joshuabardwell
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So how'd she pull? On the edge? No problem at all? We're dying to know!
Advice needed for road travel while pulling a trailer
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So how'd she pull? On the edge? No problem at all? We're dying to know!
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kiotiken
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Nope, I took about 6000# on the trailer and 800# on the loader. There was 3000# left, none of it great and I didn't want to push it anymore.
Well, I'll say the DK45 is a beast! Be that as is may, it felt EVERY hill, even the ones I couldn't really tell were hills. I stayed in high the entire way but had to take the cruise off anytime there was an incline and feather it a bit. It probably took an extra 15 to 20 minutes on the way home.
My neighbour ran over when I got home and started helping me. As soon as he got to the back of the tractor to detatch the trailer, he started yelling. Fluid was splashing out from around the right side cab bumper so I got the trailer off, dropped off the pallet with granite and got the tractor to a serviceable spot. I then got in there a little closer to see what I was dealing with. Turns out, the A/C drips like a fountain on days like today:laughing: So, I'm happy to report, no (known) damage to the tractor or trailer. I broke the two pieces on the loader on the way home, they were just carried to flat and the road was to bumpy. I was really just using them for ballast, and somebody may want them for a table.
I ended up with 10 large pieces on the trailer, including the one I wanted all along for my table, two on the loader (well, 4 now!) plus 4 pieces they gave me a couple weeks ago and brought home in the car (I didn't include in this whole story in the thread). I have 4 projects that I want to do, 3 of them this year. Thankfully, I've got a pretty good imagination, so I'm sure I'll come up with a bunch more. I'd like to sell some on kijiji and give away a whole lot more to friends and family.
Thanks for all the input guys, I really appreciate all the comments. I'm glad it went to plan and I was impress how smoothly it all went. Holding up 1000# slab of granite to full height plus the curl of the bucket is quite an experience, especially with no ballast other than loaded tires. The tractor didn't even seem to notice.
joshuabardwell
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Good deal. I bet you can get a little money selling the scraps on Craigslist or whatever when all is said and done.
I had the same experience with "feeling every hill" when I took up bicycling for a while. Stuff where, in a car you would say it was flat, all of the sudden you realize it's actually uphill!
I had the same experience with "feeling every hill" when I took up bicycling for a while. Stuff where, in a car you would say it was flat, all of the sudden you realize it's actually uphill!
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kiotiken
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You start to realize how much power your little car really has, whizzing up hills and sprinting off the line at stoplights. Little old ladies with walkers beat me across the street when the lights went green! It did just fine on flat roads, but it still took some time to get up some steam. I'll take a guess that I was about 14,000 lbs all in, that's a lot for a little 45 hp diesel to move.
rmorey
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Good job! Put me down for a piece when the "store opens"! :laughing:
LD1
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Well done:thumbsup:
jake98
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Great story! It'll be a tale to remember.. Glad nobody was texting at 100 mph.
MotorSeven
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Wait....go back you forgot the metal rack!!!
I knew you could get 'er done:thumbsup:
I knew you could get 'er done:thumbsup:
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kiotiken
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We took pictures of all the pieces coming off the trailer, sketched them and drew out all the dimensions. I'm going to do a quick website with all the info and pics and put an ad on kijiji, CL and Used Ottawa. I'll update this thread when I do it, take a look and see if there's anything you like. I'm hoping to make a few bucks from the ads but like I said before, I'll make you an offer you can't refuse! I'm also thinking I'll go back for the rest of it in a few weeks. The stuff I left is more suitable (size wise) for bathroom vanities and smaller applications. I think I'm more likely to sell a few of those to make my money back. Not to many DYI'ers willing to take on a full kitchen!
Thanks!
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kiotiken
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The best memories are made doing the craziest things! I'm glad nobody was texting too. I had one crazy moment on the road, from the most unexpected person. I was driving along a long stretch of single lane road. The shoulders looked soft and I wouldn't have moved off the road for fear of shifting the load anyway so I built up a good long line behind me. I was coming up to a set of lights around a corner in the road. I was continuing straight, but there was a turning lane on my right (shoulder side of the road) for cars turning right at the lights. A transport truck with empty full length float took the turning lane, sped up as fast as he could and past me in the intersection taking the shoulder at the far side of the intersection (no turning lane there obviously). I only saw him go into the turning lane and figured he was turning, it scared the poop out of me when I figured out what he was up to. You'd think a heavy equipment operator would have a little more understanding.
