How do you unload.
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sandman2234
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I think there is prboably a better way, that doesn't stress the truck frame and running gear quite as much. I would have moved a pile of dirt to the rear of the truck and pulled out onto that, then leveled the dirtpile.
Might as well change the oil in the truck while you have it suspended...
David from jax
Might as well change the oil in the truck while you have it suspended...
David from jax
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I've seen some funny things. Guy i bought my JD-B trike from showed up to unload at my house with only 2 ramps.. and it was a flatbed truck.. we are talking about a deck that was at least 4.5' off the pavement.. ramps were just long enough to slightly angle out and not go straight down... He backed that B off and as the back wheels were just about to touch the pavement and the front just getting tot he edge of the gate.. he wheeled it around and let one rear tire ride off the side of the ramp with about 3" left and that was just enough room to get the fronts onto the edge of the right side ramp, and then he turned the wheel hard to the side and let the front come down that ramp.
it was the darndest thing to watch.. I thought for sure there was going to be a fatality in my front pasture that day. All i can say is his must 'clang' when he walks... I sure wouldn't have tried that.. (grin)
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it was the darndest thing to watch.. I thought for sure there was going to be a fatality in my front pasture that day. All i can say is his must 'clang' when he walks... I sure wouldn't have tried that.. (grin)
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hosejockey2002
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I was hard to tell from the pic, but that appeared to be 200 or so size excavator. Those weigh in the neighborhood of 45000+/- pounds. You won't see anyone hauling one of those on a truck like that in the states- WAY too heavy to be legal. That Mitsubishi must be one tough truck to handle that load.
mjncad
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The phrase "Stupid people shouldn't breed" comes to mind after seeing that video. No doubt the truck's frame and running gear were the losers that day and the people were **** lucky they weren't hurt or killed.
Bluecheck546
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mjncad
"The phrase "Stupid people shouldn't breed" comes to mind after seeing that video."
Apparently you do not travel much abroad, I do. See this type of thing often. In lots of foreign countries, heavy equipment is being moved that way (short distance), because there is either shortage of an appropriate trailer or expense involved. Understand, what may seems stupid to you it is widely accepted abroad.
Cheers...
"The phrase "Stupid people shouldn't breed" comes to mind after seeing that video."
Apparently you do not travel much abroad, I do. See this type of thing often. In lots of foreign countries, heavy equipment is being moved that way (short distance), because there is either shortage of an appropriate trailer or expense involved. Understand, what may seems stupid to you it is widely accepted abroad.
Cheers...
dtd24
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I love stuff like that. People really do some strange things. Pretty good operator!!
mjncad said:
Ever see a backhoe climb up a rail road car to unload from the top? They don't use ramps, they lever up with the FEL bucket and push their way on with the hoe. Then they run along the tops unloading as they go.
Actually, the people in the vid knew what they were doing and did it in such a way to minimize any shock loading to the trailer and truck. Bending stresses were probably high (!) but not much shock loading. I'd guess they do that quite often.
jb
DTCOOPER
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I would think the most danger in that scenario was to the rear tires of that truck... I have seen tires POP in an event like that.. Obviously much smaller scenario, involving a 60hp tractor being loaded on to a smaller flatbed trailer.. Radials explode pretty violently when they go due to being heavily overloaded.. 
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schmism said:
It would take 2 hours to set up all of the safety devices to start to unload. You would need high-rise signs ,traffic cones, barrier tape around the area 4 men 1 on each corner with flagging certification to watch out for pedestriansand other traffic. Then and only then you could call in the crew to start the unloading after the safety engineer gave you the approval in writing in triplicate.
I worked for a large company for 35 years and saw it
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Well I don't have any pictures but 15 years ago I bought a Northwest crane on treads 18 T with a 50'boom rigged with a drag line. Still have it. Bought it to dragline a pond. no pond yet. another story. I hired a guy to help me move it. We got it on a low boy and he sat in it with the engine running and tillered the boom around the corners. He said thats how they did it all the time. I agreed to pay any tickets. 6am on a Sat morning.
If it was me I would have been taking out utility poles. no tickets
If it was me I would have been taking out utility poles. no tickets
daTeacha
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I agree that it looks like they do that all the time. The way he took a lot of the load on the bucket both at the start and the end shows the operator knows exactly what's going on. No one was very excited in the video either, just a normal way to safely unload a big machine to get some work done.
The truck may or may not have been overloaded. My daughter had a Mitsu 4x4 pickup. I could have sworn that thing didn't have any springs. It was one the ones that also sold as a Dodge Ram 50, but it felt like it had 3/4 ton springs under it. If the truck in the video was suspended to scale with that little one, it may have been only half loaded with that excavator on it.....
The truck may or may not have been overloaded. My daughter had a Mitsu 4x4 pickup. I could have sworn that thing didn't have any springs. It was one the ones that also sold as a Dodge Ram 50, but it felt like it had 3/4 ton springs under it. If the truck in the video was suspended to scale with that little one, it may have been only half loaded with that excavator on it.....
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daTeacha said:
My Toyota Tundra is like that. I was loading the bed with dirt once - first load, and I didn't know how much it could take. I kept my eyes on the springs as it was loaded up. The bed was pretty much full (about 2 tons or so), but I still had plenty of spring travel left. The odd thing was while I was staring into the wheel well, I never actually noticed the bottom of the tires. When I looked down, my rear tires were squished down so low the rim was hitting the ground. Oops.
That's the same gauge I use now for FEL work - if the front tires aren't flat, I can pile it higher
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mjncad
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Bluecheck546 said:
Unfortunately travel has become such a hassle that I avoid it; but I'm certain this kind of stuff happens all the time and that this video is an example of a more sane and successful excavator unloading in the third world.
I just shake my head when I see this stuff as it scares me to think what could happen. Just because its accepted practice overseas; doesn't necessarily make it right. I think back to history class and the early labor movement in this country to get safe working conditions, and the items shown in the video and elsewhere reminds me of why that was done. I saw a documentary on the Discovery Channel about the Hoover Dam construction and the conditions the construction workers toiled in were brutal and unsafe.
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Of course they were thinking safety. Several spotters around guiding the unloading and standing well away from the excavator. The truck is parked on a flat level surface. Excavator operator is moving slow and deliberate. And they even chocked the wheels of the truck You can see the driver remove the chock so he can pull the truck forward.
podagrower
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How much do they charge to ride in the cab?????????
