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[dougtrr2]

No bridge? Get on the boats.

Bruce

I can't fathom risking a classic fully restored pickup on something that sketchy.

Doug in SW IA

 

[goeduck]

Which happens first??

He hurts himself or he breaks something in the front axle?

I'd worry more about the front axle, that guy has rocks for brains and would be okay.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

hanging around for a job.

 

[Yogi05]

No bridge? Get on the boats.

Bruce

I was hoping to see the guy that was holding the boat on the right side get nutted by the rear ramp flinging up.

 

[goeduck]

I think they have done that before.

 

[California]

I think they have done that before.

Likely.

Any idea where that is?

The combination of a larger and smaller boat indicates they have some experience, and river transport must be common wherever that is.

 

[alexpops]

License plate would indicate Poland

 

[duramaxsky]

I drove a Ford 9000 flatbed with a 24' flat bed wagon behind it. With practice I could back it over uneven ground in a straight line or around a slight corner. I have heard of people (never seen it) who could back a set of doubles. One won a bet from a former boss when he said he could back his set around the small restaurant at truck stop. He was allowed one or two pull-ups but had to back it from where it was parked back to where it was parked. My boss said he had bet $200 and lost but it was worth it to see the man's skill.

I can back a set of doubles into a dock if I can get somewhat straight in front of the dock. I also often don't pull the dolly and 4 wheel it in with the dolly hooked to the tractor. It just takes practice and very small corrections. The trick is not to let the dolly get much of an angle. You can't make much of a turn when backing doubles. 90 degree turns are fine four wheeling the rear trailer. Basically when backing doubles if there is more than 8 inches of the rear trailer sticking out behind the front one you are at the limit. You can't stop the dolly from turning. Also the tractor can't be turned much on the first trailer or you can't swing it quickly enough to correct. Basically you are thinking about the next correction while your making the current one. It's easier to learn it with a long front trailer and a short rear trailer. Like a 40 - 24 set. But once you learn how even 2 28s will do it. Triples forget it. You will loose control of the back dolly almost immediately.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

I can back a set of doubles into a dock if I can get somewhat straight in front of the dock. I also often don't pull the dolly and 4 wheel it in with the dolly hooked to the tractor. It just takes practice and very small corrections. The trick is not to let the dolly get much of an angle. You can't make much of a turn when backing doubles. 90 degree turns are fine four wheeling the rear trailer. Basically when backing doubles if there is more than 8 inches of the rear trailer sticking out behind the front one you are at the limit. You can't stop the dolly from turning. Also the tractor can't be turned much on the first trailer or you can't swing it quickly enough to correct. Basically you are thinking about the next correction while your making the current one. It's easier to learn it with a long front trailer and a short rear trailer. Like a 40 - 24 set. But once you learn how even 2 28s will do it. Triples forget it. You will loose control of the back dolly almost immediately.

I pulled a set of basically hay doubles. A 26' 1 axle lead and a 24' 2 axle pup on a turntable with an ~8' reach, not a converter and no turntable lock. The tractor was a W800 short wheelbase tandem axle. I went to a place in north Seattle on Aurora Ave North called Seattle Glass Block to pick up several pallets of glass block and grout. The shipper said "back it down in here." It was a 90 degree back down with some side angles thrown in just to make it fun. Aurora is the main north/south arterial and 5 lanes wide. I informed him it was a set of doubles to which he replied, the guy who used to drive that truck could do it. I heard the same story in a couple of other places. Around corners, up hills, the guy apparently could do it. I don't know if it was the same guy at the truck stop restaurant, but it was in the same area. The truck stop was in Mount Vernon WA, about 60 miles from Seattle and 30 miles from Bellingham where my employer with the Kenworth was located.
They brought the pallets up to me and loaded them from one side and pushed the pallets over, because Aurora was too busy to take a forklift on.
I practiced, and I could back it about 1-1/2 truck lengths on an uneven uphill grade before it became FUBARed.

 

[check]

Fortunately it's small and light enough to use the (manual method) if I get in a bind and not grossly overloaded lol slowly but surely I'm getting a little better at it using old beat up garden tractors anyway. And can do it pretty competently if I push it with an ATV.

I have a heckuva time backing up anything with an ATV. That is why I put a front hitch on the FEL of my tractor and use that to move trailers around.