ebinmaine 67,502 #76 Posted April 5, 2021 1 minute ago, pfrederi said: Looks like the opposite of what happens around here. instead of getting hung up Tractor Trailer drivers routine ignore the big yellow 11' clearance signs on the under passes. Up here in New England and especially around the Boston area there's a lot of bridges that are 10.5 to 12 ft tall. Rental trucks like U-Haul Ryder or Penske are well known for challenging those bridges and losing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,232 #77 Posted April 5, 2021 1 hour ago, ebinmaine said: Up here in New England and especially around the Boston area there's a lot of bridges that are 10.5 to 12 ft tall. Rental trucks like U-Haul Ryder or Penske are well known for challenging those bridges and losing. Similar truck vs. overpass happens pretty often around NYMetro area. Truckers not using commercial GPS get routed onto parkways and, surprise, now they have a roofless trailer and a major traffic jam. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevasaurus 22,740 #78 Posted April 5, 2021 @iam206 it looks like the railroads have narrow gage capabilities there also.?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,202 #79 Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, ebinmaine said: a lot of bridges that are 10.5 to 12 ft tall There's one near here too. As kids we were always amused at how stupid some adults are! As an adult, I STILL am! One time we were hanging around watching while they tried to get the truck unstuck. My brother suggested that they let the air outta the tires. The adults didn't pay him no mind. Tow truck showed up and the first thing the driver did was let some air outta the tires! Gee... imagine that. Edited April 5, 2021 by Jeff-C175 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,502 #80 Posted April 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jeff-C175 said: There's one near here too. As kids we were always amused at how stupid some adults are! As an adult, I STILL am! Myself included 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Kennell 38,176 #81 Posted April 5, 2021 7 hours ago, iam206 said: Some trains are very nice, Mrs. K and I spent a week in Honesdale, Pa. a few years back. A lot of mining and railroad history there. I was fascinated by the gravity railroad that transported the coal from Carbondale to Honesdale. This was the first I knew of a gravity railroad. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,502 #82 Posted April 5, 2021 42 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said: This was the first I knew of a gravity railroad Well despite my best efforts I learned something new today. That's kinda cool. Like the total anti opposite of creation to the Mt Washington cog. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SylvanLakeWH 25,560 #83 Posted April 5, 2021 49 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said: a gravity railroad. Yup... Gravity ALWAYS works... for free... it’s us dumb humans that need to push things back up hills... which is never free... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,229 #84 Posted April 6, 2021 12 hours ago, SylvanLakeWH said: it’s us dumb humans that need to push things back up hills... which is never free It is just an investment in potential energy, anything that goes up will eventually go down! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam206 81 #85 Posted April 6, 2021 22 hours ago, stevasaurus said: @iam206 it looks like the railroads have narrow gage capabilities there also.?? It only looks like that. It is full size stuff. What you are seeing there is new track that they have laid out along side the existing. They are slated to come threw and replace the rail and the sleepers. Those pieces of new rail are cool, they are like a 1/4 mile long and get slid off a train and laid on either side of existing rail, then they come threw with a crew and flop the rail over into place. I'll see if I can track down and post a video. It's really cool stuff to watch. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oliver2-44 9,752 #86 Posted April 6, 2021 I used this type of box blade with a brinly hitch on my C-160. I used the Box Blade, front dozer blade and a mid mount grader blade to completely regrade the back yard and front yard of my sons house as part of a remodel. In addition to the back yard, we got about 200 yards (20 truck loads) of granite sand/topsoil fill from 2 septic system installs in the neighborhood and made his front yard a gentle slope. The Wheel Horse really earned its keep. I added the rear tire chains, filled the rear rtires with fluid, plus 60 lbs of weight per rear wheel and it was quite a pushing mule! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam206 81 #87 Posted April 7, 2021 Oliver2-44 Thanks for your post, inspiring. I would like to fill tires with fluid and score a set of weights and chains! So far I have been able to work around it our of necessity. I am interested in how you hooked up your Brinly hitch and weither you kept the cast iron slot hitch and had an adapter, or you switched to a newer steel type brinley hitch. How well did the box blade sit level after it was mounted, ect. Any guidance here would help in my approach in assembling parts. Thanks, David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,502 #88 Posted April 7, 2021 7 minutes ago, iam206 said: fill tires with fluid Give a call to the Rimguard corporation Don't be happy to tell you if there are any dealers in your area and who they may be. Prices vary widely like many other products. Here in Southern Maine I can get Rimguard installed for only a few cents more or sometimes even less, than buying RV antifreeze... and Rimguard is several pounds heavier per gallon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,502 #89 Posted November 10, 2021 @iam206 Any updates? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
