commando1
Old Man with a Hat
No kidding.
A civil servant from the DPW who got the job in the DPW because his BiL is on the town council.
OK you truckers...
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A civil servant from the DPW who got the job in the DPW because his BiL is on the town council.
67newport
Old Man with a Hat
i am no engineer, planner,driver but standing there waisting over 2 hrs watching at this yesterday. if the front set of stationary wheels were steer in like the back set would that have made the turn easier?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
There's a member here (can't remember who) who pilots these kind of insane loads.
Maybe he can give us his take on this fustercluck.
Maybe he can give us his take on this fustercluck.
You talking @twostick ?
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Yes. Thank you.
twostick
Senior Member
They definitely miscalculated the turning radii of that combination vs available real estate when they did the route survey. That's assuming of course that they actually did one. All that stuff like surveys and engineering costs money so companies will cut corners to either get the work or to pad the bottom line.
If our outfit did that move there would be an engineered drawing of that intersection with all the obstacles and turning radii.
If there were no obstacles on the inside of the corner and you had the ground clearance, you'd just hang the load across the ditch and steer the back end around the corner.
I'm 200' overall here with the trailer stretched out to about 150' going around a similar corner without all the obstructions. We stopped, steered the trailer hard left and backed up about 20' feet which swung the tail at least that far back and to the right. closer to the intersection. Stopped at the far shoulder, steered hard left and finished going around the corner.
Nooteboom trailers are pretty cool.
Video of one of ours in action. I think there are a couple in a row here moving a blade mold.
Kevin
If our outfit did that move there would be an engineered drawing of that intersection with all the obstacles and turning radii.
If there were no obstacles on the inside of the corner and you had the ground clearance, you'd just hang the load across the ditch and steer the back end around the corner.
I'm 200' overall here with the trailer stretched out to about 150' going around a similar corner without all the obstructions. We stopped, steered the trailer hard left and backed up about 20' feet which swung the tail at least that far back and to the right. closer to the intersection. Stopped at the far shoulder, steered hard left and finished going around the corner.
Nooteboom trailers are pretty cool.
Video of one of ours in action. I think there are a couple in a row here moving a blade mold.
Kevin
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
This one is awesome.
twostick
Senior Member
They use these trailers a lot in Europe.
I'm not sure if I've posted this one before or not.
Kevin
I'm not sure if I've posted this one before or not.
Kevin
MrMoparCHP
Old Man with a Hat
here is an option
Alan
Alan
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Can you imagine if a breeze came up?
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
And then there's guys around here that couldn't do that with a 40 footer in that number of moves.
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
It's a long video (you won't watch it all at one sitting), but it gives an oldtimers insight.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Wrong. It was too short AFAIAC.
cm23uoc
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We got only up till 1:23, as the wife has to walk the dog now. 
Just burned up an afternoon, what an amazing guy and what a neat visit to years gone by. Brought back a lot of memories of the the crazy *** things we used to do back in the 60's. It truly was a different world back then.
twostick
Senior Member
Playing Billy Big Time today.
Kevin
Kevin
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Don't take any toll roads where you pay by the axle....
twostick
Senior Member
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Another big load...
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