Towing the Space shuttle

[TCJatko]

As least the shuttle arrived undamaged. In New York, the morons towing the shuttle on a barge dinged a wingtip on a dock.

 

[Patches]

Oh geez...the brand bashing wars are starting again. Come on boys, even the Israeli's and Ham-As$ made peace for at least 24-hours. :laughing:

OK, what I want to know is whether the dollies used in the Tundra pulling the shuttle ads are powered or not thereby giving the Toyota, or any pickup for that matter added help. From what I saw on the TV news, the dollies used were the kind with numerous independent steerable and powered axles.

The powered/steerable axles were used for all the trip except the travel over the bridge. CA. DOT would not allow the additional weight of those on the bridge. Thus the "dollie axles" and Tundra

 

[Diamondpilot]

the local MH yard uses a massive 'satoh beaver' and a dolley to tender mobiles in a paved flat lot....

MH's are not that heavy. I have towed a 4 axle 14x70' one with my 06 F-350 SRW truck. It only weighed about 20,000#. Less than some of the boats I tow. The only tough part was making turns and backing it up in the soft grass. That took the extra pull of a Jeep to do.

The average weight is 20# per SQ FT according to the guys who move them.


Chris

 

[timswi]

I could probably tow the space shuttle with my RTV on level ground...The whole ad is an insult....I laughed at it.

Kinda like the Viagra guy with the 4x4 Dodge the gets stuck and doesn't lock it in....Instead the horses have to pull it out..Or the Camero that over heats and a 16oz water bottle fixes it..How stupid to the ad agencies think we are..Good Lord.

 

[Soundguy]

I believe you.

I had a buddy ( he moved to texas ).. he was an OTR driver for many years.. got laid off around 04 , and got a contract for himself and a buddy to haul fema trailers across 10 into lousiana.. they both ran f350's with teh 7.3.. not sure of the years.. but they were auto trans so that must have put them at 96 or 97 as they were the boxy style PSD's.

MH's are not that heavy. I have towed a 4 axle 14x70' one with my 06 F-350 SRW truck. It only weighed about 20,000#. Less than some of the boats I tow. The only tough part was making turns and backing it up in the soft grass. That took the extra pull of a Jeep to do.

The average weight is 20# per SQ FT according to the guys who move them.


Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

I believe you.

I had a buddy ( he moved to texas ).. he was an OTR driver for many years.. got laid off around 04 , and got a contract for himself and a buddy to haul fema trailers across 10 into lousiana.. they both ran f350's with teh 7.3.. not sure of the years.. but they were auto trans so that must have put them at 96 or 97 as they were the boxy style PSD's.

I looked into doing this also since many of the trailers were built here in Indiana. Tough to make any money at it. At the time I had the 99 F350, 04 F250, & my 06 F350.

When I pulled the MH it was only 3.5 miles on rural roads. It was for charity for mu best friends moms church. They were helping out a poor family.

Chris

 

[puckgrinder85]

Oh geez...the brand bashing wars are starting again. Come on boys, even the Israeli's and Ham-As$ made peace for at least 24-hours. :laughing:

OK, what I want to know is whether the dollies used in the Tundra pulling the shuttle ads are powered or not thereby giving the Toyota, or any pickup for that matter added help. From what I saw on the TV news, the dollies used were the kind with numerous independent steerable and powered axles.

OK, I like my Ford F-250; but I sure wish Toyota and Nissan would offer F-250 and above class trucks in the USA as I would like additional choices of trucks available to me. I'm not a GM or Chrysler fan and that's all I'm going to say without going on a diatribe as to why I don't care for either brand.

There are two different systems, the blue platform was powered, they then switched it over to the white dolley that was just that, wheels and a platform. Do some research you can tell which are powered and which are not.

 

[troutsqueezer]

As a proud 7.3L Ford dually owner I was dismayed to see the Toyota Tundra towing the Space Shuttle to it's final resting place, and sure enough Toyota now is airing a commercial showing that dang truck towing the Shuttle.

What's it got? a 10,400 lb tow capacity MAX?

I hope they also had a Ford F150 or a Ram 1500 towing it for comparison.

Or maybe that guy who tows airplanes tied to his ears.

But yet you prefer a Japanese-made tractor, one that could not possibly move as much dirt as a CAT brand. Hmmm....

 

[Sutol]

I'm unbiased you could say as I'm not American.

I towed a big semi (44 tonnes) last year with my V8 land rover 110. Just let the clutch off in low first and away she went, grabbed a couple more gears as I towed the rig over an icy bridge.

I had an Isuzu crew cab pick up before that with a 2.8 ltre turbo diesel and never had a moments problem with it until the chassis rotted away under the pickup body.

I buy American tools whenever I can as I believe that they are the best, I have a pair of Vise Grips made in America which I have owned and used regularly for over forty years.

The V8 in my Land Rover 110 is a Rover engine which was originally Buick so American again.

Japanese trucks were very good, dont know about the new ones, electronics have bred unreliability ito most engines these days, that and other modern trends like only having a sump capacity of 3 or 4 litres on some modern turbo cars, it may save on service costs but the motors dont last long.

Just my opinions

 

[Patches]

I'm unbiased you could say as I'm not American.

I towed a big semi (44 tonnes) last year with my V8 land rover 110. Just let the clutch off in low first and away she went, grabbed a couple more gears as I towed the rig over an icy bridge.

I had an Isuzu crew cab pick up before that with a 2.8 ltre turbo diesel and never had a moments problem with it until the chassis rotted away under the pickup body.

I buy American tools whenever I can as I believe that they are the best, I have a pair of Vise Grips made in America which I have owned and used regularly for over forty years.

The V8 in my Land Rover 110 is a Rover engine which was originally Buick so American again.

Japanese trucks were very good, dont know about the new ones, electronics have bred unreliability ito most engines these days, that and other modern trends like only having a sump capacity of 3 or 4 litres on some modern turbo cars, it may save on service costs but the motors dont last long.

Just my opinions

My 5.7L, gas(345cu.in.)Tundra has an eight quart oil capacity;most US domestics are 6 quart