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Pulling a 40 tonner up a big hill in the snow with an 80

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 15:44    Post subject: Pulling a 40 tonner up a big hill in the snow with an 80 Reply with quote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPOvgX1vxE

Today on the A350 Shaftesbury, on the Michelin snow tyres Wink  yes it did it!

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 21:16    Post subject: Reply with quote

well done!!
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 21:29    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very impressive!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 19:57    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wish I bought one of them now instead of the 90 Sad good effort though Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 20:09    Post subject: Reply with quote

Macbeth wrote:
I wish I bought one of them now instead of the 90 Sad good effort though Smile


What an Artic?  Laughing
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 21:03    Post subject: Reply with quote

Erestor wrote:
Macbeth wrote:
I wish I bought one of them now instead of the 90 Sad good effort though Smile


What an Artic?  Laughing


Yeh a massive scania R720 Smile no the LC, they are just so much bigger and beefy compared to the 90, it feels like a puddle jumper!
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 18:38    Post subject: Reply with quote

Must be mental, no way I would risk my Cruiser to pull a truck
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 18:46    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, you're not really puling all the dead weight since the truck is also lending effort - but you are providing the traction and the initial start.  seen cruisers pull heavier where truck is not running. i reckon its not as risky as it may first look. Still need to be cautious though.

That aside it does not stop it being very impressive, and also a really nice thing to do as well.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 19:24    Post subject: Reply with quote

I know what you're saying just can't imagine taking the risk, I've got a class 1 licence so know how heavy they are to move, end up with a prop looking like a cork screw
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 24, 2011 19:36    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very good point.

was slippy though so some offset? Gotta be careful nonetheless.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:27    Post subject: Reply with quote

It did it on tickover in 1st gear low range (its an auto) I tickled the revs up on the hand throttle to about 1000rpm it'd wheelspin above that. Being a jap one its only got the CDL no F-R difflocks on my one.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 25, 2011 20:55    Post subject: Reply with quote

A mate of mine pulled a stuck Securicor truck last year with his Disco Shocked must have looked really dodgy  Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 20:20    Post subject: Reply with quote

Being a trucker myself, I can vouch for the inadequate levels of grip these machines have. I got stuck on a bit of wet grass in a lay-by once. Embarrassing to say the least.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 0:08    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mate, if you'd waited two days we would have had ten years between those posts! Smile
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 25, 2021 16:14    Post subject: Reply with quote

🤣  Maybe hes still pulling ! 😉
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