From: william f cox (grntrks@juno.com)
Date: Tue Jan 14 2003 - 20:02:43 PST
Used the same proceedure to unload my DUKW when I had it trucked from
Mich.to Texas: only we used two forklifts ( one on each side). Picked
up rear of DUKTAPE, moved semi forward the set 'er down and picked up the
front and drove semi the rest of the way out from under.
Frank
On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:08:29 -0800 "Mark J. Blair"
<ke6myk_mvlist@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> Ryan M Gill wrote:
>
> > What I've seen more than a few folks do is get a large Semi-type
> wrecker
> > to actually lift the truck onto the bed of the flatbed. No dock
> needed.
> > Works great for non-runners.
>
> Yes, that's how I had my M543A2 wrecker unloaded from the flatbed
> trailer that
> carried it from Wisconsin to southern CA. Here are some pictures of
> the process:
>
> http://www.qsl.net/ke6myk/greentruck/truck3/pics.html
>
> The commercial wrecker used its axle lift to lift the rear end of my
> truck up,
> the semi driver pulled forward until my truck's front axle was at
> the end of
> the trailer, the wrecker set down my truck's rear end and pulled
> around to the
> side of the trailer, and then it lifted up my truck's front end with
> its crane
> so that the semi driver could pull out from under my truck.
>
> I later unloaded my M561 Gama Goat in a similar manner, using my
> wrecker to do
> the lifting with a proper chain sling, and with the Goat's lockout
> truss
> installed to keep it from bending or twisting in the middle. It
> would have
> cost less to hire a towing company than to build the chain sling,
> but that
> would have been a lot less fun! :-)
>
> Another technique that can be used for some truck and trailer
> combinations
> (depending on the weight and length of the truck, and the height of
> the
> trailer it's on) is to back a roll-back flatbed wrecker, Landoll
> trailer, or
> other similar tilting flatbed up to the trailer carrying the truck,
> drive or
> winch the truck onto the tilting bed, then pull away and tilt the
> bed to drive
> or winch the truck to ground level. I've used that technique to
> unload a
> scissor lift from a flatbed trailer. The lift was small and light
> enough to
> fit on a regular car-sized tilt-bed wrecker for unloading.
>
> Either procedure can be reversed for loading. In my opinion, the best
> method
> is to use a loading ramp, but that's not always an option.
>
> I've heard stories of DRMO trucks being loaded and unloaded with a
> heavy-duty
> forklift... and getting damaged in the process, as the forklift
> operator
> skewered the steering gear box (for instance) in the same place on a
> series of
> trucks. :-(
>
> --
> Mark J. Blair, KE6MYK <ke6myk@sbcglobal.net>
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Frank Cox (grntrks@juno.com)
MVPA 14530
'45 GMC 353 DUKW
'66 Kaiser-Jeep M35A2 w/w
'68 M105A1 trailer
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