Post flatbed load photos here V2.0

I see your point on the lower center of gravity. I think it's just one of the many things in trucking where truckers will argue both sides forever. I appreciate your input.

 

I took a load to a mink ranch one time. Early morning I was sitting on the side off a little country road. My directions said I was at the right spot. Little bitty driveway to turn into. Went up over a hill. Just didn't look right. As I'm sitting there thinking two guys pull up in a pickup. One jumped out said yep up the hill. Said he'd ride along to show me the way. Ok. About the time I let out the clutch I smelled something. Just got worse and worse. That guys carharts just reeked. The guy was only in the truck for one mile but that truck stunk like a friggen skunk for a week. Never Never let a mink farmer in your truck. Worse part was it was dead of winter. Roll windows down as long as I could take it but the more you turned the heater up the worse it got. Seriously thought about removing passenger seat and strapping it on the trailer.

 

Belly wrap it and strap the hell out of it.

If it goes anywhere a guys doing something wrong and should let someone else run their winch bar.

 

Bad advice.. good advice.. thats a matter of perspective.

In either case.. I wont be the one smashed inside my cab because the pipe came crashing through.

I'll agree to disagree.

Thats all I have to say on the subject.

Carry on.

Hurst

 

Ok Hurst I'll agree to disagree.

 

Kind of like mine a few weeks ago. gps view of where I loaded a few miles though a cow pasture.

 

OldIron, you really need to write a book, my friend. You're the kind of guy I like to sit next to at a barbeque and just listen to all the stories.

 

No flatbed in this photo but I just lost all my coolant on the busiest highway in Canada during rush hour with only a narrow shoulder to stop on (tires still on the line).

I wondered if it was on fire when I saw the smoke billowing from underneath near the driver's side fuel tank.

 

I should get the old man to post on here. He has some of the most bizarre and funny story's from the old days.
Craziest thing I ever did was years ago I was still running my 359 pete. Had a load of frozen on in a reefer. Hot. Middle of summer. Reefer hadn't come off high idle in 2 days. Would pull down at night but 4-5 P.M was not good. Was running across Montana headed for southern Idaho. Got out past billings and started to notice pulling over hills my air compressor couldn't keep up. Stopped and check for air leaks. Nothing. At Idle wouldn't even keep up. Cruising rpm 1500 would just keep up. I had just overhauled the compressor myself a couple of weeks before. **** Tore unloader valves apart and put old parts back in. Same thing. **** Thinking now it's the rings. Now what. Made a few calls couldn't find parts or a used single cylinder Cummins compressor. Closest new one was in Salt Lake. Sat there for an hour listening to that reefer roaring away. Temp on the rise. **** I know what will happen when I head into West Yellowstone. Wound up buying the biggest Inverter I could find. Hard wired it to the batteries with a jumper cable. Bought me a little bitty 110 volt air compressor and stuffed it in the coffin Bunk sleeper. Ran a air hose out the floorboard and into the air drain hole in the wet air tank. Tried it out. Had to take the relief valve off my new compressor but it worked like a charm. Trust me you wont get sleepy when a air compressor kicks on in your bunk every few minutes.

 

Yikes. I would hate to work on anything under that hood. Where's the motor?