Pictures of the Week

[other dog]

I saw an oversize load going north on I-79 Sunday.

 

Must have been really heavy, they had 2 trucks pulling it.

 

Saw it again Monday when I was headed back south.

 

I had a load of skidded coils in a van.

 

They have to unload them at the shop and put them on a flatbed or drop deck trailer and then deliver them to Lynchburg because N.B.Handy's forklifts won't fit in the trailer. So they drag them to the rear of the trailer with a chain, then unload them with the forklift.

When I went to Handy Wednesday to pick up a load going to Hanover, Md. in a Conestoga, they asked me about this coil- they wanted to know if it looked like this when they loaded it in McKees Rocks. I said "no, it did not look like that, it was round when they loaded it".

 

They seemed to think they dropped it at the shop when they were unloading it. The guys at the shop said it was like that at first, and they took pictures of it before they unloaded any of the coils- this coil and another one just like it was side by side all the way in the nose of the trailer. They were the only single coil skids, all the rest had 2 coils banded together. I said the only thing I could think of was when they ran the next skid in the trailer they might have mashed it trying to get the skids tight...but the one right beside it was undamaged. I have no clue how it got like that, it's a mystery.

I went from Hanover to York, Pa. to get a load of aluminum going to Columbus, Oh.

 

Ran in a lot of snow across the turnpike, road never got too bad though.

 

I got to Columbus and turned into this alley, where the sign said "shipping and receiving".

 

Then I had to back out of it into the street and go down to the next street and make a right, and another right, to get back over here.

 

All this because the place next door blocks their parking lot so trucks delivering where I was can't use it to pull up into and back straight into the door. I had to blind-side in the door from this side.

 

Not a real big deal because there's a lot of room, but you can't turn the truck in the alley until you clear the corner of the building, and it would be so quick and easy if I could have come in and pulled into that parking lot over there at first and backed right in the door...jackasses.

 

[thomastractorsvc]

That is probably because all the "swift" or other (insert name here) drivers taking so long to back in.

Watched this one last night.

[hicrop10]

There will always be some dumb ass out there that's want to make it hard for someone else.That reminds me of the time I was coming down rt.33 in PA heading to rt22.As I was heading south I notice the road thinking down to one lane ahead.Now mind you I had the lowboy with a wide load and I wasn't going to fit.The company that was doing the roadwork decided to set up the barrier a day early.Well after I had the road shut down the state cops showed up.I showed them all my paper work and all they could do was look at me.I told them to move the cars behind me so I could backup to the last exit.The cop said that was over 3 miles,I told him to get at it.Gotta say he had a sense of humor. When I got to the end he has a can of Pepsi waiting for me.

[other dog]

I went from Columbus back to McKees Rocks, saw this Cummins powered Dodge getting fuel at the Go Mart across from the old Shenandoah Truckstop.

 

Saw a couple of big Mack trucks at Neville Island.

 

And I saw a wagon load of dead coyotes Sam Black Church, W.V.

 

Saw this girl in Winfall on the way home today. She asked me to help her get her heel unstuck from her wheel, but I told her I was already running late and just didn't have time.

 

I guess everybody heard about the tornadoes in this area on Wednesday. The Evergreen area was pretty much devastated. I used to live in Evergreen when I first moved to Appomattox, and I rented a house from the man who was killed there.

http://wset.com/

[RedBullDog]

It is a bad deal that that other company blocks off their area and creates all that unnecessary work, but then again, they have no idea when it's a compatant compotant real driver or when some newb is gonna drag the van or front of the building away trying.

Out here the big loads with two tractors have one up front and one out back. Several of the loads like this that I've seen lately have the back tractor controlled by the front truck. I say it is cause I have yet to see a driver standing by the road afterward wondering where the heck his load went.

[theakerstwo]

Talking about pickups and cars in the way is like we have ever day working in town on a city street job.You can have a load of rock needing to b dumped in a hole that is holding up the job and they will always be a white pickup setting in the way.It will be a inspector or a job forman.I have blowed my horn to get them to move and they will go around the block and get in some one else way.

[HeavyGunner]

Must not need tail lights in Columbus? Wouldn't think coyote hides would be any good. By now most of the guard hairs are gone due to heavy use and sticking to the snow and ice when they lay down. Plus those ugly brown ones back east don't bring much $$$. Must be a political statement?

[other dog]

On 2/27/2016 at 11:19 PM, HeavyGunner said:

Must not need tail lights in Columbus? Wouldn't think coyote hides would be any good. By now most of the guard hairs are gone due to heavy use and sticking to the snow and ice when they lay down. Plus those ugly brown ones back east don't bring much $$$. Must be a political statement?

That would be my guess about the coyotes, there's another big plywood sign there complaining about an insurance company. There used to be a $50 bounty on coyotes in Appomattox, Cumberland, and several more counties around here. I should check Campbell County, if there's a bounty here I could offer him $25 each, load 'em up, and bring them here and say I killed them in the back yard. There's cattle there too, they might have killed some of his calves or something.

I don't know if they're like the wolves or not- some years ago, somebody decided that it would be a good idea to bring wolves back into the mountains of western Va.

http://www.vlrc.org/articles/42.html

Now people are complaining about wolves killing their livestock, especially in Highland County where they raise a lot of sheep.

This was pretty interesting too-

http://www.c-ville.com/coywolves-albemarle-county-new-species-calls-area-home/#.VtK2sJwrIdU

 

[other dog]

I was looking at some pictures of the construction of the Smith Mountain Lake dam this morning and saw this neat picture-

There's more pictures here, but no more B models-

http://www.newsadvance.com/lifestyles/photos-building-smith-mountain-lake-a-look-back/collection_0ec57092-d580-11e5-aa7e-7f9c0e742de0.html

[j hancock]

The curtain side pushes more air all the time than the skateboard but "tarping" is sure easier.

[1977vega]

http://www.bigmacktrucks.com/uploads/monthly_02_2016/post-1374-0-31131700-1456622468.jpg

Talk about running it till the wheels fall off! Typical dodge though 😁

[other dog]

The curtain side pushes more air all the time than the skateboard but "tarping" is sure easier.

True that, it pulls hard even empty, it's so wide you can't see anything but the front corners in the mirror, and chaining is a hassle, but the tarping part is great!

[HeavyGunner]

That would be my guess about the coyotes, there's another big plywood sign there complaining about an insurance company. There used to be a $50 bounty on coyotes in Appomattox, Cumberland, and several more counties around here. I should check Campbell County, if there's a bounty here I could offer him $25 each, load 'em up, and bring them here and say I killed them in the back yard. There's cattle there too, they might have killed some of his calves or something.

I don't know if they're like the wolves or not- some years ago, somebody decided that it would be a good idea to bring wolves back into the mountains of western Va.

http://www.vlrc.org/articles/42.html

Now people are complaining about wolves killing their livestock, especially in Highland County where they raise a lot of sheep.

This was pretty interesting too-

http://www.c-ville.com/coywolves-albemarle-county-new-species-calls-area-home/#.VtK2sJwrIdU

Yeah we've got the same problem with Wolves here too. For some interesting reading look up the Yellowstone elk herd and its decline since the introduction of wolves. If memory serves me correctly I believe that herd declined 75% in the first five years and never has recovered. The sad thing is that was the herd that we trapped elk out of when we wanted to reintroduce them to their former haunts.

[mowerman]

lol very interesting...bob

[Vladislav]

Thank you for sharing.

The oversize load is impressive.

It gets me thinking on how seldom I can see anything oversized here.

Sure there are some big showels or cranes transported but far from to be that much.

I know there's a dead planty of ristrictions and other BS about oversize transporting and it seems to me as a mark of the economy development.

Easier to say some ones do job and the other just busy creating restrictions...

And the coil sure got a drop.

Nice pic with a green B-model.

[Underdog]

Tom, call me ignorant but why all the reloading of coils? Why not pick them up with the Conestoga in the first place?

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[other dog]

Tom, call me ignorant but why all the reloading of coils? Why not pick them up with the Conestoga in the first place?

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I had a van on the first trip, they can't unload the van at N.B.Handy in Lynchburg, so they have to unload them at the shop and put them on a flatbed so they can be side unloaded. The Conestoga was on the second trip to McKees Rocks to load.

[Underdog]

I had a van on the first trip, they can't unload the van at N.B.Handy in Lynchburg, so they have to unload them at the shop and put them on a flatbed so they can be side unloaded. The Conestoga was on the second trip to McKees Rocks to load.

I was just wondering could you use the Conestoga in place of the van on the first trip, to avoid the extra labor.

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[DCR]

What am I missing? Coils can be hauled in a van unsecured without chains or straps but must be secured on a flatbed?

[other dog]

I went over to the Winfall Saloon to have a drank today-

 

...but I didn't stay long, I came home to see if I could get my grill started after sitting idle all winter.

It started right up, so I threw a half-rack of ribs and half a pork loin on it . I didn't have time to try 1958F.W.D.'s recipe, every thing was frozen solid, so there was no time to marinate anything.

 

Every thing turned out very well though.

 

[other dog]

I was just wondering could you use the Conestoga in place of the van on the first trip, to avoid the extra labor.

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No, they want van loads only at Chester, W.V. in the winter time, they'll unload flatbeds in the summer. And Kyanite Mining Corp. won't load a flatbed from the end, only from the side. They used to, but not any more.

[other dog]

What am I missing? Coils can be hauled in a van unsecured without chains or straps but must be secured on a flatbed?

Well, ..uh...yeah, that's pretty much it.

[Underdog]

No, they want van loads only at Chester, W.V. in the winter time, they'll unload flatbeds in the summer. And Kyanite Mining Corp. won't load a flatbed from the end, only from the side. They used to, but not any more.

All according to the customer. Good to hear you can give them the service they need. I used to use my 102" dump trailer w/3-way gate for skidded loads... 16 pallets fit nicely on the floor. A few customers were thrown at first until they got to know me and my trailer. Other than a difference in dock height, worked pretty smooth most places.

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[other dog]

All according to the customer. Good to hear you can give them the service they need. I used to use my 102" dump trailer w/3-way gate for skidded loads... 16 pallets fit nicely on the floor. A few customers were thrown at first until they got to know me and my trailer. Other than a difference in dock height, worked pretty smooth most places.

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I see a lot of dump trailers loading regular coils at Sharon Coatings in Sharon, Pa.

[Underdog]

I see a lot of dump trailers loading regular coils at Sharon Coatings in Sharon, Pa.

A lot of dumpers use that as back hauls for scrap going in to the steel mills. I never had tie downs in the bed for coils, I needed my trailer to be weatherproof for other products, and tie downs in the floor creates a moisture path.

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