ATTENTION: farmers, harvesters, truck drivers, slaves, whatever you might be.

MisterCMK

I drove the truck to the plant after it was removed from the ditch to dump it. I didn't put it in the ditch though.

MisterCMK

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The truck drove just fine after getting out. Slow but that is normal.

Grr

holy shit clean that road!

z31

Where is the rest of the load? :icon_scratch: I don't see any sugar beets rolling off the sides of the truck. :icon_geek:

z31

What did that cost anyway?

Grr

I didnt get any pics, but i damn near rolled our new 30 ton beet cart. had one tire off the ground and i got the conveyor up for ballast, only thing that saved it. scared the shit out of me thats for sure

zbrown

MisterCMK;292356 wrote:

Holy fuck i dont think you could actually get any closer to rolling and not.....

Wow, whoever was driving that is lucky as shit, still cant believe that stayed upright

beachbum_jon

MisterCMK;292356 wrote:

The truck drove just fine after getting out. Slow but that is normal.

holy shit! thats nuts. we had almost that same thing happen to a silage truck a few years ago when we had cattle. the guy got to close to the side of a grave road with water on both side, sucked him right in. the truck was on its side, lost its load in the water, oil and diesel spilt everywhere and the epa had to come out and do a clean up.

we hooked up a tripled-up stieger to pull it forward and a older cat with the flat tracks to pull it upright. the idiots who owned the cat were hudderites(sp) and didnt know how to drive it, they just sat there with smoke coming off of the tracks because they were spinning so bad.

Bp-08

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slow90gsx

Where was this?

Bp-08

slow90gsx;292386 wrote:
Where was this?

my "ranch"

z31

Grr;292371 wrote:
I didnt get any pics, but i damn near rolled our new 30 ton beet cart. had one tire off the ground and i got the conveyor up for ballast, only thing that saved it. scared the shit out of me thats for sure

Pictures or it didn't happen. It will slide before it will ever tip over. :icon_bigsmurf:

Grr

z31;292391 wrote:
Pictures or it didn't happen. It will slide before it will ever tip over. :icon_bigsmurf:

it did slide, then the high side wheel came off the ground about 8-10". Putting the conveyor up is all that saved it

MisterCMK

I have yet to figure out what the point of a beet cart is. If you are pulling trucks you might as well simply pull the semi alongside the harvester or run straight trucks which don't need to be pulled as often. I suppose before the advent of the Safe-T-Pull I could see them being used.

beachbum_jon

MisterCMK;292442 wrote:
I have yet to figure out what the point of a beet cart is. If you are pulling trucks you might as well simply pull the semi alongside the harvester or run straight trucks which don't need to be pulled as often. I suppose before the advent of the Safe-T-Pull I could see them being used.

that safe-t-pull thing you posted up was pretty slick

btw, nice pics guys, keep them commin'

MisterCMK

beachbum_jon;292448 wrote:
that safe-t-pull thing you posted up was pretty slick

btw, nice pics guys, keep them commin'

Its even better in the field. Much nicer than having to dick around with chains and the rope. The tractor can let go of the truck while they are moving rather than have to drag them up onto the road before they can stop.

dubbsy

MisterCMK;292442 wrote:
I have yet to figure out what the point of a beet cart is. If you are pulling trucks you might as well simply pull the semi alongside the harvester or run straight trucks which don't need to be pulled as often. I suppose before the advent of the Safe-T-Pull I could see them being used.

because a beet cart is built to be pulled through that shit - trucks aren't.