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DavidR8's shop shenanigans

jcdammeyer said:
I was afraid of this. He's already making things and the shop isn't even finished yet. How are the rest of us going to be able to keep up?
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No worries. They will lock him up and throw away the keys the first time he tries out that front hitch on the highway.......
 
jorogi said:
Real men don't use front hitches. :p
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I use em to tow two grain wagons at once all the time.

But I stay off the highway doing that......

I can handle two single axle trailers at once, but I'm not very good yet at backing up two grain wagons with front steer and fixed rear axles. My son is a trucker and can do trains.
 
3/4 of the cabinets are up. Need to move a shelf to put in the last one.
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Susquatch said:
I can handle two single axle trailers at once, but I'm not very good yet at backing up two grain wagons with front steer and fixed rear axles. My son is a trucker and can do trains.
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You can call yourself a trucker when you can throw a Road Ranger 18 spd into high range reverse and back a semi up at over to 20 mph for a mile without jack-knifing...believe me, that back trailer wheel has your undivided attention in the mirror!!!!
 
I recently watched a "trucker" attempt to do a straight back up (not around a corner) w/ a B-train about 70 feet. He had a 40 foot wide alley to work with. Took him 8 tries. Each time he'd pull ahead to straighten out the rig, start backing up & immediately start cranking the steering wheel. It was painful to watch.

If you can't back up, you should never get a license to go forward...
 
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