Loaders work so much on snow removal in the winter which means LOTS of driving all around the city...
The best way to get tickets in a loader is to:
A.) Drive with your back-up lights on
B.) Drive in a lane other than the curb lane on a multi-laned highway.
The company I work for has been around since 1923, I think at one point of their history in the 50s or 60s they drove 966s so far on road from city to city that the operators stayed in hotels along the way... At least thats what the old guys say.