Lynn Kasdorf
11-19-2006, 8:03 PM
I came across these free trusses. Just what I need for a couple new buildings on the farm, but how to haul them?
I had a friend who was trying to scare up the use of a 40' trailer he knows about, but that didn't happen in time, and the owner needed these gone by TG.
So- I did it myself. First we loaded the 26' trusses. This was not too bad. A couple feet over the front and back, no problem.
I was thinking that I'd have to cut the 36' trusses in half and move them that way. It wouldn't be the end of the world because trusses have all kinds of splices anyway.
But my helper suggested what you see in the pic. It actually worked well! The shorter trusses stacked up high enough that the long ones overshot the truck bed.
Because the shocks in my truck are gone, I couldn't get much over 25 mph before the whole thing started to oscillate.
I just thought you all might enjoy this.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/ironhoarder/trusses_on_trailer.jpg
I had a friend who was trying to scare up the use of a 40' trailer he knows about, but that didn't happen in time, and the owner needed these gone by TG.
So- I did it myself. First we loaded the 26' trusses. This was not too bad. A couple feet over the front and back, no problem.
I was thinking that I'd have to cut the 36' trusses in half and move them that way. It wouldn't be the end of the world because trusses have all kinds of splices anyway.
But my helper suggested what you see in the pic. It actually worked well! The shorter trusses stacked up high enough that the long ones overshot the truck bed.
Because the shocks in my truck are gone, I couldn't get much over 25 mph before the whole thing started to oscillate.
I just thought you all might enjoy this.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c122/ironhoarder/trusses_on_trailer.jpg