RowdyRebel Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 So I pick up these wire mesh screens and making my way back to the house. Go around a bend in the road and see something rather unnerving in my mirror. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Pulled over on the shoulder for a little emergency Redneck Engineering... 1 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Made it home...some daylight pics: Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Got it up to where I was going with it...unloading was a little sketchy, though. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 I think part of the problem was the way it was loaded...notice all of the boards between the stacks? Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336886 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 They weren't long enough to reach the other side, which when the winches are located on that other side, exacerbates the situation. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336887 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 16, 2016 Author Share Posted June 16, 2016 Anyway, got the load there without damage, and nobody got hurt killed or injured in the process. In my book, that's a successful run. 2 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336888 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 That is one nasty load. Glad I didn't have to haul it. Good job keeping it upright. Next time pass on that load of stuff if you can. 1 Quote The problems we face today exist because the people who work for a living are outnumbered by the people who vote for a living.The government can only "give" someone what they first take from another. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coenut Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Saw a guy with a load like that go around an on ramp a bit to fast and the load shifted so much they had to bring a forklift on another flatbed and restack it right on the ramp. He didn't make it 3 miles from the shipper. Nice work shoring it up. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 the only safe way to haul that crap and rolled fencing is in a demo trailer 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Just out of curiosity-that is a lot of wire-what did it weigh? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 5 hours ago, HeavyGunner said: That is one nasty load. Glad I didn't have to haul it. Good job keeping it upright. Next time pass on that load of stuff if you can. Ya know, if it weren't for the occasional challenge, this job would be downright boring. It is why I don't pull a dry box or run the interstates (if I can avoid it). Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 3 hours ago, Red Horse said: Just out of curiosity-that is a lot of wire-what did it weigh? BOL says 32K...not sure how accurate that is, because as long as there ain't no scales 'tween here 'n there, I generally don't fret over what stuff weighs. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 4 hours ago, Coenut said: Saw a guy with a load like that go around an on ramp a bit to fast and the load shifted so much they had to bring a forklift on another flatbed and restack it right on the ramp. He didn't make it 3 miles from the shipper. Nice work shoring it up. See, now that's the difference between having a truck driver vs. a Certifiable Redneck Engineer at the scene... 2 Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336942 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 4 hours ago, carlotpilot said: the only safe way to haul that crap and rolled fencing is in a demo trailer Sure ain't friendly to straps! Trying to get chunks of mudflap under all of the pointy little ends took longer than anything...and then, of course, when it shifted I lost a bunch of the mudflap chunks and poked holes in places that hadn't been anywhere NEAR the straps before... Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336943 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdog2 Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Dont feel bad we have steel wire mill here in Wallingford CT You'll see a load or two a week getting straighten out on the side of the Hi-way with a wrecker . Quote Ed Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336970 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowdyRebel Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Wreckers cost money, and if it takes too long you wind up PAYING to haul the load. Screw that. I'm in it for the money, so I ain't looking to move any freight that costs me more than it pays to move it. Quote When approaching a 4-way stop, the vehicle with the biggest tires has the right of way! Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-336974 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 I hauled a few loads like that from Joliet, Illinois to Winchester, Va. in the '80's. They would band the material to the trailer, with these big-ass heavy duty bands, at least an inch wide i'd say, then you'd still have to chain it- straps hadn't been invented then. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/45695-one-heck-of-an-ugly-load/#findComment-337073 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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