Trucks & Trailers

[ElectricAl]

It's fun to see what FF Members use to move their products.
Unfortunately, photos are scattered in many great threads.
I thought it might be nice to have a place to post a photo and discription.





1974  F350   360  4 speed,    2004  12K lb    TowMaster

[SwampDonkey]

Nice trailor and product  8)

So when can I expect my order to arrive? ;)

cheers

[Jeff]

Good idea Al!

Here is the only pic I have of one of our loads. We dont run a Mack any more but a Sterling with a mercedes engine. Still running a 8 axle 48 foot trailer.

[Rocky_J]

That's good, Jeff. Never seen a 42 wheeler before.  :

 :D

[etat]

Me Neither!!!!  WOW!  Some a yall might not think so, but I ain't ever seen a trailer, logging or otherwise with that many tires!!

[Jeff]

I'll try to get some newer photos this week including the new truck. Our chip vans are 6 axle trailers.

[iain]

dont that tree make going under bridges tricky? ;)

[smwwoody]

All them tires gotta make them "MI   Uies"  tough too. :D

[SwampDonkey]

What ya haulin? Lead wrapped in card board? Why so many axils?

Mr. Inspector sir, check what's hidden in between the stacked lumber on that load.

Questions, questions.  ;D  

[Fla._Deadheader]

  I just gotta ask how ya keep from tearin up dem roads with that 42 wheeler, going around fairly sharp turns ??? HAS to be a bear to turn around ???

[SwampDonkey]

Here's your Mac truck, them tires are 6 feet high ;D



I think there was less than 12 of this model ever made and this company owned 8.

;D ;D ;D

[slowzuki]

Swampy, did that have the double pivot trailer?  We we were out west we saw all kinds of different logging trailers.  Often they had the tongue stored over the cab and the rear axles up on top of the striker plate for the hitch when transporting an empty trailer.

By accident we ended up at an antique logging truck show what a neat collection of trucks!  We didn't seem to appreciate it at the time as we pulled over to sleep and many trucks had not mufflers, just straight stacks!

[SwampDonkey]

Yup, that's the one ;)

[Jeff]

On an 8 axle trailor you have 3 air lifts. The front one and the back 2. If you forget to put them up before a turn, you DONT turn.

[Corley5]

Here's a couple of our trailers.  The 1st is a 26 foot Load Trail with a deck over.  Rated for 14,000 lbs.  The second is one that my Grandpa built.  They both see use for any number of things from tractor hauling as the pics indicate to hauling logs, lumber etc.  Grandpa's is at the mill now with a growing load of popple lumber.  The big trailer is ready for a trip to Chesterfield Ill. to pick up a Case LA.  Dad and I each have Cummins Dodges, 4X4 club cabs with short beds.

[Weekend_Sawyer]

 Thought I'd add my log hauler to the thread.

I am renovating the trailer at this time it was 6' wide and I am doing a deck over to bring it out to 8' and putting a new set of axles with BRAKES. When this trailer was made it did not require brakes.

[Haytrader]

Here we are loading a jag of cedar on a 24' gooseneck.

[junkyard]

Do a search on etarco for pictures. They move boilers heat exchangers ect..
When they moved equipment in while building a co-gen in town they had trailors with 96 wheels each. Coupled four together. The wheels would turn independentlyall one way or the other orfront left rear right and could be raised or lowered individualy to maintian a level bed three hundred ton capacity.
                    Junkyard

[whitepe]

Jeff,
I can't wait to hear Heywood Banks sing "42 Wheels on a Big Rig" especially in Roman Numerals.

[dewwood]

Here is a load of logs I brought in yesterday.



98 Chevy CK 3500 with 40' ProTrak trailer

[SwampDonkey]

Dewwood:

That's quite a jag of wood your tote'n behind ya.

Junkyard:

96 wheels?   Wheels must be half the price of the trailor. ;D

Corley5:

Where ya goin with the vintage tractors? Not leave'n them at Ill are ya? ;) Nice trucks with the Cummins, the motor makes the truck. Mines just a 318 magnum, I'm not overly impressed with it. Good mileage though, for a V8.

[Corley5]

We've got 75+- old tractors around here now.  All colors but mostly IH Red.  We really like our Cummins.  Can't complain about 21mpg.  That goes down considerably with a loaded trailer ;)

[Fla._Deadheader]

  Sure glad Corley posted 21MPG for his Cummins. We are checking mileage regularly, since getting the 1ton Dodge. We get 19.6 so far, that includes 350 bdft piled in the bed, one way to our buyer. The wood is VERY wet. ;) ;D ;D

  Did anyone watch the show last night, about the new airliner from Airbus??? It will be the largest ever built and carry over 600 people. It is the A360, and parts would NOT fit inside the "Beluga", the largest freight carrying plane in the world.

  The real interesting part was the moving of the pieces. They used a 96 wheel truck-trailer to move the wing, in 2 pieces.

[SwampDonkey]

Beleive I saw the show back in the winter about the airbus 360. But, when I'm tired and half comatose at the end of the day my brain doesn't absorb much. :D

[Kevin_H.]

How would you like to have lived in that town that the caravan passed though!

I think they said they something like 20" of clearance on each side as it passed by the buildings.

And thats going to happen like every week once  production gets going...

[Fla._Deadheader]

  I was impressed with the whole show. Kinda renews yer confidence in Engineers, eh : ;D :D :D :D :D :D :D