Popular Post j hancock Posted April 14, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 14, 2020 Big rig in the day buried out in the woods. 4 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 i ran one of them back in the late 70's that had a 671 detroit and 15 speed trans. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Great video. Wonder what the specs on the truck are. Along this line of tankers has anyone heard from Willie Dog or seen the Gulf Oil tanker he restored. ? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Man those guys got some ambition God love them I drove a 1960 Rio only one day it was a trash truck gas job 4-3 two stick I was only 20 lol Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarite The good old days... bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) V8 gas engine by the hood ornaments, and probably a duplex or triplex trans. could not make out the shift pattern on the dash. Edited April 14, 2020 by tjc transport Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 Well I wonder what brand of straps they were using. I guess that is one way to get a load moving. Also good testimony to the durability of the hitch on that Dodge pickup🤦♂️ Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448746 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 it looked to me like they were using chains to pull it out, except for the snatch strap on the pickup. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 1 minute ago, tjc transport said: it looked to me like they were using chains to pull it out, except for the snatch strap on the pickup. Hah- look at the beginning. the guy would have about 6' of slack in the tow rope and then he would accelerate. Unreal. Must be it was not his truck or his strap😆 But they get an "A" for effort. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 that is the way snatch straps are designed to work....sorta. give it about a foot or so of slack and go for it. as the strap stretches it builds tension and finally acts like a giant rubber band multiplying the pull force. . unfortunately people thing if one foot is good, 6 foot is better. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, tjc transport said: that is the way snatch straps are designed to work....sorta. give it about a foot or so of slack and go for it. as the strap stretches it builds tension and finally acts like a giant rubber band multiplying the pull force. . unfortunately people thing if one foot is good, 6 foot is better. Well I guess I'm the dummy then- learn something new every day. If I saw my kids doing it when they were like 14 I would have been barking at them.😎 1 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 (edited) Or you can just ease into it and as you slowly stretch the line the elasticity of it is pulling. Works the same as hitting the end of the strap with speed without all of the jerking and jarring. https://youtu.be/mnljd9Dqxzs Edited April 14, 2020 by HeavyGunner 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/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Horse Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 4 hours ago, HeavyGunner said: Or you can just ease into it and as you slowly stretch the line the elasticity of it is pulling. Works the same as hitting the end of the strap with speed without all of the jerking and jarring. https://youtu.be/mnljd9Dqxzs Thx-always thought they were "Harbor Freight" gimmics. I've got one strap-for lifting. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Bubba ropes even makes a giant Rope for semis and equipment. Used them a lot in the oil fields. 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/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448792 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadwayR Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 12 hours ago, tjc transport said: V8 gas engine by the hood ornaments, and probably a duplex or triplex trans. could not make out the shift pattern on the dash. Yeah, REO Gold Comet V-8. Really be something if they could get that running again, but parts are extinct. Wish they got some shots of the engine, torch cutting studs is not that exciting....... Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quickfarms Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Why did they wait until they were loading it onto the trailer to get a tire on the last hub? Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadwayR Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I think because some of the tank piping was about to get hung up on the trailer. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddeere Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Those straps are good but you do not want to put anything heavy on the end if they come loose it becomes a projectile. A few years ago a farmer was killed when one with a large metal hook went thru the back of his tractor cab window. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I can't find the video now, but I watch Zach Johnson's (The Milennial Farmer) vidoes on You Tube and he was just showing those Yankum tow straps. They seem to work a lot better than chains and regular straps. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448846 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyGunner Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, eddeere said: Those straps are good but you do not want to put anything heavy on the end if they come loose it becomes a projectile. A few years ago a farmer was killed when one with a large metal hook went thru the back of his tractor cab window. Lots of companies are making a nylon? clevis. Basically a big knot on one end and a loop on the other. Run/wrap the loop end around what you are pulling from and push it through the loop on the end of the tow rope and push the knot end through the loop end of the clevis. https://www.bubbarope.com/gator-jaw-pro-synthetic-shackle Edited April 15, 2020 by HeavyGunner 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/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 12 hours ago, RoadwayR said: Yeah, REO Gold Comet V-8. Really be something if they could get that running again, but parts are extinct. Wish they got some shots of the engine, torch cutting studs is not that exciting....... seems like all that work to pull it outa there,,,,might as well restore it now,,,,seems this fella just wants to use it for his bussiness...sign....i say fix it up and drive it.lol.bob Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 1 hour ago, eddeere said: Those straps are good but you do not want to put anything heavy on the end if they come loose it becomes a projectile. A few years ago a farmer was killed when one with a large metal hook went thru the back of his tractor cab window. that is why you should always drape something over the strap to hold it down if it breaks. i had a winch cable snap once, the blanket over the cable dropped it rite to the ground. i also saw a guy get cut almost in half when a cable snapped. he said "we don't need a cable blanket" about 45 seconds before he died. Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 I've seen it on an aircraft carrier and it's not pretty what it did to the side of an A6 Intruder and an aircraft tug. Amazing and through sheer afterburning power the F/A-18A was able to get back off the deck and survive. I can only imagine how a human being would fare. I've parted several cables over the years winching equipment and vehicles. You ALWAYS watch the cable and when it starts unraveling, (you can see this) get off the power. A watchful eye and head on a swivel will help keep you alive. 1 Quote Plodding along with no job nor practical application for my existence, but still trying to fix what's broke. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullheaded Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 9 hours ago, Rob said: I've seen it on an aircraft carrier and it's not pretty what it did to the side of an A6 Intruder and an aircraft tug. Amazing and through sheer afterburning power the F/A-18A was able to get back off the deck and survive. I can only imagine how a human being would fare. I've parted several cables over the years winching equipment and vehicles. You ALWAYS watch the cable and when it starts unraveling, (you can see this) get off the power. A watchful eye and head on a swivel will help keep you alive. That's gotta be something to see....those jets landing on an aircraft carrier. Just mind blowing what they can do. Hard to imagine it's even possible. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/62050-tandem-reo-oil-tanker-rescue/#findComment-448926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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