Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[Creamer]

Fork lift tricks:

Bruce

They had obviously done that before!

 

[California]

Fork lift tricks continued:

I bought this little Yanmar from a remote spot way up in the Sierras then had the seller drop it off at a mutual friend's shop down on the flatlands, where I felt it was safer for me to trailer it the final 200 miles home. When I picked it up I was surprised how he loaded it for me ....

 

[ultrarunner]

Looks like quite a load for trailer and tow vehicle...

What does the Yanmar tip the scales at?

 

[California]

Looks like quite a load for trailer and tow vehicle... What does the Yanmar tip the scales at?

I'm under the trailer and Subaru's 2k limits. It was an uneventful tow (photo) on the flatlands from Red Bluff to Sonoma County. But it would have been suicidal to trailer that much weight the first third of the distance home, on steep winding canyon roads over the Sierras from Susanville (far NE California) to the Valley floor, so I paid the seller to do the first 100 mile leg to this dropoff point where I picked it up.

I bought that Yanmar in in 2009, sold it recently. In 2014 I finally found another YM186D with a loader and power steering not far from here, down in Fairfax. (Just north of San Francisco then west toward the coast). In the photo linked below I'm on Marin county back roads during a quiet time of day, seldom saw anyone. I'm (just) under rated capacity after shedding the trailer's side/front panels. I made a real cautious trip like a trucker does with an oversize-load permit. Nothing exciting. But no way would I have taken this the short way home up the freeway.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...hauling-towing-30.html?highlight=#post3727767

 

[ultrarunner]

I always find it hard to estimate weight from a picture...

Never thought powersteering was a big deal... no longer think that way!

 

[Snowback]

Fork lift tricks continued:

I bought this little Yanmar from a remote spot way up in the Sierras then had the seller drop it off at a mutual friend's shop down on the flatlands, where I felt it was safer for me to trailer it the final 200 miles home. When I picked it up I was surprised how he loaded it for me ....

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Is that pic the famous "Dave's Tractor" of TBN fame? or just a random Dave's Tractor? I've learned a lot from Dave and appreciate him. Nice shop there.

 

[ultrarunner]

I was thinking the same.... just didn't want to out him.

Suspect you are right.

 

[California]

Is that pic the famous "Dave's Tractor" of TBN fame? or just a random Dave's Tractor? I've learned a lot from Dave and appreciate him. Nice shop there.

Yep! Great guy.

 

[HHR]

I guess this is one way to do it.
Float plane takes off from trailer. - YouTube

 

[kebo]

I guess this is one way to do it.
Float plane takes off from trailer. - YouTube

The crazy stunts them Aussie's are willing to try!

I think that would be something that only a very experienced pilot would attempt. On the practice run, they were lucky the plane didn't bounce off of that little trailer when he hit the bump (yes, it was strapped down with a nylon ratchet strap on each pontoon but only on the front half) on the way back in.

I see from the comments that they actually land the plane at the airport on wet grass. Doesn't seem like wet grass would be slick enough to let it slide that well for a few hundred feet??? Anyway, interesting video.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I guess this is one way to do it. Float plane takes off from trailer. - YouTube

This is done all the time. I'm float plane rated and taking off from the trailer is not that big of a deal. Landing it on grass can be.

Chris

 

[bcp]

"Trailer" doesn't need to be towed, either.

Takeoff starts about 2:10.

More:

floatplane takeoff dolly - Google Search

Bruce

 

[fried1765]

This is done all the time. I'm float plane rated and taking off from the trailer is not that big of a deal. Landing it on grass can be.

Chris

I am 75 years old, flew for 39 years, have 29,000+ hours flight time, (from the T-34 to the 747-400) and have more than a few aircraft carrier landings as well.
I would absolutely not do it, when being towed by a truck! The dolly method does seem to be a little bit better.
This follows the OLD aviation adage: "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots"!

 

[DavesTractor]

Is that pic the famous "Dave's Tractor" of TBN fame? or just a random Dave's Tractor? I've learned a lot from Dave and appreciate him. Nice shop there.

That is me on the tractor, as I won't let an employee sit on a tractor on the forks...it's not the smartest idea and I'm not the smartest...so it's a good match!

That's my son on the forklift as I know he is careful, and our lead mechanic Jeff in the red shirt. It's probably safer to sling the tractor into the trailer or to use a set of ramps, but this was quick and easy. Sometimes to load a ramp-less trailer we will drive the tractor onto our rollback, then back the rollback up to the customer's trailer and then tilt the bed and do it that way. That is the better way.

 

[ultrarunner]

Forklifts can do amazing things...

At the plant one of my duties was to drive the forklift which I enjoyed...

The boss saw me one day and said I should do it all the time... thought I was in trouble because I had been doing it when no one was available... said I was careful and that was more important than being a forklift jockey...

 

[Diamondpilot]

I am 75 years old, flew for 39 years, have 29,000+ hours flight time, (from the T-34 to the 747-400) and have more than a few aircraft carrier landings as well. I would absolutely not do it, when being towed by a truck! The dolly method does seem to be a little bit better. This follows the OLD aviation adage: "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots"!

I have no where near your experience. I have 10,300 hrs. 8,500 if those hours are in Corporate jets and turbo props.


It's really not that big of a deal with the float planes. To me it's much safer than crop dusting and some of the other flying I have done.

Chris

 

[xtn]

And the opposite...

 

[ultrarunner]

I hope that is freshwater...

 

[tungularafishcamp]

And the opposite... <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=460977"/>

Never forget the first time I landed like that, what a rush!

 

[Redneck in training]

I hope that is freshwater...

Hope it is hard water.