Share Pics of People Hauling or Towing Something Wrong

[duramaxsky]

I was talking about the one being hauled. I thought that's what the post I quoted was talking about. I preferred the equipment haulers when I was in construction. We had a permit truck that had a 4 axle tractor, A 3 axle jeep between the tractor and trailer, A 4 axle trailer and a 2 axle drop down on the back of the trailer. With everything there it could go to 210,000 pounds with the right permits and was 97 feet long. To run it empty you had to take the jeep and rear drop down off and put them on the trailer as it was too long to run without a permit load on it. And you could not put a lighter piece of equipment on it and leave it all assembled for the return trip. Most guys wanted nothing to do with it. I liked it. It was never boring. Most equipment that heavy was 10 to 12 feet wide as well.

 

[slckeys]

I don't know how to do it, but if you zoom in at the first picture that was posted with the heavy equipment hauler, you can see a third axle hidden. The rubber touching the road is barely visible. It looks like a high steel truck, but I can't zoom into the carrier name. I see those trucks all the time hauling steel girders for bridges around here.

 

[California]

Here is one in Denver: 27 KENWORTH T8B Day Cab Heavy Haul Truck | Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers

Aaron Z

That one has dual driven axles.

 

[duramaxsky]

The LTL industry uses 3 axle trucks with the rear being a lift axle. Most of the time they don't need it. The fifth wheel sits over the front one so when the rear one is up it is in the correct place. But when you need 3 you drop the rear one down. And it also loads the steer axle a little more. It actually works real well.

 

[California]

Maybe log-hauling would not be so boring...... check out this short video: Heavy Logging Truck OverSize Loading on Dangerous Road - YouTube

BarnieTrk

Those are big loads. Here's a Really Big Load. British Columbia, 1970's. You don't go on their haul roads. Rather, stay on the more primitive parallel local road, instead.

 

[bcp]

I don't know how to do it, but if you zoom in at the first picture that was posted with the heavy equipment hauler, you can see a third axle hidden. The rubber touching the road is barely visible. It looks like a high steel truck, but I can't zoom into the carrier name. I see those trucks all the time hauling steel girders for bridges around here.

Looks to me like "EE" in the name on the door.

Bruce

 

[4570Man]

Why wouldn’t you just drive the dump truck? It weighs 30,000 on the front axel which is a lot but with those big off road tires the psi is pretty low. The back axels are around 10k each.

 

[Jstpssng]

I couldn't find anything showing the double and triple trailers.

Big Hauling in northern maine - YouTube

 

[Peter 315]

I couldn't find anything showing the double and triple trailers.

Big Hauling in northern maine - YouTube

Moving right along....

 

[aczlan]

That one has dual driven axles.

The post I was replying to said "I do not recall any heavy-hauling tractor that has a lift (tag) axle behind the cab has two drive axles as well. Furthermore, IIRC, most all of the tag axles are not equipped with dual tires on each side, rather, only a single tire on each side"
I was showing a tractor setup with a 20k front axle with super singles and a lift axle (which also has super singles) in front of the drive axles, both of which are common around here.

Why wouldn’t you just drive the dump truck? It weighs 30,000 on the front axel which is a lot but with those big off road tires the psi is pretty low. The back axels are around 10k each.

It is an off-road truck, it doesn't meet DOT specs to drive on the road (lights, bumpers, etc).
Also, it would probably be overweight on the bridge laws (weight per axle over X feet).

Aaron Z