Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« on: September 07, 2011, 04:36:39 PM » |
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Really not as fun as it sounds...Loaded a 320 Cat John Henry track drill this morning in Static,Kentucky headed for Fontana Dam just outside of Deal's Gap. We came in the back way through Robbinsville, North Carolina and hit The Hellbender 28.Picture below is The Pit Stop at Fontana Village.  I had one of the best ahead of me in a polit car stopping and flagging traffic with communication between us. It's possible thats the safest trip I've ever took across The Dragon. As stated it was'nt as fun as it sounds with a ( 3 ) axle low-boy and a total of ( 22 ) wheels rollin'. Without the escort and my rig taking the full road in the curves those drivers that try it without escort are just asking to get someone hurt or killed. Picture taken at the state line at the top of the hill above Deal's Gap.  |
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« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2011, 04:47:25 PM » |
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How you liking that puppy dog you be drivin?? You do know why they took the dogs off the hoods when roadway had macks?? RIDE SAFE.
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« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2011, 06:05:15 PM » |
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Joe, how in the hell do you take some of those turns!!! Does that truck have a steerable rear axle? Like the old long fire trucks use to have??
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« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2011, 06:05:19 PM » |
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If that Bull Dog on the hood ever turns around and grins at you , then you know it's time to stop and take a nap.
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« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2011, 06:13:36 PM » |
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That must be an amazing experience after draggin' pegs.  |
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2011, 06:22:10 PM » |
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Joe, how in the hell do you take some of those turns!!! Does that truck have a steerable rear axle? Like the old long fire trucks use to have??
No steer on rear ....Just shut your eyes and gas on it  |
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« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2011, 06:31:54 PM » |
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Thats why they've got ya driving a Mack. Let the Bulldog guide the way!
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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2011, 04:04:00 AM » |
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Just shut your eyes and gas on it Just like on the Valkyrie  -Mike |
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« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2011, 04:23:35 AM » |
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How many Ninjas did ya have to scrape off the grill when you got to the other end?
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« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2011, 01:23:49 PM » |
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And how many mailboxes did you take out?
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« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2011, 01:40:34 PM » |
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Joe... did you also load the machine onto the truck?  ... and unload it at the other end? -Mike |
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #11 on: September 08, 2011, 01:58:40 PM » |
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Joe... did you also load the machine onto the truck?
... and unload it at the other end?
-Mike
Yes ....I load and unload everything that I haul . The Grove and Mantis crane's I haul test my nerve the most as they just barely fit on the trailer with only inches on the trailer and the rest hanging off in the wind |
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« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2011, 02:04:03 PM » |
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Joe... did you also load the machine onto the truck? ... and unload it at the other end? -Mike My Grandson would LOVE to see this thing in action! |
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2011, 02:08:23 PM » |
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Joe... did you also load the machine onto the truck? ... and unload it at the other end? -Mike My Grandson would LOVE to see this thing in action! That must be used around water as I've never seen one with tracks like that . Wonder if it floats  |
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« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2011, 05:50:39 PM » |
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might have been you Joe. Driver had a pilot car in front and they knew what they were doing. How long has the fence been there?
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« Reply #15 on: September 08, 2011, 05:56:26 PM » |
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Amphibious excavator. Used one while cleaning up a fuel storage tank in a marsh after Katrina in texas. REALLY spooky to run. Kinda tippy. |
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Yea though I ride through the valley of the Shadow of Death I shall fear no evil. For I ride the Baddest Mother F$#^er In that valley!
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #16 on: September 08, 2011, 05:57:54 PM » |
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might have been you Joe. Driver had a pilot car in front and they knew what they were doing. How long has the fence been there?
The fence was put up when they had the massive rock slide that shut that part of US 129 down a couple years ago....It could have been me I've been across The Dragon many times over the years in a tractor-trailer and always with a pilot car. Noway I'd do it without one 99% of the curves I'll have the truck in the ditch on one side of the road and the trailer in the ditch on the other side. We have powerlines all over them mountains and hills along with Fontana Dam. |
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« Reply #17 on: September 08, 2011, 06:01:07 PM » |
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Amphibious excavator. Used one while cleaning up a fuel storage tank in a marsh after Katrina in texas. REALLY spooky to run. Kinda tippy. Well being amphibious I'm guessing it floats Could you cross a river or lake with it ? |
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« Reply #18 on: September 08, 2011, 06:16:47 PM » |
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Lake yes, on a calm day. ( SLOW) River....you couldn't pay me enough to try!  Didn't do very well when the wind came up and the water got choppy. Kind of a religious experience. More designed for swampy work. especially when digging. The tracks need to touch bottom when you're running the bucket |
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #19 on: September 08, 2011, 06:18:40 PM » |
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Lake yes, on a calm day. ( SLOW) River....you couldn't pay me enough to try! Didn't do very well when the wind came up and the water got choppy. Kind of a religious experience. More designed for swampy work. especially when digging. The tracks need to touch bottom when you're running the bucket |
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