I'm not going to argue about the grade of chains with any of you. I've been on here long enough to respect the guys that have done it for years...
I agree the higher grade chains are far more money. All my 1/2 inch chain is grade 70 except 2 older ones which are g80. I do have 2 12 footers...
As far as 3/8ths chain goes I have bunch of 4 footers with only 1 hook to go through tight spots on some smaller equipment and then 8 ,12 ,20 foot...
I bought a cheap wireless backup camera from auto parts store to mount to the back of our detachable lowboy. I feed it off an extra pigtail on the...
I did something similar to riprap. Our trailer already had two extra wires from the factory at the marker lights in the back.i got a wireless...
Fluid film works good and lasts a while,easy to reapply since its in a spray can.
Make sure you use stainless flex pipe ,it lasts way longer than the galvanized and chrome band clamps. That way there won't be any rust streaks!
Im with you truckdad very rewarding job even though it's not everyday for me.we also farm and I run a lot of equipment to ,every since I was...
I really like the forum and all of you heavy haul guys,but I'm not even close to the same league as most of you. probably 80 percent of what I...
I should've said we have a blanket permit for overweight and over width that covers those excavators because they have me grossing in mid to high...
Don't know what the weight was but glad I didn't get stopped ,pretty sure gross was at least 90,000 +!Doing job for Vdot loading off their...
Old pictures of some 51 foot I beams on a 42 foot flat .flags and lights on back of I beams ,no trouble on way home.
Just a few old pictures of a couple of our excavators. Also a couple legal multiple loads that we often haul together in any configuration of...
Not exactly a heavy load but it is 9 foot wide. First time hauling our new wheel loader off the farm to Vdot because there loader went down. We...
[ATTACH]96 western star 4964F .N14 500 18 speed 411 rears wet line with 600,000 miles . Not super clean inside or out but good work truck!
Highwolf If your staying 6 axle or less I would keep your truck and put the 18 speed in you will love it.Thats what we did never regretted it.I...
96 day cab western star with wet line and 2006 50 ton towmaster trailer,full of fuel and everything 39600 lbs
Well raped ape came about because I've always run or was in a hurry no matter what I was doing!im 38 years old and always was jumping out of heavy...
Basically an 18 speed is geared almost exactly the same as a 9 speed except you have a half a gear lower in every gear giving you a lower low and...
The high torque 10 speed weights 602 lbs so not much of a difference! We switched our lowboy tractor from a 9 speed to a 18,what a difference...