i saw this on a wab site last night what was he thinking just a bit over the wt of the truck 
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Posts: 3967 06/03/2008 10:30
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Your right, that is wrong. That's way out of line. I wonder how that truck drove and just how responsive were the brakes with that weight on it's
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I think the truck may have driven alright. I think this clown has no clue how to operate the flatbed part of this truck. Lets face it,
you can make the truck do that with a car on the flatbed. This is sad to see a truck being abused so you have to wonder what kind of driver he is going down
the road I would say a careless wreckless brainless jerk.
Danny Cassello
TRPC "EST 1963" TRUCKWASHING@aol.com East Hartford, CT Cell 860-878-8509 |
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Posts: 39 06/03/2008 11:30 |
I think it would be alright as long as he gets that truck forward as far as he can. Now for his loadind I think he needs fired theres no reason to raise the
bed in a way the would pull the wheels off the ground. We tow heavy trucks and ambulances on our flatbeds all the time and when I ran them I never had to load
one like that. I also would go with a med duty tow on that bucket truck there pretty heavy and tall.
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Bill your very right, but looking at the truck smashed the way it is perhaps the rear end is twisted and could not be towed. This
guy just needs to learn how to load and unload the proper way.
Danny Cassello
TRPC "EST 1963" TRUCKWASHING@aol.com East Hartford, CT Cell 860-878-8509 |
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Posts: 363 06/03/2008 12:13 |
Ive done that before w/ an excurion onn the back. Got a call after hours and answered the phone while unloading and slid the bed back to far w/ out tilting
soon enough. I dont know if i would fire him for it unless its a constant thing.
That back end has to be heavy,probably loaded w/ tools.
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Posts: 248 06/03/2008 12:23 |
That truck is TOO heavy for that carrier period. I'm sure there's a boom or man lift in the bed of that truck that you can not see due to the trees but
if you look close enough at the rear bumper it has a platform bumper that is most common on a boom/ lift truck I don't believe I have seen that style
bumper on a truck that didn't have a boom/ lift
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Posts: 6408 06/03/2008 13:26
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DA WASH BOSS wrote: Very well said, Danny. 
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Well, it looks like a 19ft bed, probably a v8 dt444, fairly light truck to begin with.....just should have tilted the bed down sooner. Wonder what the rear
springs look like when it was loaded, figure the service truck weighs in around 10k+ depending on whats loaded in it?? I've loaded a similar style service
truck on my Kodiak w/ 19ft bed, but the Cat gave it a bit more weight out front?
Show me the money!
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Posts: 3988 06/03/2008 20:39
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This pic is due to lack of SKILL...Training,,,, And why even post such a pic ???
Stay safe Tim 
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Cuz it's funny? No harm no foul. He is proably overweight, the truck probably drove just fine. Rollbacks distribute weight better then a conventional
truck. Think it is a learning experience for all. Bed clear of the lock, then feet on the ground.... THEN ya slide the bed back the rest of the way. And no
fair bashing if you don't have all the facts.
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That truck is not to heavy for that flat bed it's just a moron working the controls. I have done more of those style trucks than i can even remember and
never did i have a problem.
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Posts: 724 06/04/2008 00:50
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I think if the driver would have Slid the bed all the way up before tilting down he would have got it loaded with out any wheel lift.. Personaly I would use
our medium duty to tow that truck.... If rear end was bad We have a landall.. But I have hauled some pretty heavy stuff on the rollback and Had pleanty of
steer and Brake.. Looks like the operator in this image just didnt know what he-she was doing.. If roll back was the only option in this instance I would have
had the company come out and empty the boxes just to lighten the load a little... Definatly a heavy peice of Ford for sure...
Arlen McDaniel
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Don't know the story, if they are loading or unloaing, but doing it incorrect. I did this once when I started scared the crap out of me. Learned real quick
what I done wrong.I did not take any pictures though. Let the boss know what I did and all was ok. I feel people jump too quick to want to fire people for
every little mistake made. I do hope this operator was councelled and responded appropriately.
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Posts: 91 06/04/2008 09:30 |
 I think it should be allright with the driver knowing what to do in tows
like this
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That truck is too heavy to put on that bed. I am willing to bet that truck weighs around 11,000 pounds. The capacity of that bed is 10,000 pounds.
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twinbulls wrote: Tim, I think it's a good picture to post. Maybe somebody who has no training and isn't familiar with a carrier might pick up this and learn from
the posts.
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Yes ,, Kam its a good learning pic ... I was talking about the owner or company .... I would burn any pics I had of my trucks doing that ....And RE train the
driver ..
And yes I have been there to..But learned real fast what to do and NOT do... I have Mitsu trucks and they are light in the front anyway and they sneak up in the air on ya all the time... if your not watching ....LOL Stay safe Tim
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Our UD's do it too. Darn things have no nose weight sometimes a Honda will do it.
 Scares the pants off the guys first time around. 
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i would look very closely to the welds that hold the cylinders for the up and down of the bed that will be a weak point for stunts like this. yes i did learn
the hard way and it only took 1 time of learning and i just didnt pay attention to cause my failure.
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Posts: 94 06/07/2008 02:17 |
Those old internationals will do that if yo don't roll the bed up far enough and it got some weight on it . Now for the newer internationals wont do that
either you roll it up far enough or your stuck you will know when its to heavy. LOOK @ THE GVW We put regular ambulances on flat beds all day long here in
Arizona.
What is common sense to some is not common sense to others.
Last Edited By: towingaz 06/07/2008 02:24.
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