Towing?? ;-)

[Gary Mitchell]

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[DoubleO7]

Yea but the Tesla is towing a rocket engine, not a jet engine.

 

[john in la]

And a Tundra towed the space shuttle.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Rolling weight on a hard surface like that doesn't take that much to make then roll . The fun is stopping it. And in the later 70's they showed a pickup pulling a 4 bottom plow in the field turning furrows too.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Rolling weight on a hard surface like that doesn't take that much to make then roll . The fun is stopping it. And in the later 70's they showed a pickup pulling a 4 bottom plow in the field turning furrows too.

The only "fun" in stopping that Boeing 747 would be if they let you sit in the pilot's seat and push the pedals for the demonstration. Because, it's not every day that someone who isn't a commercial airline pilot gets to sit in the pilot's seat of a Boeing 747 and push the brake pedals...

Airports regularly tow large aircraft with glorified pickup trucks. Have been since long before the production of that $2500 Chevy...

 

[Scott 730]

Rolling weight on a hard surface like that doesn't take that much to make then roll . The fun is stopping it. And in the later 70's they showed a pickup pulling a 4 bottom plow in the field turning furrows too.

I always wanted to try that with my 78 K20!

 

[old]

Rolling weight on a hard surface like that doesn't take that much to make then roll . The fun is stopping it. And in the later 70's they showed a pickup pulling a 4 bottom plow in the field turning furrows too.

Yes the pulling isn't the problem the problem come in when you have to stop. Seen to many times where some one loads up a trailer way over what the tow/car/truck should handle and end up in a wreck due to not being able to stop and most of the tiem the out comes is very bad

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Yes the pulling isn't the problem the problem come in when you have to stop. Seen to many times where some one loads up a trailer way over what the tow/car/truck should handle and end up in a wreck due to not being able to stop and most of the tiem the out comes is very bad

I've never seen it. It's usually the ones that are properly loaded and secured that end up in accidents in my experience.

Why? Maybe the ones with the grossly overloaded trailers go slower? Maybe because they look bad, others drivers actively avoid them? Maybe the ones that are properly loaded get a false sense of security, and drive too fast? Maybe because they look good, other drivers get a false sense of security, and drive too close? I dunno.

Maybe the key is to look janky, drive like it's janky, but have everything in tip top shape, and properly secured? Kinda like shipping stuff... I notice I have fewer problems when the box looks like it's been kicked around.

 

[Tim in New York]

I have an AC book with a picture of an ad they ran about their largest tractor pulling a freight train. Can't remember the model- maybe 7080? 7060?

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

I have an AC book with a picture of an ad they ran about their largest tractor pulling a freight train. Can't remember the model- maybe 7080? 7060?

The local feed mill moved "freight trains" with tractors for years. First with an IH 806, then a Ford 8000 or 8600. It was pretty hard on the tractors.

 

[Dingo3]

I've never seen it. It's usually the ones that are properly loaded and secured that end up in accidents in my experience.

Why? Maybe the ones with the grossly overloaded trailers go slower? Maybe because they look bad, others drivers actively avoid them? Maybe the ones that are properly loaded get a false sense of security, and drive too fast? Maybe because they look good, other drivers get a false sense of security, and drive too close? I dunno.

Maybe the key is to look janky, drive like it's janky, but have everything in tip top shape, and properly secured? Kinda like shipping stuff... I notice I have fewer problems when the box looks like it's been kicked around.

Maybe there are just more of them on the road.

 

[Roger in Iowa]

Cousin was killed moving a box car at an elevator, Codell Kansas. Tractor got it moving but could not stop it.

 

[will-max dairy]

I've never seen it. It's usually the ones that are properly loaded and secured that end up in accidents in my experience.

Why? Maybe the ones with the grossly overloaded trailers go slower? Maybe because they look bad, others drivers actively avoid them? Maybe the ones that are properly loaded get a false sense of security, and drive too fast? Maybe because they look good, other drivers get a false sense of security, and drive too close? I dunno.

Maybe the key is to look janky, drive like it's janky, but have everything in tip top shape, and properly secured? Kinda like shipping stuff... I notice I have fewer problems when the box looks like it's been kicked around.

The false sense of security effect is real.

It's a large part of the reason that ABS hasn't prevented as many accidents as it should. People just tailgate even closer, because... "Hey... I got ABS..."

It's also why you see quite a few 4WD and AWD vehicles in accidents in the winter. 4WD improves the go... doesn't really improve the stop...

I've had long commutes for many years, and I drove small cars with studded tires... when Johnny Bro Country gets behind me with his 36" rims on his Rollin' Coal Special in the winter... I start tapping my brakes to flash my brake lights about 1/4 mile before the stop sign...cuz those nice big tires are like skis when they try to stop...

To the subject at hand, a little knowledge is dangerous... you may have read up about how to secure a load and done a great job of it... but you still might not understand the physics of stopping or cornering that load at 60mph...

 

[Dieseltech]

The local feed mill moved "freight trains" with tractors for years. First with an IH 806, then a Ford 8000 or 8600. It was pretty hard on the tractors.

The local feed mill near me used a Farmall 460 gas to move the rail cars years ago.

 

[Ray,IN]

A long time ago I drove an off-road gas fork truck with a slant-6 Dodge gas engine. One day I was asked if I could move the companies vistaliner RR passenger car. I got behind it put some pressure/weight on the forks, revved the engine, dumped the clutch and when the drive wheels began to gain traction the car began rolling. I lowered the forks about 20' before where they wanted it parked and backed off so it could free-wheel to where it was supposed to be parked. I'd guess it's top speed was 2 mph.
IMO that was pure blind luck on my part, but the GM acted like I knew what I was doing.

 

[farmersamm]

Meh.................. All of the above ain't nuthin'

When I was young, used to drive truck for a living. It was at the tail end of the pool car distribution business..........it was being phased out by piggyback, which I finished out my then-career doing(hook and drop all over the city 10hrs/day). Used to drop trailers for loading at warehouses that broke down box car loads for distribution. They moved the cars with these fellas.

 

[VicS]

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I usted to push up to 5 loaded RR cars with a 1010 JD industrial tractor and loader. Lift the loader up to the do not push sign on the ladder. Put it in 1st about 1/2 open. And let it eat. Always moved them. Carried short oak 2x4's to throw under the wheels. Then cranked on the brakes. There were 2 of us.

 

[Roger in Iowa]

Pushing you can get away. Cousin was using a chain. He stopped the car didn't.

 

[Tim in New York]

Factory I worked at while in college received box cars of lumber via the Lehigh Valley (then Conrail run). Since I was a part timer, I often got tagged as part of the unloading crew. The forklift operator used his big Hyster forklift to move the cars around when needed.

 

[Poonie]

I volunteered at our local airshow years ago and they towed a B25 Mitchell bomber with an F250. Truck pulled it with ease.