[Steam-engine] Hauling trailer preference

[JEFF LUND]

Legal height is 13' 6". Although most of the
underpasses are posted well into 14'.   We have never
had a problem with getting hung up.   Once you get on
top of the detachable low-boy, it seems like you are
twenty feet off of the ground when you stand on the
platform.  

--- Mark <mark at ironacres.com> wrote:

> Given the last few comments, does anyone else load
> onto detach trailers with 
> a winch? Everytime we've hauled the engines, they
> have been winched onto the 
> trailer no matter what type of trailer it is. Detach
> takes longer though 
> since you have to drop the trailer then back the
> semi around to the tail end 
> so you can use the winch. Just curious since there
> have been a few comments 
> about driving the engine on under steam.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Showers" <steamcar at hereintown.net>
> To: "Steam-engine mailing list"
> <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 8:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] Hauling trailer
> preference
> 
> 
> > My preference is a Landoll trailer, I have had the
> front of my Peerless 
> > slip off the detachable gooseneck trailer when
> trying to load under steam 
> > and the rear wheels slip when they hit the
> trailer.  It happens very fast. 
> > With the Landoll, the engine is winched on the
> trailer cold and there is 
> > no stress on the boiler.
> > Jim Showers
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Mark" <mark at ironacres.com>
> > To: "Steam-engine mailing list"
> <steam-engine at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 4:47 PM
> > Subject: [Steam-engine] Hauling trailer preference
> >
> >
> >> Ok, here's a question for the list. For those of
> you who drive your own 
> >> rig and haul your own engine, what type of
> trailer do you prefer? For 
> >> reference, I'm talking about semi-trailers here.
> The two options I can 
> >> see are a lowboy detach (about 18" off the
> ground) or a deck over lowboy 
> >> (about 36" off the ground). I think the detach
> would be nice in terms of 
> >> having the engine low to the ground. But my
> experience is loading a 
> >> lowboy detach with a cold steam engine is not the
> smoothest process. A 
> >> regular lowboy puts the engine higher but is
> easier to load since you can 
> >> back right up and just winch it on.
> >>
> >> Comments, thoughts, know of a reasonably priced
> (hobby price) trailer for 
> >> sale?
> >>
> >> Mark
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