Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

Similar, but a tube, and 50 years ago.

 

Very cool! I’ve been hoping you might show us some of your European loads

 

That was back in the '70s, the trailer is 60 feet long which is a special type, the normal at the time was 40 foot. Econofreight were specialist heavy hauliers and there is a picture on the net somewhere of a dozen or more tractors shifting an oil platform, at the time the biggest anywhere in the world. The tractor is a Daf 3800, ie with a 380 engine, double bunked but the top one could be lowered to the bottom to get more height room. I had it from new after I came back from a work related injury and, as my former tractor was an Atkinson with a fold down bunk, (we called them rabbit hutches), you can believe I was well pleased with the change. Only trouble was they had fitted an early form of speed limiter, without telling me. First day out on the motorway empty I was easily overtaking another wagon on a hill and had got abreast cab to cab, when there was a sudden click and the pedal went floppy, kept my foot down and a few seconds later, off I went again. After the 3rd failure the other driver was giving me a mocking slow handclap.

But you are more interested in the load, no idea what it was but your picture prompted my response because I had delivered it to that place days earlier for sandblasting and took that picture when I went back to collect it. I'll dig out some others for you later.

BTW, soon conquered the speed limiter problem, can you believe it was all fed through a simple fuse? Just made sure to put it back every time it went in for service

 

Don't try this at home. Machine chained to steel plate sitting on 6x6 chained to trailer. Only had to go 3 blocks with it.

 

Here we go again... LOL. I think I'd rather have snow than this crap!

 

Had so much fun yesterday I did it again today. One pick to get it off in one bay, pull ahead and get reloaded with one pick in the next bay

 

Nice day to be a duck! Pretty bad when you get soaked to the skin even with a slider kit. The only ones wetter were the fork truck drivers lol.

 

I'm not surprised to see someone doing that. I am surprised he's pulling a Mac trailer. Mac deserves better

 

Up in Smithfield RI hauling these oversize loads

 

That needs to be a mighty fine sandwich.