From: Fred Martin (mung@in-touch.net)
Date: Thu Dec 18 2003 - 07:28:13 PST
Ken...I thought the same thing as you but I thought I'd put a couple of
4x4s about 8' long bolted underneath to spread out the area of contact
with the bed. When I built the ton dump truck we tested it with 5 1/2
tons of creek gravel. The springs creaked and moaned coming up out of
the creek bed but it hauled it okay...only had to haul it about a mile
to a neighbors driveway. When I hauled crushed stone for my driveway
from the quarry several miles away...I hauled about 3 tons at a time.
I'd say if the tires are decent on the duece and he doesn't have to go
over rough frame twisting jolting terrain and can take it easy...it
should be okay...but we can't endorse it with our approval, huh? Fred
Martin
Recovry4x4@aol.com wrote:
> No scientific stuff here, just an observation. The frame rails of the deuce
> are 34" apart and subsequently so are the main bed rails. I would surmise that
> if you marked out the footprint in the bed keeping it centered over the frame
> rails and situated it maybe 3 or 4 " in fwd of the rear tandem centerline, it
> would work. The deuce is designed to safely haul 10,000# over improved roads
> so it would probably make the move but in the unsafely category. Just how far
> are you moving this machine? Unless you have the tiedown anchors in your
> bed, I would really over do it with 2" straps or chains and binders. I would also
> take the time to cut and assemble some timbers to wedge between the machine
> and the front of the bed. Even moving at 20 MPH you never know when crisis
> braking will occur. Would I do it? Darn right I would but I would take every
> precaution.
>
> Kenneth Engle
> Loxahatchee FL
> 71 A.M. General M35A2
> 73 A.M. General M275A2
> 53 Fruehauf XM105E3
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