Big Dumb Loads

[total newb]

My longer, no bed truck was 7k on the dot with sbc and a 5spd.

With that boom and bed id say 9k pushing 10.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

My longer, no bed truck was 7k on the dot with sbc and a 5spd.

With that boom and bed id say 9k pushing 10.

10k was my guess because of that bed/boom setup. We both know they didn't skimp on material thickness back when that bed was built, so that shit is heavy!

 

[1981K20]

 

[arse_sidewards]

Is that a Dakota? I'm feeling better and better about an E-350

 

[Pocahontas]

Caught arse in the wild.

 

[arse_sidewards]

Fuck yeah.

Depending on options that van's rated to tow 4900 or thereabouts. That combo might actually be within the rated capacities for everything.

 

[Mikel]

 

[Steve300xcw]

Thats a big sum bitch

 

[Mikel]

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

The guy at 2.00 Shaking like a leaf and chain smoking the cigs.

Thats a big fucking fishing pole.

 

[Mikel]

The guy at 2.00 Shaking like a leaf and chain smoking the cigs.

Wouldn't you?

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

Wouldn't you?

100%

 

[Stingray]

Looks like a railcar so not big or dumb,
but cool pic

 

[87manche]

The guy at 2.00 Shaking like a leaf and chain smoking the cigs.


Thats a big fucking fishing pole.

Did his handlebars say rental on the crash pad?

Fuck all that. I'm not gonna be the jam in a log sandwich.

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Did his handlebars say rental on the crash pad?

Fuck all that. I'm not gonna be the jam in a log sandwich.

Renthal. They make aftermarket bars for dirt bikes.

 

[Mikel]

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

Guy on top was the straw that broke the back.

 

[WTF?]

Stolen from fb;

 

[arse_sidewards]

R

But still awesome.

 

[WTF?]

A 41’ 25 k lb boat is undeniably big , and dumb is up for debate as I’m not sure the safety chains would be that useful if they were in tact an not dragging on the squatted dually

 

[M92PV4U]

A 41’ 25 k lb boat is big , and I’m not sure the safety chains would be that useful if they were in tact an not dragging on the squatted dually

Dumbass hitch design too.

 

[Mikel]

I wish there was film of this, of all the tries it took to get the locomotive on the tracks.

 

[Mr. Mindless]

Preface saying that I've never unloaded from a ship, nor unloaded a 50 ton object, but I would actually bet that with the control lines going back to the davits on the far side of the vessel that as long as port was calm and everything was done smoothly and gently that it was semi-reasonable to get that thing on the tracks.

Doing that with a shipboard crane just seems NUTS though!

 

[Mikel]

Preface saying that I've never unloaded from a ship, nor unloaded a 50 ton object, but I would actually bet that with the control lines going back to the davits on the far side of the vessel that as long as port was calm and everything was done smoothly and gently that it was semi-reasonable to get that thing on the tracks.

Doing that with a shipboard crane just seems NUTS though!

I'm sure they were trying to control the sideways movement of the locomotive, but everytime the distance from the locomotive to the COG of the ship changed, the tilt of the ship/crane would change, shifting the locomotive in two axis. Must have been fun!

 

[granitestatedestroyer]

Maybe they weren't getting on to the tracks? Just getting it onto the ship?

But even if they were offloading it, I'm sure it wouldn't have been too terrible with all those cross decks avaliable. Maybe just a little annoying dealing with communication between all the winch operators.

Source: I operate shipboard cranes. Granted, not lifting locomotives though.


Edit to ad - it is kind of fun to load heavy shit from far away. It's kind of a game to guess when the ship stops heeling over and actually lifts the object

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

A 41’ 25 k lb boat is undeniably big , and dumb is up for debate as I’m not sure the safety chains would be that useful if they were in tact an not dragging on the squatted dually

well he drug his chains enough to cut them in two, so he has that going for him

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

I'm sure they were trying to control the sideways movement of the locomotive, but everytime the distance from the locomotive to the COG of the ship changed, the tilt of the ship/crane would change, shifting the locomotive in two axis. Must have been fun!

there are no non-control axis of movement they all go to a winch
not that it makes it less sketchy

 

[dentedsub]

Edit to ad - it is kind of fun to load heavy shit from far away. It's kind of a game to guess when the ship stops heeling over and actually lifts the object

Pics or didn't happen
Seriously, a video of that would be awesome

 

[95stepside]

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

and to think people have a 2500.00 car trailer for stuff like this