using a lowboy

What if it doesn’t have “ride doors”?

 

Then he's on his own.

 

Good to see you today Caterpillar Cowboy.

Looks like the season has begun, your trucks are running!

 

If he's never ran any equipment,.. that right there will be his downfall.

The trailer and securement are pretty straight forward that anyone with half a brain and some common sense should figure out. But understanding how different equipment should be setup for safe travel and getting them onto the trailer can be the most dangerous thing for a novice.

And the pessimist in me questions how someone with little or no experience is offered $150k annually. Just my opinion.

Hurst

 

I hope you figure it out,.. because at the weight, width and heights that some equipment go down the road, driving will be the easy part. But if you've never operated any equipment,.. I pray you dont kill anyone,.. or yourself.

Hurst

 

I was thinking about this scenario...a piece of tracked equipment with big grousers, a rainy day, wet tracks, wet trailer, maybe loading on a little bit of a side slant that you don't notice and that machine starts to walk sideways on you.
Lowboy isn't rocket science but you don't get a lot of do-overs. You have to really focus on what you're doing.
To me, loading and unloading a machine I wasn't familiar with was always the most challenging part. If you're hauling somebody's half-million dollar machine and you wreck it things get ugly real fast.

I'm curious about the pay, too. For a job making that kind of money you'd think that they could find a guy with experience.

 

Try an excavator that hangs over both sides on an icy deck......the trailer had better be dang level.

 

I've found that just starting lots of different pieces of equipment itself can be a challenge. Most seem to think you simply put a key in and turn it over like a car. It's a different world the in the machinery realm.