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Started by POSTON WIDEHEAD, October 31, 2013, 08:13:50 AM

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POSTON WIDEHEAD

Our head Law Enforcement Officer posted this pic on his Face Book page. I do not know the details or anything about this picture.
Use your own imagination.  :D


 
The older I get I wish my body could Re-Gen.

SPD748

DanG it Poston. I thought I'd slipped through unnoticed  :)

The Motor Carrier Officers would LOVE to have a talk with that guy.

-lee
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

Quote from: SPD748 on October 31, 2013, 08:19:19 AM
DanG it Poston. I thought I'd slipped through unnoticed  :)


-lee

You might slip through......but UNNOTICED?  :D :D :D :D :D
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NWP

All he needs to do is cut off some of the longer ones until the front end goes back down.  ;D
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dboyt

Quote from: NWP on October 31, 2013, 08:30:55 AM
All he needs to do is cut off some of the longer ones until the front end goes back down.  ;D

... or some tractor weights on the front.  Bet that rig drove real squirrely before the front end lifted. Should be set up like a tractor so he can steer with the brakes.
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mometal77

Reminds me of that post you U tube of a guy unloading a big excavator in south america with a flat bed truck lol.
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Magicman

Gonna be hard to steer !!!    :o
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SPD748

Anyone care to guess at what that load weighs?

-lee
Frick 0 Handset - A continuing project dedicated to my Dad.

410 Deere, 240 Massey... I really need a rough terrain forklift :)

Sawing Since 1-19-2013 @ 3:30 pm
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"Some police officers give tickets, some gave all."

Meadows Miller

Gday

Lee would that be Do Not Pass Go or a Strait to Jail Mate  ??? ??? ;) :D :D :D :D

here it would look like this  bat_smailey bat_smailey bat_smailey ban_smiley :o :o :D :D

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Meadows Miller


Caption Dang It I knew I shoulda poked afew over the cab  :D :D :D
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SPD748

Come on guys. We all know he can put a few more 'pounds' of air in the front tires and bring that baby right down. I zoomed in on the door sign and I'm pretty sure it reads,

Tail Dragger Logging
Call: 1-555-oops-I-lost-one

;D ;D ;D

-lee

Frick 0 Handset - A continuing project dedicated to my Dad.

410 Deere, 240 Massey... I really need a rough terrain forklift :)

Sawing Since 1-19-2013 @ 3:30 pm
Serving Since 2002
"Some police officers give tickets, some gave all."

Meadows Miller


I like that one  :D :D :D :D I would say he has only got about 7 to 8 ton on that short wheelbase kills it  ;)
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Magicman

Who said that those 4" straps were not strong  ???
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terrifictimbersllc

Good he didn't load a trailer like that, it would fish tail and that could be dangerous.
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Meadows Miller

Wheely Bar  ;)

TT if he loaded a trailer to the rear like the truck wouldn't it put upward pressure onto the drawbar resulting in down force onto the steer axle  ??? ??? :P :P ??? ??? ;) :D :D
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giant splinter

Good one,
I think Meadows Miller hit it on the head with the weight and the fact that the wheel base kills any possibility of legal weight distribution, if the wheel base was correct the weight would be no problem for a two axel rig like that. in many states if the GVWR of the vehicle is less than 26000# the operator/driver and vehicle are not regulated by the DOT >>>> until they try a stunt like this  ;D ... All it would take is the correct wheel base and a responsible driver and that load might be just fine ... or as NWP stated about cutting the ends off, that would fix it.
I think its good that this guy only got as far as he did in this case and hope he learned a lesson from it.

If you read the sign on the truck door its indicates that its a logging company and although the sign is not that legible it it may have a US DOT number under the carrier i.d. at the bottom of the door ...... if this is the case the company and the drivers know the rules and if the commercial enforcement/Motor Carrier unit gets involved these guys will be answering a few questions, the DOT officers take a dim view of this stuff. By the looks of things he is traveling up hill, all he had to do was go the other way  :D what was he thinking ........ sheesh.
roll with it

beenthere

In my past life, had two occasions to experience that "front end lift".
One coming out of a draw with a load of logs (8' cross loaded by the truck owner). Coming up to the road on a steep incline the front end just kept going up until the rear wheels crested at the road, then the front came down with a bang. Sat crosswise in the road until getting squirreled around some.   :D

Second time, was told to deliver 1000 gal tank of liquid anhydrous ammonia and needed it in a hurry. The tank was bolted to a flatbed 1949 Ford truck and did hang out over the back. On the way and moving right along came to a RR track crossing the highway. The front dipped down causing the liquid to rush to the front of the tank, then the front wheels popped up out of the dip causing the liquid to rush to the back keeping the front end up in the air. Rear wheels went through the dip adding to the liquid AA sloshing quickly back and forth causing one wild ride that I managed to get slowly braked enough to keep the liquid towards the front of the tank and get slowed down with no more sloshing forward and back.
Made for a heart stopping few moments but all ended well.
south central Wisconsin
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okmulch

Throw it in reverse real quick, pop the clutch and the front end will go down.  :D
Then ease out on the clutch and go forward.
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beenthere

Chock behind one wheel, put it in reverse and pivot around that chock until the front end is down hill enough to come down. Then back up the hill....

Or get a half dozen 200 # guys to climb on the hood.

But I bet they made a bigger deal out of this one, and blocked off the street for the rest of the day, made him get a wrecker truck and a boom truck to lift off the logs, along with a ticket and a whole raft of other red tape before all was said and done. And there were a half dozen public employee's hanging around, each with their own vehicle to drive to the scene. (that is a little bit of a rant... :) )

Suspect it was a whack of logs that just had a few left on the ground and he was trying to save having to return for the last few logs so tried to get 'em all on one load. Sometimes just doesn't pay...
south central Wisconsin
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kevin19343

You guys make all the jokes you want. That guy gets 200,000 miles out of those front tires.

Solomon

Quote from: dboyt on October 31, 2013, 08:39:23 AM
Quote from: NWP on October 31, 2013, 08:30:55 AM
All he needs to do is cut off some of the longer ones until the front end goes back down.  ;D

... or some tractor weights on the front.  Bet that rig drove real squirrely before the front end lifted. Should be set up like a tractor so he can steer with the brakes.
Bite your toungue son!!!     We horse whip folks for talking like that around here!!  What he needs is about 2000 lbs of counterweights hung on the front bumper and he will be in business!!!!    Never cut your log short man!!! :snowball:
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thecfarm

If the wood was cut there,it has been sitting for a while. Wonder how he planed on unloading it? That way did not work. He forgot to take the binders off.  :D
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POSTON WIDEHEAD

Quote from: thecfarm on October 31, 2013, 05:50:33 PM
Wonder how he planed on unloading it?

It's a dump truck, Ray......See it?  :D
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thecfarm

It looks like dumb truck all right.
Model 6020-20hp Manual Thomas bandsaw,TC40A 4wd 40 hp New Holland tractor, 450 Norse Winch, Heatmor 400 OWB,YCC 1978-79

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