Big Loads - Post Photos Number 2

They tried to get me to haul one of those harvester type units (easier if it’s not an excavator with a head grafted on and a fellerbucher cab). With my wagon I think I was trying to figure out how to get it under 16’. I spent 2 hours twisting and shoving, manually moving the head with chains to get it closer to where I needed it. In the end said it couldn’t be done with the equipment I had. One of the few times I needed a non cantilever trailer. Just couldn’t shove the head far enough under the body, or I needed permission to chain the head upside down to the arm.

 

Had to go rescue a transformer from a trailer that gave up the ghost..... (Pivot on its stinger broke) So we got a crane out put it on mine and now I await for Monday to go in the site.

 

That’s the only way you can do it. Either take the head off or roll it up and chain it to the inside of the stick. Those have the same stick as a material handler.

Same as the way this grapple is chained.

 

Thank you, that is what I thought when I was trying but couldn’t get permission from the owner of the unit to do either.
The chaining it up would have been complicated by the plastic/ light sheet metal that I likely would have broken on the trip. I was willing to unhook it but I needed wrenches and plugs for the hydraulic lines. (I would have bought the plugs as it was a good load going the right way but nope, don’t do it)
I’ll have to keep wondering what it was doing in a residential neighborhood half a block from a school.

 

Florida bound

 

abandoned by another carrier who couldnt get it under 16-6 and couldn't route it?

 

kind of an unruly looking load with one tire hanging off the side but sometimes you have to be creative when you’re loading stuff that doesn’t run…it made it safely to its destination…

 

Reminds me of this load:

 

Nothing special, but we have to throw a few pics up once in awhile.

 

Did pump #5 of 8 a couple weeks ago to Florida. Customer taking a break on those for a bit.



Ran some pump parts down to New Orleans last week. Hauled these out last year. There's only about 40ft between that door and the fence. They were hoping we could back in to load. Luckily they ordered a crane this time so we didn't have to sit there for 3 days again.



Then did a 16'4" wide move across town this morning.