What the....wide load

[FlaDon]

I think they should make a tv show with redneck truckers, there is alot more drama on rural roads with people that move mobile homes than the oversize stuff on Ice roads.

Remember, things like that are usually preceeded by "Watch this".:laughing:

 

[Diamondpilot]

I think they should make a tv show with redneck truckers, there is alot more drama on rural roads with people that move mobile homes than the oversize stuff on Ice roads.

I agree. They could make the first episode with me and my buddies. We move a 16' wide by 68' long houseboat a few years back nearly 25 miles with a flat bed semi trailer on a dolly pulled by a big New Holland Tractor. Took 4 hours. Did it on a Sunday morning in the spring. Started out at 5 am and took all the back roads.

This summer we moved a 4 year old 24'x30' deck on my 18' car haul trailer about 1 mile. It was going to be destroyed because of a home addition and my friend wanted it. We cut it down the middle with a chain saw then cut out all the center supports. We then backed the trailer under it supported by 4 55 gallon drums and used jacks and my FEL to support the deck while we cut the supports out from under it with a chain saw. Moved it down the road behind my Ford 861 Power Master to a friends home. We had previously made a frame with 20 4x4 post set and 2x12 supports. We then just backed up the the trailer and used my FEL to pull on corner up on the frame we had built. Followed by the second corner then used 2 come-a-longs and my tractor to push into position. Took us 2 days. First day was spent cutting out all the shrubs and stuff around it and taking down a fence. Next day was spent moving it.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

Remember, things like that are usually preceeded by "Watch this".:laughing:

No, no, no. Its "Hold my BEER and Watch This!"

Chris

 

[LostInTheWoods]

I have pulled a MH with my 06 F-350 and while they are not terribly heavy, about 14,000#, they sure are big.

What really amazes me about your story is the F-150 had the guts to handle the tongue weight.

As for the F 150, it had certainly seen better days. I'd be surprised if it was "firing on all cylinders", so-to-speak. For that matter, I doubt the drivers were operating an all cylinders, either.

I agree. They could make the first episode with me and my buddies. We move a 16' wide by 68' long houseboat a few years back nearly 25 miles with a flat bed semi trailer on a dolly pulled by a big New Holland Tractor. Took 4 hours.

No, no, no. Its "Hold my BEER and Watch This!"

What color is your F-350, and were you in KY a year-and-a-half ago? Maybe what I thought was a 150 was a 350...:laughing:

 

[chopped]

My buddy and I once moved a deck It wasnt all that big maybe 20 x16 first we pulled it off the house, and then chainsawed a hole in one end ran a chain through it. and hooked to the truck. He then drove it down the road about a mile. I was on top of it for safely lol .Amasingly it didnt tear up very much. Then jacked it up and attached it to a house..

 

[Diamondpilot]

What color is your F-350, and were you in KY a year-and-a-half ago? Maybe what I thought was a 150 was a 350...:laughing:

Its Blue and Tan 06 with a diesel. I am down your way all the time. We make multiple trips to Dale Hollow, Lake Cumberland, and Lake Norris.

Chris

 

[LostInTheWoods]

We make multiple trips to Dale Hollow, Lake Cumberland, and Lake Norris.

Chris

Never been to Norris. Been to Dale Hollow a couple of times, and Cumberland probably 100 times or more. Beautiful area. Lots of good fishing. Used to catch lots of striper, walleye, and smallmouths. Haven't been there for a good ten years or so, though.

 

[Skyco]

We move a 16' wide by 68' long houseboat a few years back nearly 25 miles with a flat bed semi trailer on a dolly pulled by a big New Holland Tractor. Took 4 hours. Did it on a Sunday morning in the spring. Started out at 5 am and took all the back roads.

That would be entirely at odds here in SC! No wide loads before 30 mins after sunrise or after 30 mins before sunset, and backroads are out in a lot of cases- they have designated routes for the oversize stuff that needs a permit.
But here is the big puzzle - no wide loads may be moved on SUNDAY.
Not sure why that is...looks to me like a weekend would be better to not holdup commuter traffic

 

[Diamondpilot]

That would be entirely at odds here in SC! No wide loads before 30 mins after sunrise or after 30 mins before sunset, and backroads are out in a lot of cases- they have designated routes for the oversize stuff that needs a permit.
But here is the big puzzle - no wide loads may be moved on SUNDAY.
Not sure why that is...looks to me like a weekend would be better to not holdup commuter traffic

I was only a chase vehicle for part of that trip. It was my friends sons boat. I am sure about every rule was broken or stretched on that one but around here its a get it done type attitude.

Chris

 

[smstonypoint]

That would be entirely at odds here in SC! <snip>

But here is the big puzzle - no wide loads may be moved on SUNDAY. Not sure why that is

Just speculation on my part, but it may be a remnant Blue Law.

Steve

 

[Skyco]

I was guessing maybe the same about the blue laws...they all need to go IMO. The county I live in- stores can't open until 1:30PM on Sunday..so if I'm working on a project or have a home emergency, like a plumbing problem- and I need something from say Lowes or Home Depot I have to go to the next county to get it on a Sunday morning....just plain stupid
I remember being dumbfounded back in the late 60's when I moved here and I bought a half gallon of ice cream on a Sunday in a grocery store but they wouldn't sell me a scoop to get it out, it was illegal to buy a scoop on Sunday!

I guess someone thought wide load drivers need to be in church on Sunday too:laughing:

 

[smstonypoint]

The county I live in- stores can't open until 1:30PM..s

What county are you in? I think our Blue Law in Oconee County was changed about 5 years ago.

Steve

 

[Skyco]

I live in Lexington County...astonishingly the voters here have shot down the blue law removal last time it was up for vote.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Maybe he is farm exempt or something.

There are no exemptions for something that can be hauled within legal width limits if properly positioned. Ag or otherwise.

Can you imagine if some of these wide combine heads were not moved on a trailer?

 

[QRTRHRS]

You probably won't believe it, but I'm going to post it anyway. About a year-and-a-half ago, I'm driving home from work. A nice, long country drive. Kind of hilly and narrow shoulders. Typical country road.

About half-way home I get behind some folks pulling a mobile home. Not all that dramatic, typically.

But pulling this house are four cars and trucks all chained together in a line...a late 80's or early 90's model Ford F150, a 90's model Ford Taurus, a Chevy Cavalier, and some car I wasn't quite sure what it might have been under all the bondo and multiple paint colors, but looked to be similar to an early 2000's Ford Fiesta.

I have no idea how far they had made it by the time I caught up to them, but about a mile-and-a-half after I got behind them the Taurus starts billowing smoke while they're trying to get up a hill, and the whole procession comes to a halt.

I was outside working one morning when I heard a tractor driving by. I looked up to see one of my neighbors pulling a pretty good sized house trailer. Guess he must have made it because a few hours later he came back through.

Remember that incident here in KY with the trailer that the sheriff had pushed off the road thereby destroying it? Guess you are good to go as long as you don't hold nobody up, lol!

 

[LostInTheWoods]

Remember that incident here in KY with the trailer that the sheriff had pushed off the road thereby destroying it? Guess you are good to go as long as you don't hold nobody up, lol!

I hadn't heard of that one, so I Googled it.

Wow. Sorry I did. The article I read plays out every "Kentucky hick" stereotype ever spun. It reads like one of those stories where a tornado rips through a neighborhood, and they find "that guy" to interview.

I do feel sorry for the folks involved. But, wow.

 

[milkman]

Chris,

You are the towing guru. Any idea about how the folks in KY managed going downhill? Steve

We'll let you know, look at our election results plus we got Mitch.:laughing::laughing:

 

[77bronco]

A few years ago, we were driving up Hwy 97 in Oregon, and came up on a guy towing a Jeep on a 16-18 ft trailer. The catch was the Jeep body was sideways on the front of the trailer and the frame and running gear were long ways behind it. He was using a Ford Ranger to pull it, and even on the flat he was only managing about 40 mph.

 

[CompactTractorFan]

You probably won't believe it, but I'm going to post it anyway. About a year-and-a-half ago, I'm driving home from work. A nice, long country drive. Kind of hilly and narrow shoulders. Typical country road.

About half-way home I get behind some folks pulling a mobile home. Not all that dramatic, typically.

But pulling this house are four cars and trucks all chained together in a line...a late 80's or early 90's model Ford F150, a 90's model Ford Taurus, a Chevy Cavalier, and some car I wasn't quite sure what it might have been under all the bondo and multiple paint colors, but looked to be similar to an early 2000's Ford Fiesta.

I have no idea how far they had made it by the time I caught up to them, but about a mile-and-a-half after I got behind them the Taurus starts billowing smoke while they're trying to get up a hill, and the whole procession comes to a halt.

:confused2:

 

[CompactTractorFan]

I think they should make a tv show with redneck truckers, there is alot more drama on rural roads with people that move mobile homes than the oversize stuff on Ice roads.

:thumbsup: