Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

structural steel out (60 footers, legal load in CO)


rocks in wire cages back.


beat most of the storm (left on Sunday) but this morning was exciting.
Went from totally dry, to solid ice in like 100 feet (65mph road). Was stopped for a long time. This is one (actually 2 if you look up to the right) of many in about 3 or 4 miles.

 

Uhh.. What day is this? Slept at mt jackson last night so musta been hawleyville sunday night. Me n the misses used to get breakfast there all the time. Ill be disappointed when its a brandy new soul-less oconnels or pride or whatever. Now a pilot means rollerdogs so im all in for that. Screw nostalgia.

 

Colorado is the source of multi colored "river slicks" that bring more money than any other basket of rock in greensboro NC. That pancake shape is very unique in stone.. River rock from the southeast just looks like potatoes, kinda bland. Zero carbs in potato rock however so theres that.

 

yeah, i asked the guy how it could possibly be worth shipping rocks. He told me the price that he gets locally and each of those baskets is worth well over $1000 wholesale (yeah, no lie) and it goes all over. east coast, canada, etc

 

Yep. Youd be surprised what props the rich are using to distinguished themselves from the unwashed rest of us!

 

I used to buy moss covered black boulders in Colorado and sell them in the phoenix area, it paid much better than hauling freight. I always suspected the multicolored moss would die in the desert heat, but sure sold a lot of them. lol

 

10lbs of poo in a 5lb trailer.


Notice that most of those things are on wheels. Get there he's showing me. I'm like hope you got a carpenter, cuz we're going to need some way to lock these down so they don't roll. "oh yeah, just strap them down"

Uhhhhhhhhh no

He did and they did (you can see it, all nailed in, guy did a good job)
Then of course after i'm all strapped down, they forgot something in one of the gangboxes to finish the job (this stuff is all going back to their yard) which is the picture above.

Then go get barrier

12 10' barriers, which is more than we usually get but i found out why (and maybe this explains the difference that we were discussing a few weeks back). These are only 32" inches tall and only weigh 3300 odd lbs each. (usually we can only get 10 10 footers).


79,820. That's about as close as you can get.

Supposed to go to some mine tomorrow. should be fun. (not) notice that evil white stuff, i'm sure it's worse in the mtns. we'll see.

 

I moved a lot of my own stuff, lots of which was on casters or in 55g drums which arent easy to strap.

Sometimes the stuff on casters i cant strap tight enough without destroying the tin or collapsing the caster, so i put atleast one on dunnage then jam the rest against that. Also i keep 2 pipe stakes upfront like a headboard and stack 3 pieces of dunnage there to make a wall that everything butts up against. Then i lay some dunnage along the rub rail inside the straps so that the swivel casters cant let the cart or toolbox go over the side if i cut a strap. Kinda like making a sandbox with dunnage. Pipe stakes and lashing loops keep the side rail dunnage pieces from falling off. If its mine i tarp it to keep eyes off and junk on.

For 55g drums i jam them all together, use a 2" hand ratchet to lash like asparagus with a rubberband, then dunnage on the lids to strap it all down as one brick. Drums seem to always drop the straps in between if i dont put timber ontop.

 

if I was driving, we'd be over...

 

oh no @booley I'm a big boy too. When i put weight on the winch bar, that sucker gets tight.

So, delivered those barriers.


yeah, look at the rear drives. Yes, dang it, i had to chain up. well maybe not "had to" but it for dang sure was the smart decision. It got UGLY and steep. I was throwing iron.

Beautiful country though.


that's from the road ( i was stopped). About 9400 feet elevation. Looking down at the Blue River valley.