Show Us Your Brag Load

[chipper1]

This is not a brag load, just another day hauling steel in Mi.
The reason I'm posting it is to show another style setup. They use similar setups to the one in Gypo Loggers post above but with eight axles on the trailer and three on the tractor, the ones with dual wheels are 42 wheelers lol. Standard legal limit is 165,000lbs.
Someone asked what I did a while back and I took these pictures to show them. If I remember correctly there is a total of 106k on the deck, the truck and trailer combo weighs 50k. This is not a super big load, but not one I would want to take across the scales(even though 165k is the legal limit it's hard to scale that much). If it was on an all aluminum trailer with super single wheels and tires it would be loaded almost front to back.

 

[Ferguson system]

Thanks for the info and for sharing the pictures. 8 Axles on a trailer, that's not something you see every day in Scandinavia. And I like the way that you have secured the coils.

A typical Norwegian timber truck has 3 axles, often with lift on the rear axle and timber crane on the back (Hiab Jonsered and Palfinger Epsilon is commonly used). + A 3 or 4 axle timbertrailer.
Recently some have begun to use 5 axle trailers.
Total weight of 60 tons (metric).
Most dump trucks and timber trucks have 500-750 hp engines.

 

[chipper1]

Thanks for the info and for sharing the pictures. 8 Axles on a trailer, that's not something you see every day in Scandinavia. And I like the way that you have secured the coils.

A typical Norwegian timber truck has 3 axles, often with lift on the rear axle and timber crane on the back (Hiab Jonsered and Palfinger Epsilon is commonly used). + A 3 or 4 axle timbertrailer.
Recently some have begun to use 5 axle trailers.
Total weight of 60 tons (metric).
Most dump trucks and timber trucks have 500-750 hp engines.

Glad you like the pictures. Here in Michigan we haul some pretty wild loads.
There are a couple specialty haulers who have trailers with 18 axles on the trailer and 4 on the truck. They haul larger presses that are in the 200k+ range.

Looking at the pictures not a single set of steel on the trailer is secured according to DOT standards. They would have a good time righting the tickets for that.

I only wish our trucks here had that much hp. The truck in that picture is a company truck and was only turned up to 525hp with a 13 speed transmission. 5mpg is the average fuel economy. I felt good about it because I was hauling two loads.
Here's the last mileage from my little 2000 Honda Insight.

 

[Gypo Logger]

 

[Trx250r180]

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How big of a kubota is that ? that looks like a good size to have around the house for the mill .

 

[chipper1]

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Like the orange

 

[Gypo Logger]

How big of a kubota is that ? that looks like a good size to have around the house for the mill .

The series # escapes me right now, but it was 60hp. I sold it before I came north.

 

[Trx250r180]

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I like that size ,my tractor is tiny ,16 hp ,lol and my old case backhoe is worthless for skidding like that front end lifts right off the ground ,no rear pto like a tractor also ,be nice to have a 1 machine that is more versatile for many uses

 

[chipper1]

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My little bota with a nice stick of locust in the back yard.

 

[Gypo Logger]

I like that size ,my tractor is tiny ,16 hp ,lol and my old case backhoe is worthless for skidding like that front end lifts right off the ground ,no rear pto like a tractor also ,be nice to have a 1 machine that is more versatile for many uses

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=UUBrYP6l33_UxuJlTsTR_z7A&v=bfbF5GqyHEo

 

[KiwiBro]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=UUBrYP6l33_UxuJlTsTR_z7A&v=bfbF5GqyHEo

Loved the falling dangerous tree video. Run Forest, ruuuuuunnnnn

 

[ChoppyChoppy]

View attachment 467729 View attachment 467730 This is not a brag load, just another day hauling steel in Mi.
The reason I'm posting it is to show another style setup. They use similar setups to the one in Gypo Loggers post above but with eight axles on the trailer and three on the tractor, the ones with dual wheels are 42 wheelers lol. Standard legal limit is 165,000lbs.
Someone asked what I did a while back and I took these pictures to show them. If I remember correctly there is a total of 106k on the deck, the truck and trailer combo weighs 50k. This is not a super big load, but not one I would want to take across the scales(even though 165k is the legal limit it's hard to scale that much). If it was on an all aluminum trailer with super single wheels and tires it would be loaded almost front to back.

How can you even turn with that many trailer tires scrubbing? I pulled a 4 axle trailer once and I about put the truck in the ditch as I was turning. I hadn't expected the trailer to drag much harder than a normal 2 axle. I actually had to back up and take another go at it!

They haul big stuff around here too, just don't need 175 axles to do it. Horsepower... eh.
My International has a 300 Big Cam 3 with a 9 speed. The Kenworth I ran last winter had a 600 ISX and 18speed. I really liked having the right gear always, reminded my of the 5&4 my Chevy C70 had, but even with double the hp it wasn't a ton quicker. Got worse mileage too, averaged 6 while my International normally gets 8-9mpg.

 

[chipper1]

How can you even turn with that many trailer tires scrubbing? I pulled a 4 axle trailer once and I about put the truck in the ditch as I was turning. I hadn't expected the trailer to drag much harder than a normal 2 axle. I actually had to back up and take another go at it!

They haul big stuff around here too, just don't need 175 axles to do it. Horsepower... eh.
My International has a 300 Big Cam 3 with a 9 speed. The Kenworth I ran last winter had a 600 ISX and 18speed. I really liked having the right gear always, reminded my of the 5&4 my Chevy C70 had, but even with double the hp it wasn't a ton quicker. Got worse mileage too, averaged 6 while my International normally gets 8-9mpg.

These trailers will not turn when loaded with the axles down. If you forget going into a tight slow turn it will stall the truck and then pull you backwards til the tires straighten up. If you forget to lift the axles in a slight turn while letting off the throttle the trailer will keep going straight and jackknife into the tractor. Just ask the guy who totaled that truck after I left the company. I was let go because I was costing them to much money.
The eight axle trailers have what we call 4 down and 4 up. You can lift the spread axle just behind the landing gear and the front axle on the cluster, you can also lift the back two axles. The two axles on the rear lift together and the front two lift together. You can adjust the air pressure on the rear two axles and the one on the front of the cluster together. The spread axle is adjustable separate from the others because you can put more weight on it.
I will tell you this much it's all precision guesswork .

 

[chipper1]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=UUBrYP6l33_UxuJlTsTR_z7A&v=bfbF5GqyHEo

I ain't givin the saw back

 

[Gypo Logger]

 

[KiwiBro]

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sharpen your chain, bro

 

[Gypo Logger]

sharpen your chain, bro

Lol.

 

[chucker]

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looks like you stuck the saw again and twisted the finger? lol

 

[Gypo Logger]

looks like you stuck the saw again and twisted the finger? lol

Lol, no, i just stopped to pick my nose.

 

[chipper1]

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I'm really not stalking, just love that picture.
Where was that taken at.