Any heavy haulers here?

Seems like there aren’t many people left that have seen one at all.

 

I wish I hadn't. still have an old 235 and 245 I have to move once in a while. they should be in a museum with the other dinosaurs.

 

Haha you'd be nervous around me..... I'm not a operator and I gotta use the sticks.
After I spun the 2nd track hoe off my wagon using my feet I learned my lesson .
A man has got to know his limitations.. lol

 

I leave the decision with our equipment up to the transport driver if we aren't hauling it ourselves. Most prefer doing it themselves.

I will say that hauling articulating haul trucks is much easier having someone to guide. Sometimes I get them right first try, but sometimes I am on and off the trailer several times trying to get them straight. Amazing how much they'll walk sideways if the trailer isn't flat.

 

I load them backwards, with the box up slightly to see where the back wheels are on the trailer. the 40 ton Cats I can see the fenders on my lowbed to tell me I'm straight. but when it's slippery with mud or snow, they are exciting.

 

I've seen plenty, but never had the opportunity to run one.

I have run some P&H, Warner Swassey, and an old air over hydraulic Link Belt. Don't really miss any of those.

 

That trailer is wider than mine. 740s I only get about half the tire width on the trailer. You're cheating! lol

 

hahaha I had an old 10' wide Peerless before this Aspen, I had to beg my pa to order it wider...so he got it 10'6". jeez...thanks Dad. I'd go at least 11' now. 12' would be so nice, but they won't fit through a lot of the old bailey bridges on some of the old oilfield roads.

 

Hah, an old feller buncher about licked me once. That thing didn't work like an excavator at all!