Dropping neck on mechanical DD

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  1. beastr123

    beastr123 Road Train Member

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    you have swing out outrigger supports. you should swing them out, measure the width for your outrigger planks and then plan on carrying them in the open center area. Untitled.jpg
    this is a drawing of outrigger planks on the last trailer I pulled on OS/OW
    in the drawing the box at the right of the long diagram is the lock box for extra chains and binders.
    an angle lip at the back to slip the planks under and a spring hook or a front angle to stop forward movement secures them when not in use.
     
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  3. hagarcobra

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    I don't see that. You said you watched some videos.
     
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    Sorry..... you’re right. I must’ve said it in another thread..... the dealer did briefly show me.... but it was different when I was trying to do it alone.
     
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    Thanks for your apology.
     
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    After reading all that it makes me appreciate the hydraulic 55 ton globe RGN we have at work.
     
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    I had already ran into issues with loading with my center being open so I went ahead and just had it done also. I love those steel doors and allows me to put a lot of my stuff in since I can’t mount any boxes like I have on my flatbed.
     
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    1st Overwidth load. Well minus the 64000# machine at the end of January.

    Been running pretty consistently for the past few weeks. Getting out of the habit of picking I’ve had with my flatbed of doing 4-5 loads a week. I’ve done 2 this week. I’ve got 2 next week lined up also. This is my first week pulling it since I had all that work done. I already had work lined up for my flat so the rgn had to sit a few weeks, now I’m back to thinking about selling the flat....
     
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