Take into consideration that the tiny load on the trailer could be used to prop up something bigger that would hit the ground unless it was propped up.
He is hauling large ( 12" X 12" or larger) wooden timbers to the site where he will be loaded. These are used to park the crane on to give it a steady platform so it doesn't sink into soft soil. There's no place to carry them on the crane and there's no sense in running a separate truck when the heavy hauler is going anyway. I had a brain cramp earlier and forgot the name. They are called "mats".
@@guardrail2897 You're welcome. I drove over the road for 35 years, not heavy haul, but you can't help but learn a little bit about that stuff when you share the road with them and shoot the shit with them in the truck stops at night. I remember following one of these guys for an hour or so at 15 or 20 MPH on rte 50 in Colorado. There was no safe place to pass in the mountains and no way I was going to ask him to pull over so I just dropped down to 5th gear and relaxed for a while. Had a nice chat on the CB radio,
Guardrail I imagine he is enroute to pick up his load or on his way home after a haul. I can guarantee you that with thirteen axles it was a HEAVY load.
I did heavy haul for twenty five years but the biggest I hauled was twenty eight feet wide and some loads only ninety feet long and pulled seven axle though I was overloaded a lot because the owner was to cheap to buy an eight axle. All in California. Once I grossed 114,000 on five axles out of San Diego.
@@davidsignor7931 I'll re-word my reply this way. I have no idea on horsepower. Your comment seemed as if you were expecting to see a 2nd truck. Known as a Pusher usually. My question to you was . What did you think powered that steerable dolly? Poppie's arms? Or manual steering. Thus the double engine..
@@jamescooper8152 It's being towed, just like all the other sections except the tractor. There's a Kenworth or Peterbilt tractor with 2 drive axles and a tag axle, then a 3 axle dolly, then an extended double drop "bridge" section which will carry the load the back of which is supported on a 3 axle dolly which is hooked to a 3 axle steerable dolly. The steerable dolly is steered by hydrolic rams ( you can see them attached to the top bend of the goose neck on the rear dolly and extending forward to the steerable dolly). The rear dolly does not provide pushing power. It has a small engine to provide power to the hydrolic pump to operate the hydrolic cylinders. That's what the man standing on the rear dolly is doing. As far as motive power this is a one engine rig.
Michael Washington ; Size restrictions include width, height and LENGTH. Being over "standard" length (65 feet) makes him oversize. And by the way, that "double goose neck bridge section" is at lest 10 feet wide, compare it to the width of the truck (8 feet) and the rear dollies (also 8 feet).LOL to you.
nuke mecca; He is hauling large ( 12" X 12" or larger) wooden timbers to the site where he will be loaded. These are used to park the crane on to give it a steady platform so it doesn't sink into soft soil. There's no place to carry them on the crane and there's no sense in running a separate truck when the heavy hauler is going anyway.
@@BooRadley452 Yes it could be but; A - it seems to be rather large, 12" X 12" at least, and 12' to 14' long B - There seems to be a lot of it C - It looks dark colored like it's been laying in the dirt before D - There are tires strapped to the deck just in front of the timber, Quite likely to keep the crane tracks from tearing up a paved area.. The timbers may be to protect pavement. not because of soft soil. But I won't argue with you, it could be blocking for the load. Either way they are ancillary to the load and not the actual load itself.
Why doesn't he have "escort" cars? Not sure if that's what they're called, but the smaller trucks with lights and signage warning other cars to make space. Just curious.
He had one pilot vehicle in the front sitting around the corner , if you look as the heavy hauler starts to turn the corner his pilot vehicle pulls over into the opposite lanes to stop the on coming traffic to give him enough room for turning. As for having escort vehicles , it's not necessary to have them in the convoy if the heavy hauler doesn't have a load on it.
@@jamescooper8152 The simplest reason is they were actually empty on their way to pick up the load and the only thing underneath that tarp on the trailer was cribbing Or equipment for securing the load that was yet to come.
He is hauling large ( 12" X 12" or larger) wooden timbers to the site where he will be loaded. These are used to park the crane on to give it a steady platform so it doesn't sink into soft soil. There's no place to carry them on the crane and there's no sense in running a separate truck when the heavy hauler is going anyway.
Adrian Ferdinand; He is hauling large ( 12" X 12" or larger) wooden timbers to the site where he will be loaded. These are used to park the crane on to give it a steady platform so it doesn't sink into soft soil. There's no place to carry them on the crane and there's no sense in running a separate truck when the heavy hauler is going anyway. I had a brain cramp earlier and forgot the name. They are called "mats".
He is hauling large ( 12" X 12" or larger) wooden timbers to the site where he will be loaded. These are used to park the crane on to give it a steady platform so it doesn't sink into soft soil. There's no place to carry them on the crane and there's no sense in running a separate truck when the heavy hauler is going anyway.
ASC No1; You are absolutely correct sir. And he's hauling large ( 12" X 12" or larger) wooden timbers to the site where he will be loaded. These are used to park the crane on to give it a steady platform so it doesn't sink into soft soil. There's no place to carry them on the crane and there's no sense in running a separate truck when the heavy hauler is going anyway. I had a brain cramp earlier and forgot the name. They are called "mats".
Dan Lord he's hauling large ( 12" X 12" or larger) wooden timbers to the site where he will be loaded. These are used to park the crane on to give it a steady platform so it doesn't sink into soft soil. There's no place to carry them on the crane and there's no sense in running a separate truck when the heavy hauler is going anyway. Look closely at about 1:15> and you can tell what it is I had a brain cramp earlier and forgot the name. They are called "mats".
@@danlord2612 I just retired. Drove over the road border to border and coast to coast for over 30 years. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 miles. Look for a private carrier job. Hard too find these days but by far the best
@@exilfromsanity the hard part for me has been finding a company that hires recent graduates from commercial driver school. Most of the good paying jobs require 6 months to 1 year of tractor trailer experience. But I did find one that will hire me, they're flying me down to Phoenix for additional training 21 days.
@UCCCjRx4mvweeHT98zI0lq_Q I will definitely save your email address, it will be nice having a source of wisdom. The training I'm going to be doing is for flatbed curtain trailers delivering construction materials in the Pacific Northwest Washington Oregon Idaho and Montana.
They had a pilot vehicle in the front , if you watch a up the street as the heavy hauler starts to turn the corner his pilot vehicle pulls out into the opposite direction lane to stop the on coming traffic so he can turn then the pilot continues driving. As for the rear of the convoy they don't necessarily need another escort unit if they're not hauling anything or if they're not going very far
He is hauling large ( 12" X 12" or larger) wooden timbers to the site where he will be loaded. These are used to park the crane on to give it a steady platform so it doesn't sink into soft soil. There's no place to carry them on the crane and there's no sense in running a separate truck when the heavy hauler is going anyway.
dzlf250 ; Because of the size he would not be allowed on the road without a permit even empty. He is empty going to pick up a load, or having delivered a load he's going back to the yard and I guarantee you he has a permit. The fine for having that rig out on the road without a permit would equal the GNP of a small nation.
@@dzlf2504 What video are you watching? At 0:46 There is a red pick up on his left side and down the street he is turning into there is a yellow pick up blocking traffic at a cross walk and a cop car parked 1/2 way down the block on the left hand side, what do you suppose they are if not escorts? Do you think escorts just stay in line with the heavy hauler front and back? That's not how they do their job. In a city environment they block traffic to clear a path for the heavy hauler. Only on an open highway do they lead and follow front and back in a line. And you do not take a rig like that out on the public road without a permit. The fine would equal the GDP of a good sized nation.
Luckystrike you must be an idiot. Any over size load that size you need police and every intersection blocked. With a tire trailer following it. And he didn't even have his beacons on.
lolololololol.. ive moved crains for 20 years.. lolololol.. that big of a trailer to move cribbing.. lolol.. either he just unloaded a big crain n counter weights.. or hes going to get
papaw W; Do you think he runs loaded all the time? He has to go empty to get loaded! He can't carry a load when he's going to get a load. It goes like this. He picks up a load and delivers it someplace else, called the destination. Then he goes empty to pick up another load to deliver somewhere else. He is then empty and has to travel empty to pick up another load, see? By the way, are you fucking loaded?
Funny how spotters think they own the road, especially jumping in front of that last car. I generally just go around them.. Of course they honk and get pissed, but that's all they can do. I wave..
