Hey chaos, im in oregon and i see leavitt trucks loaded like that fairly frequently. But i gotta ask, how do they load those?
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Man that is just crazy to me.....
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1-unhook the trailer
2-move the bunk to the tractor with forklift or crane
3-line up the tractor in line and the right distance from the rear of the trailer
4- lift the load to the proper place and hold
5- tie the load to the trailer and the bunk (cross- chain front and back of trailer if possible)
6- connect the extended air lines and light cord 7- suspend the hookup lines to the load
this is how we did it in the 70's
we also used jeeps in the front and manned steering dollies in the back, you haven't lived till you are sitting in a cab 10 inches off the ground with the back end of a 90 foot 100,000lb steel beam 10 inches over headand your job is to steer the back end.
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They are still used in mountain country BC,AB in Canada and I have seen them in CO and NM.
They are quicker on winding roads on mountain backroads.cke, Oxbow, Cattleman84 and 1 other person Thank this. -
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You used the term "Pettibone". This is sometimes referred to as simply "The Bone". Folks in the oil industry didn't know what I was talking about, yet "The Bone" is the workhorse of any oil rig or construction site.
Happiness is a good Bone operator for an open deck driver.
Pettibone was the first to invent the ingenious overhead forklift that can extend the forks. I have been loaded or offloaded with many a Bone. It's amazing what they can do.jamespmack, cke, Oxbow and 7 others Thank this.
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