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Spotted this one yesterday. Overloaded?

Stopped operations is 1931. Then started again in the early 40's and stopped for good in 1945. Michigan Tech has been using it for studies and tourist stuff for 50+ years now.

Not a great pic, phone was on the dash mount for navigation, so I didn't mess with zoom, and the truck was in the very top left of the pic till I cropped. Anyway, log splitter with teeny tiny tires doing about 80 mph on I75. Aren't they usually rated for 45 mph?

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Reminded me of something done about 20 years ago in the UP. Drove this tractor, with forks on it, from Atlantic Mine up to Bete Grise. That painfully long drive wasn't the story. Story was the boss was dropping off a sauna, the tractor was to unload it. Then he wanted the tractor loaded on...

12 inch wheels are a whole lot better than the 8's that come on some trailers. I will admitt, I was nervous about the 12's on the uber cheap Harbor Freight 4x8. But it's been from Michigan to Georgia and back with 600-ish lbs on it, and has had probably 20k on it by now, typically hauling maybe...