Any heavy haulers here?

the only hangup we can have here is that some of the counties require a minimum 2 hour notice of you planned travel time. makes it a pain if you're out hauling a load and someone decides "hey, since you're out here can you move this one too?"

the Alberta gov't pretty much auto approves every permit you request unless something exceeds their preset parameters, weight, height, bridge restrictions etc, it's just the counties that make some odd demands.

 

Here they have approved truck routes online. So as long as you are there, and look like you’re professional they leave you alone. Up to 12 wide for construction and 14 wide ag and under 90k you don’t need a permit period. Problem is I’m generally well over the 90k threshold. And we ain’t waiting 3 day for a 10 dollar permit. Like I said some of this stuff is costing 1-1200 a day or more in rent. Don’t say I like doing it, but it’s done lots.

 

it's pretty rare to get hassled by them around here doing heavy haul, you get the odd newbie officer that stops everything until his fellow officers let him know he's making them look bad by working too hard lol

 

I get a lot of work from companies just because they know they can call me to get their equipment without them having to send a man out to start or load it. there are some pieces that the operators refuse to load. I prefer it that way, just because a guy is good running a machine on the ground doesn't mean he can load. they are often times too rambunctious.

these log loaders are a good example, once the cab is raised it's very difficult to see where you are on the trailer while loading, especially up over the beavertails.

 

The minute I see someone running the tracks on an excavator with their hands I get nervous, but I have seen a lot of transport drivers do well using their hands. Don't ask them to move dirt smoothly and efficiently, but they know how to load safely.

 

I can’t stand using the handles to move the tracks, one of our 200’s has the bottom of the right pedal broken so you have to use the levers some and I hate it.

 

you've just described me to a T. I just can't get the hang of using only my feet to load anything on tracks. some machines are easier than others. the ones I don't like are the ones with pedals only. argh...most I have to reach down and use my hands

 

Some of the wore out stuff I get a hold of it’s easier to use the handles. Each side seems to move at a different speed.