CLEARED CUSTOMS. it only took 4 hours. Dealing with RIV now. RIV means 'register of imported vehicles'. You have to jump through some hoops (fees, inspections etc) before the US-made trailer can be licensed in Canada. I checked the list of approved local INSPECTION SITES and found .. a Canadian Tire store. Called them and explained it was a heavy haul commercial trailer, not a pickup truck light trailer. They said, 'Oh yeah - we do those too. Takes about 20 minutes. Come any time!" So, that's the next move but first I gotta pay the $200 fee to RIV for processing. That covers the cost of inspection. Then I still have to pay for the services of the customs broker who cleared me at the border. The financial company paid them but says they will invoice me, so it's my responsibility. As I mentioned, buying a trailer in another country is never easy ;)
I learned today why it's important to load and unload on level ground: the ground was tilted to one side and it took me awhile to get the pin locked because i couldn't get the gooseneck pin 'eyes' sit properly on the trailer pins. everything was crooked!
Congrats Sergei, your plan is coming together!. You might need to get some guards for your rear axle before you have to replace a windscreen for a unhappy client. Wishing you all the best from the land down under. Cheers, Dave.
Looks pretty good Sergei, but just an observation. By having the rear tires exposed (open) at the top, does this not pose a problem for rocks and what not to be flung forward potentially? You will be loading in some muddy conditions, I can see that load you have on now, being peppered with mud for sure and maybe some rocks. That would damage the paint on the unit you are hauling.
3:00 .. When Sergei moves the long lever his feet look awfully close to being *under the trailer! .. Maybe the camera angle makes it look closer. Anyway, it might be safer to be standing *on the trailer when moving the long lever. (just saying!)
Sergei u need one of them back up cameras mounted on rearframe of ur truck aimed towards ur lowboy pins so u dont have to keep getting out and checking
Good job Sergei. I've enjoyed your videos and I'm looking forward to this next phase in your career and the videos you create. Can't wait to see the Mack hooked up to that trailer. Any bites on the sale of your truck? Best of luck!!!!
Stones from your rear drive tires could be an issue when hauling new vehicles like this. You may need full fenders. Dozers and the like it would not be a big deal.
Lowboys are a pain in the butt imo I pulled around and old 86 eager beaver and any slight uplift in the road would hang it up. I saw one Thursday makin a turn on one of our back roads, when he went to make the left the road went up and he got hung up. Held everyone up for half an hour he raised it up somhow in the front of the trailer I don't know how he did it.
Hey Sergei don't get your toes under that front deck . I was always a little uncertain about those trailers but you will get the hang of it. She is a beauty.
мои видики теперь должные стать более интересными. буду показывать погрузку и разгрузку тяжелой колесной и гусеничной техники. в этот раз груз был обычный поскольку я просто нашел попутный груз. нужно сделать регистрацию и получить нормальные номерные знаки, вот тогда дело пойдет!
Sergei, The truck your carrying was designed & built in Leyland, England. Was Leyland Trucks, Then Leyland DAF, now Daf Trucks apart of the Paccar Group
I think you're mistaken. It's a KENWORTH truck. The logo on the hood and the paperwork all say, 'Kenworth'. But that 'roadpatcher' thing on the top was worth 1.5 times more than the truck chassis itself ;)
Kenworth are apart of the Paccar group that own Daf Trucks. Under the skin its a Daf LF. Its built in America for the US market. We have had it for around 13 years & just had a facelift to meet new emission's in Europe.
hey sergie are you gonna post another video of a rgn loads on the loadboard, it would be interesting to see how much the loads pay and how many there are
no more kindergarten hands holding. you see what type of trailer i eventually switched to? make your own conclusions BUT each geographic area is different; each driver is different, everybody wants different things. i know a guy at landstar who tried various trailers including a double-drop/lowboy similar to mine and he settled on a 4 axle lowboy. in his opinion, that's the best trailer. another guy from ontario who has a 52 ton lowboy and a 3 axle tractor told me he was not happy because loads for this kind of equipment were scarse and he couldn't do really heavy loads because he had only 6 axles. on the other hand a Canadian landstar driver i know just quit landstar because he couldn't make good money with a 3-axle stepdeck (48') and was tired of the e-Log ... wheres I was doing okay with my 53' tri-axle step. Go figure ... as i mentioned - everybody is different: what works for one guy doesn't work for the other. so, no more information on rates because it is misleading when viewers don't fully understand what's involved.
when you load it, it goes fully on the ground (the front part); then it rides at 6-8 inches of the ground. it's normal for this class of trailers. if you use a regular height trailer, you cannot haul 12 foot tall machinery.
***** Sergei, i'm a car hauler and let me tell you, i'm the only one I've seen that wears steel tips, all the others wear sneakers. yes i'm the odd man out. Tim
не, нормально все. главное не опускать до максимума когда не надо. у меня был трелер-ступенька (stepdeck) с маленькими колесами так у того расстояние от земли до низа платформы было еще хуже! так что опыт есть. буду работать очень осторожно.
