Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 My ride. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I drove a propane truck up and down a side road once. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 My dad started putting me in all kinds of rigs way back in my youth. He had me drive a 'line horse' back to our logging camp when I was about 14 which included taking it down a long steep grade on a one lane logging road. His instructions were to get it in a low enough gear that I wouldn't need the questionable brakes on the grade. A Line Horse is usually a wore out off highway log truck that had a set of old logging drums installed on it for winding up the used cables. The one I drove at that tender age had a 5 speed manual transmission with a 4 speed auxiliary Brownie. I was guessing at what I was supposed to be doing, but managed to get it home without wrecking and not killing myself. We would come up on equipment parked in the road and we needed to get by. "Get in there and start it up and move it." Yeah right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, minervadoe said: I drove a propane truck up and down a side road once. But did you blow it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 It has a N-14 Cummins putting out 525 horse mated up to an 18 speed with 46 rears with full lockers. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 A few times. Nothing special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MO Fugga Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 9 minutes ago, minervadoe said: I drove a propane truck up and down a side road once. Rolling bombs when its icy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyjohnson Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 yes, but not very far and not loaded. i don't have a CDL so prefer not to tempt fate with someone else`s really expensive Rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Many times when I had a property management company but only a single rear axle. Not licensed for a dual. I moved a jot of dirt and debris with a shovel and pickup truck. When I took over the company it was front end loaders and dump trucks. Much nicer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) When I was in HS got a job driving this beat up dump truck around a gravel pit moving various loads. One day I was to drive it up to where they had been drilling holes getting ready to blast rock. Well this junker of a truck didn't have a lot of power and I ran out of power going up the steep embankment and ended up rolling back into a big pile of crushed rock. Boss was little upset and I later found out the back was loaded with dynamite and the blasting caps were in the glove box. I decided to let him drive it up to the site after I found that out. Overall I leaned a lot that summer about machinery and the boss was really a good guy. Edited December 21, 2020 by pipedreams 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valmet Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Not I. A Humvee is the largest thing I’ve driven. A real one, not those things you see on the commercial market. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 No, but I learned to drive on very narrow and curvy roads with a lot of coal trucks. That was fun in our 79 chrysler cordoba. The roads were barely wide enough. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Does this count? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampfox762 Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 100 ft. Bucket trucks, line trucks, Dozers, Dump trucks,...never drove a Tractor-trailer rig. Always wanted too though. Never could back a trailer of any kind worth a crap. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 12 minutes ago, Swampfox762 said: 100 ft. Bucket trucks, line trucks, Dozers, Dump trucks,...never drove a Tractor-trailer rig. Always wanted too though. Never could back a trailer of any kind worth a crap. Backing a trailer is fun but try backing a four wheel trailer where the front axel wheels turn. It's a head scratcher at first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 9 hours ago, holyjohnson said: yes, but not very far and not loaded. i don't have a CDL so prefer not to tempt fate with someone else`s really expensive Rig. I'd let you drive it around in the gravel pit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 2 hours ago, Sparks said: Does this count? That's where it all starts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 1 hour ago, pipedreams said: Backing a trailer is fun but try backing a four wheel trailer where the front axel wheels turn. It's a head scratcher at first. Had a guy on our landing with a mule train log truck. His first day with the mule train. He had to pull forward for a log being put on the trailer. Then every time he tried to back up again it got worse. He'd pull forward and try again, getting further from the shovel (log loading Manitowoc). My dad on the yarder asked what was going on and I told him. Dad walks up and tries to talk the guy through the backing up process. It doesn't work, so he gets in the cab and backs it up. I mentioned that I didn't know dad had ever driven a mule train. Well he hadn't. That was his first time backing one up. He just knew what had to be done. My dad was like that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minervadoe Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 10 hours ago, Walt Longmire said: But did you blow it up? Almost. I drove it faster than I should have since I was fascinated with shifting the two speed axle. I drove it for less than thirty seconds. I drove a diesel locomotive one time. When my son was around eight years old, he was super into trains, so we went to the Western Pacific Railroad Museum and got an hour of supervised driving time in their diesel locomotive. One of the most enjoyable things I've ever done. https://www.wplives.org/ral.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Never driven a loaded rig, but I did get my class A CDL. Was also licensed by the Army to drive 45 passenger buses in South Korea, and my assigned truck was an M934A2 (5 ton truck with 20 foot box on the back) with a 66 panel camo net rolled up on top (add a couple thousand pounds to the roof, even more when wet) and towing a trailer. These days I pretty much just stick to my F450 flatbed as the largest thing I drive. Not my truck, but sasme type. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Cougar_ml said: Never driven a loaded rig, but I did get my class A CDL. Was also licensed by the Army to drive 45 passenger buses in South Korea, and my assigned truck was an M934A2 (5 ton truck with 20 foot box on the back) with a 66 panel camo net rolled up on top (add a couple thousand pounds to the roof, even more when wet) and towing a trailer. These days I pretty much just stick to my F450 flatbed as the largest thing I drive. Not my truck, but sasme type. And since people are adding tales to this, I ended up having to drive my truck out to the field with no brake lights, no spare tire, and no rear driveshaft. Any one of these is supposed to deadline the vehicle, but they told me to do it anyway. Oh, and the transfer case got stuck in low range, so I was maxing out at 24 mph, convoy speed was 25. (I fixed it with a couple wrenches at a rest stop, just the linkage) My favorite part of that truck was the air ride seat with about 8" of travel. The second best part was the passengers had a bench seat with a 2" foam cushion. Add those to all the speed bumps I took at full speed and a soft roof on the cab, and I had a lot of fun. As for driving the bus, somewhere some former/current Army officers have some pictures of me driving down the road with a large steamed bun in my mouth and both hands on the wheel. I miss the food in South Korea from all the roadside stands. Edited December 21, 2020 by Cougar_ml 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deputy tom Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 I used to drive dump tri-axles from the customer's yard to the service station and back while I was changing split ring tires.tom. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLOTT Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Walt, is that thing 4 wheel drive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, MDLOTT said: Walt, is that thing 4 wheel drive? All 4 on the rear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 19 minutes ago, deputy tom said: I used to drive dump tri-axles from the customer's yard to the service station and back while I was changing split ring tires.tom. First thing I did when I bought my 1st end dump was to get rid of the split rim wheels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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