Uhm.... a better way to unload a trac hoe...?

[fkovalski]

Good illustration for why low boys were invented-->http://www.guzer.com/videos/unload_backhoe.php

 

[seemore]

Necessity is the mother of invention!!

 

[JApol]

that was impressive, I was wondering how he was going to get the back end of that hoe off the truck without breaking the front axle

 

[fkovalski]

Wonder how they load it on? Is it just the opposite of what we see on the video?

 

[lil red cummins]

i expected to see the truck go shooting out from under the trackhoe.



guess they got that worked out pretty well



jim

 

[Skydiver]

That looks OVERLOADED !

I"m at work and my wife (vfd) just called and said someone was burning some brush and their trackhoe got a little to close to the fire. Yep burned the cab completely up.

 

[CVasa]

interesting...

I thought we did some stupid ****, when hauling equipment, but that is really, really impressive. I guess you work with what you have. That looks like about a 180 or 200 komatsu... . pry around 40-45k. wow.

 

[rbattelle]

That was pretty impressive. fkovalski, I was wondering the same thing. Must be the exact reverse of what the video showed.

Ryan

 

[JGrefenstette]

that was real resorcful of those fellas. pretty cool. I do somthin similar when on/off loading equipment onto trailers with a ramp thats too steep. just unhook it from the truck, let the weight of the machine set it level to the ramp, then lower in down as i work it onto the trailer. first time i ever figured this one out was on accident, been doin it ever since.

 

[Dieselnut59]

That was good thinking and good use of "what you have". At least the guy running the backhoe knew what he was doing as to not just let the truck slam down. I waould say "assembly is the reverse of disassembly" in this case!

 

[WDixon27]

this was always one of my favorites, id love to see a video of this one

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[bighammer]

this was always one of my favorites, id love to see a video of this one
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WOW, that's impressive.

 

[randrade]

spent a yr in the sand box and we wouldn't use ramps with our trac hoes, as the goose neck fold down (didn't want to take the extra time,space, as it leaves you vulnerable with the insurgents). Here is a picture of a TCN (third country national) unloading a load of gravel on one of our projects

 

[Jengle]

I would say them boys been doing that a while. Got it down pretty well.

 

[Ruckuz]

Hammer that is insane!!! I drove a backhoe for a year and that must take some pretty serious skill. ( And a lot of Power) Any idea what kind of engine is in that? I drove a T44e, which had no chance in hell of lifting itself up like that. Then again... it was a ford

 

[JEstes]

Dang! I helped a friend unload an engine like that once. He bought a Chevy V-8 out of a Denali, and once we got it back to his house we realized we didn't have a way to get it off the trailer... . We just chocked the trailer wheels, unhooked the trailer, and as we slid the engine crate back, the trailer tilted up and it slid off smooth as silk.

 

[Axion]

The first one with the track hoe is pretty impressive. Some obvious skill on the operators part.



The second with the back hoe is amazing! I would be interested in why they wanted the back hoe in the rail car in the first place?

 

[BothellDiesel]

Hey, Look at the other videos- click on lizard attacks man. That was funny!

 

[Skydiver]

The backhoe photo . If I did that, I would have the front bucket pointing down as to catch if something slipped. TOO much money and skin at risk for me to try that.

 

[y-knot]

I can not imagine driving that truck/flatbed with that heavy track hoe on board. Can you imagine 40-45klbs that high on the back of a bed?