11/22/22 The Swing O'dangly always comes in handy! I wonder how much weight is on the lorry, the price of that straw and what that roaring lion was doing atop the fuel tank? Any interesting projects planned to do with Rick and Colin? Be well, GP
The front axle on these trucks is uprated to carry the load on the cab. The canopy above the cab lifts up via a ram to allow for the cab to be tilted for service etc... I drive one of these lorry's everyday and the payload with this load will be about 24t of Straw. Hope this helps.
Why are the spike painted red Tom? Is it so you can't see the blood if someone gets speared? How much would that load weigh, with the bales being as dry as they are? I'm going to guess at a bit over a 1000kg for the truck, and a touch under a 1000kg for the trailer, so easily within its capacity.
Reminds me of my childhood farmers would stack them to high and lose top 2 or 3 layers to railway bridge we would pile straw up and jump of the bridge into piles of it great fun for 10 yr olds in 80s