Driving a logging truck

[DouginUtah]

www.wimp.com/tightturn  (1:39)

(You might want to turn the sound down.)

[chucker]

  ! nice, never thought that could be done or have at least never seen it done....

[tjdub]

I'm sure glad that what I thought was going to happen didn't happen!

[isawlogs]

Sure aint the first time he has turned that rig around  :D :D

[TimRB]

That guy isn't a truck driver--he's an artist.

Tim

[fishpharmer]

That's skill!

[Gary_C]

That's must be from one of the Baltic states in Europe with that RU ending on the website and he is making that turn around on the side of a mountain. Every time I get that close to the edge of the road, something bad happens. But I notice he is doing that with an empty pup trailer. And I've seen some of those guys that drive those truck and pups put them in places that are hard to believe.

But still, not for me. Those guys are nuts.

[Autocar]

HE'S the man !  ;)

[JDeere]

I thought for sure he was going to run into himself.

[Ron Scott]

Great job! Some of our truckers want 2 acres to turn around and others just need the truck space. ;)

[Skiddah]

Very impressive.  No room for error there.

[Reddog]

Made that look pretty simple

[SwampDonkey]

We had truckers that couldn't back up to a loading dock. ;D

It's interesting meeting those double wides with pups on the back forest roads. The back end just a swaying.   Wheeee! :D

[CX3]

Thats interesting.  A truck with picker right behind the cab could load the wagon too.  Never thought of it.

[Meadows Miller]

Gday

Not bad at all a full 5 point U turn in about 1.5 min  He could come cart logs for me anytime  ;) ;D Looks like hes carting out of a small cable logging outfit doing thinnings so hes heading down the hill to load the dog trailer from another dump  ;)

Regards Chris

[toploader Ford]

I thought for sure the video was going to show him dumping that whole rig over the side. I couldn't do that, I can't even back up a hay wagon :D

[customsawyer]

I had to show the wife that one since she is always going on about the tight places I tend to get myself into. I would have to practice for about 50 years on really flat ground before I would even try that one and then I would be to old.  ;D

[northwoods1]

I want that guy hauling off my job

[sandhills]

I don't know what the big deal is, it can't be more than a few hundred feet straight down if he screws up :D :D.  Seriously though I think I have a new hero.

[ellmoe]

   The song is Russian. My wife says the song fits perfectly, she called it "The Turn". It says "you don't know what will happen when you make the turn, you could go off the cliff or soar in the sky". I think if the first happens, the second will also! Go off that cliff, you will be soaring. For a short while anyway. :D

Mark

[sawguy21]

That guy is DanG good. I still wonder how he turned that short without hitting the tongue and pushing the pup over the edge. Would not catch me trying that.

[SwampDonkey]

We had a dare devil type out of Russia as a helicopter pilot up north in Prince Rupert. When he put the chopper into a rotation (down she came) in one of his stunts it cost him his license.  Only a matter of time.

[customsawyer]

I was watching it again and I think as he first starts backing up the tongue is locked to make the front axle turn and then he must release a lock that lets the tongue start to turn. It is a neat deal any way you look at it.

[northwoods1]

I was watching it again and I think as he first starts backing up the tongue is locked to make the front axle turn and then he must release a lock that lets the tongue start to turn. It is a neat deal any way you look at it.

Yes thats the way a normal pup trailer is set up. You would never be able to back it up if you weren't able to do that. He's got a good load on there too, pup looks like it would hold 2x what the truck does. Funky looking little loader on there I couldn't see what kind of bucket is on it.

[paul case]

that is cool and he is one driver that probably dont have a 4 year old in the cab saying, daddy whats this ? daddy whats that?

if you look he could check his own tail lights at one point!   pc