Big Loads - Post Photos

Glad to read she is doing better, have the vet figured out what happened

 

They think it is an immune disease that is common in female Danes, but they had been trying to figure out the platelet loss. Could be a few more weeks before we know if she is responding to the treatment.

Is it relaxing over there?

 

Oh yea, jet lag is biting me though
Mother in law has fixed up some of my favorite dishes..
Going out Sat. night with the wife's friend and her hubby. They own a ice shop selling ice to stores and such. Good people, have had dinner with them before.
Talked with my one friend from Mn.
He's in Pattaya now with my old buddy from the North West. Terr.
They were having afternoon ####tails when I called.
Will go to Bangkok to see the one from Mn. Monday or Tues.
Then the 26th will drive to Pattaya to meet the rest of the crew..

 

There ain't hardly a load out there that a beam/rail is my preference...I even prefer to move 25' rock truck water bodies on my rail.
My deck is only used for short local work, or if I have to use deck, as per shipper demands. I've moved a lot of loads on my rail that most wouldn't.

 

That is because you are the man!

I have never run a beam but it always looks like a lot of work moving all the blocks around.

I will have my hands full learning to run my new trailer and it is has a flat deck. I ran out of money to order a beam to go with it.

 

I'm curious , how do you load a beam trailer?

 

Im right there with ya, I would prefer a beam for most everything. I miss my beam, the company I'm with now doesn't have one for my regular lowboy but I wish we did.

 

Readers Digest version

Break it down like you would an Rgn, drive whatever you're loading up on some dunnage in front of the beam. Use a forklift to push the trailer under the load. Stack your dunnage underneath the load on top of the beam. Reconnect the neck and lift the trailer off the ground. It should raise the tracks/wheels off the dunnage that you rolled up on. Secure.

 

And the dunnage better be hard wood and will way as much as you do

 

Cool, I actually understand.

My only question is, I get that your front of trailer wheels / track be off the ground as much as you lift it off the ground by reconnecting the neck. But for the rear, do you build your dunnage ramp, high enough that you can add dunnage between the machine and beam?

That seems like a lot of dunnage.