Loading your pickup

[Dargo]

I should have somebody post a video of me putting my little excavator on the bed of my pickup. Bed height is 46" and I do not have any ramps. It used to make my butt pucker a bit, but now it just makes people stop and watch. I created a small traffic jam loading up this afternoon leaving one of my rent houses. I bet I had 6 or 7 people pull off the road and watch me load my excavator onto the truck. It's not too small. I suppose it weighs around 11,500 pounds as it is now.

Now I'm too tired to unload it this evening.

 

[pixie]

Nice set up

 

[Doc]

Fits nicely on there. I, for one, would like to see a video of you loading it next time.

 

[mla2ofus]

Once you do it a few times it's easy. I've seen guys load rubber tired backhoes on trailers and dump trucks w/o ramps.
Mike

 

[the old trucker]

Hey Dargo, was this you when you first started ???


http://youtu.be/aggptP6zw7Y

 

[Dargo]

Once you do it a few times it's easy. I've seen guys load rubber tired backhoes on trailers and dump trucks w/o ramps.
Mike

That's actually much easier. As long as the pins aren't too worn, I've walked my old Case 580 into and onto all sorts of things.

 

[Dargo]

Hey Dargo, was this you when you first started ???


http://youtu.be/aggptP6zw7Y

Oh heck, he cheated and isn't that good of an operator. My bucket never drags on the ground. I extend and curl (to keep the teeth off the ground) as I load mine. A simple small piece of plywood is all that is needed for me to keep from leaving a mark on my driveway or on someone's asphalt driveway. Even in a yard, there is no need to leave a mark from having a bucket with around 10,000 pounds of force on it scooted across a lawn. The guy in the video just needs a few more hours practice and then he won't scrape up his truck or the ground.

 

[FrancSevin]

Hell, I'm still a nervous nelly driving my 360 Case Dozer.

I build a ramp with soil or gravel and drive it on my trailer. Squeezing my spincter the whole time.

Thankfully, nobody watches.

 

[mla2ofus]

Franc, you probably know this already. If the tlr is a steel deck always make sure it is close to level crossways when loading/unloading. Those steel tracks on a steel deck is like a hog on ice.
Mike

 

[thepooguy]

so is wet oak! gets worse as it gets older too.

 

[FrancSevin]

Franc, you probably know this already. If the tlr is a steel deck always make sure it is close to level crossways when loading/unloading. Those steel tracks on a steel deck is like a hog on ice.
Mike

The bed is yellow pine and after twenty years I have learned to keep it level. Dozer, tractor, Cars, Bricks, block, Lumber, steel,,,,,,even a load of stone boulders from Connecticut I traded for an equal weight of a Mercedes Benz 420SEL.

But I still get goose bumps every time I load the dozer or my 8N & 9N tractors.

 

[Alaska Snow Cat]

I loaded my excavator last week on my friends drop deck. Half of the idlers were on the bed and half were off. Slow and easy. BTW nice looking truck Dargo!

 

[Adillo303]

This gave me a great morning. I watched that vid and a few more that were suggested.

A good operator can do some amazing things.

Thank You for posting.

Nice truck, by the way.