oliver1555
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That is the scene. I assume it’s similar to this
A difference between passenger rail in the US and high speed rail elsewhere, is US passenger railcars have to meed a high standard for surviving a crash with a freight train. This was enacted because they run on the same tracks, and probably after some horrific crashes.Interesting. Surprising weight.
Near my hometown a train hit a tracked manlift that was used to trim trees. Because the lowboy couldnt pass this overpass without getting the bed stuck on the rails, they waited for the train to pass, so there was time to pass the single rail at snail pass, before the next train, because the max speed of this tracked manlift was only 1 kmhA difference between passenger rail in the US and high speed rail elsewhere, is US passenger railcars have to meed a high standard for surviving a crash with a freight train. This was enacted because they run on the same tracks, and probably after some horrific crashes.
I think our urban 'Light Rail' can be much lighter because of dedicated routes.
I wish I had pictures from 1986? 1987? Thereabouts when I voluteered to help a friend do a roof repair at his girlfriend’s family’s bungalow out on Long Island.
roof repair became roof replacement.
On the roof of my 1975 Chevy Impala: 18 sheets of plywood.
in the back seat: 20 rolls of asphalt roofing.
in the trunk: 10 more rolls of roofing and 5 buckets of tar, and several boxes of nails.
on the radio in a perfect world would have been War “Low Rider”…
That is called a header trailer, very common, but not as common towing doubles like that.Can some of you guys explain this rig? Kind of a poor picture, I took it with my cell phone off a video. It was a video of a custom harvesting/transport crew on the move. Most of the trucks were semis towing two big trailers. First trailer was hauling the combine and the second trailer was towing the header.
With that type hitch there is no weight on the pickup plus he is double towing a fuel trailer. It looks sketchy to me, but maybe it is legit?
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That is called a header trailer, very common, but not as common towing doubles like that.
I would think that he would put the 2 axle fuel trailer first as it will track better in a hard stop (especially if full), but if they all have brakes?
Aaron Z