Would you haul this? Cat D-5 on a SRW Chevy

[chris]

yep i'd say thats a big no go. the guy probably had a short distance to and figured he only needed to bind the blade down. Thats just stupid laziness. Judging by the type of pines in the photo i'd say it was somewhere down south. I don't mean to stereotype the folks down there, but i've seen more scary lookin overloaded rigs like that one than anywhere in the country , thats excluding third world countries i've been in.

 

[towcat]

Originally posted by Pacific
IIf your carefull with chains and cinches your fine get in a rush you end up with pinched fingers and injured body parts.

KW-
I got no idea how you made your living, but after all those years I have hustled tying down from scrap car bodies to heavy equipment, I still have all my fingers and toes, attached to my body no less.....but for me its a job to make money not a mental excircise.

 

[timntools]

Originally posted by chris
yep i'd say thats a big no go. the guy probably had a short distance to and figured he only needed to bind the blade down. Thats just stupid laziness. Judging by the type of pines in the photo i'd say it was somewhere down south. I don't mean to stereotype the folks down there, but i've seen more scary lookin overloaded rigs like that one than anywhere in the country , thats excluding third world countries i've been in.

its Florida. look at the tags on the trailer.

 

[wanderer]

I've probably done a lot worse on some of the loads that I have hauled. Illegalities considered, you use what you have available to get the job done, and take responsibility if you screw up.

I should've taken a picture of the 35' support structure that I built for a marina. I only had a 12' trailer to haul it on, so I strapped it down, and headed out from my place, 5 miles to the marina, at 5a.m. on a sunday morning. Interesting load, and I passed a metro cop on the way there. He slowed down and looked, but kept going.

 

[juicedcummins]

A D5 is not that bad. I have a picture I that I will scan later of a D6 on a bumper pull with only a 9/16 drop pin no brakes etc. This was not my ride .
I have a D4 to move 200 miles next week with my ride. According to the Cat book a D4d weighs with a blade just under 15k.

 

[Freightrain]

Speaking of binders and body parts.............

Ok, years back at work we had a driver that was unloading the stakebed truck. We are able to back into our shop and use the big gantry. We used chains/binders back then and this fellow was not the smartest. He slipped the pipe over the binder and pushed up . Well, in doing so he DID NOT actually hold onto the pipe as he pushed up. So, you know what happened... :Sly . The pipe was now launched into outerspace, across the shop I just happened to notice this happening, and yelled "DUCK!!!" and I kneeled behind the steel bench..........but unfortunately another fellow standing there(turned my way) did not fare so well :Axed He got it square in the forehead and he turned to see what was going on . Down for the count!!!!

You could not imagine the stupidity
The driver did not even apoligize to the worker for this work of art

We now use rachet straps. No more split skulls here!

 

[timntools]

hey Freightrain...isn't but a 6.5 hour drive to TS performance...hope to see ya there!

 

[smokin_stroker00]

would someone post the picture here for the rest of us to see

 

[ndurbin]

That truck and trailer is more than capable of pulling that, but how well can he stop? And rather stupid to be running w/o any tie downs regardless of how far you are going.

Nathan

 

[towcat]

would someone post the picture here for the rest of us to see

you talking about this one?

 

[juicedcummins]

Or this one?

 

[smokin_stroker00]

you talking about this one?

heck that don't look that bad atleast he has brake lights

 

[jlayne]

i would strap it down better but i'd tow it... but i would be in the fast lane

a buddy of mine used to pull a deere about that size everyday with a dodge 1 ton, never had a problem

 

[RKOCH]

I was working a monster truck show a few years ago when a Dodge 3500 rolls up with a tall 53ft semi trailer with 2 10,000 lb monster trucks in it and all that go along with it. Wow is all I could say. The guy had a diesel air compressor rigged up to run the air brakes on the trailer, they were activated by electric switches off the brake lights that ran solinoids and relay valves to supply the air. That truck was hurtting bad! With I had a picture.

 

[redneckhouston]

A D5 is not that bad. I have a picture I that I will scan later of a D6 on a bumper pull with only a 9/16 drop pin no brakes etc. This was not my ride .
I have a D4 to move 200 miles next week with my ride. According to the Cat book a D4d weighs with a blade just under 15k.

that pic wasent of a green ford f-350 was it????

yellow pavers trailer,clevis hitch, D6 ????