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Offline william127

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my highlifts finaly let me down
« on: February 03, 2010, 19:56:36 »
after a year of using my highlift for whinching, lifting and pulling iv found a job that s beyond it- dragging an (empty) ready mix lorry sideways :lol: obviously its way above the highlifts rated capacity, but we were hoping the mud under the wheels would let it slide.
shame it didnt work, as we had to knock down a bit of wall to let it slide out :evil:
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Re: my highlifts finaly let me down
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2010, 20:16:29 »
There's an old trick from the days of smaller car ferries. Lots of very soapy water and a tree trunk. The soap allows the trailer wheels to slide on the deck, the trunk acts as a guide rail. Only way to get artics into the side alleys (where there was enough headroom, but not enough space to let the trailer straighten up as normal).

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Re: my highlifts finaly let me down
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2010, 20:46:23 »
i was working on the theory that i was able to move a trooper sideways on mud using just my weight/strength, the highlift should be able to move the lorry. i think it didnt work because the bit the lorry was on wasnt muddy enough- the very reason we had it backed in there :doh:

its quite a good area to work in at the moment as its so muddy our massey ferguson 35 needed towing out with my 110 :dance:
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1990 defender 127 flatbed 200tdi mud tyres stripdown started 14/03, now striped, ned to start the expensive bit
1992 rrc vogue se izuzu 2.8td running well so it got sold,
2003 110 td5 hardtop,ex mod, arived 25/04, bfg a/ts, ply lined, k and n filter, honda sport seats, rear demountable 2000lb winch, security grills,high lift with winching kit, mountney small steering wheel, momo gear knob, front spots, airhorns, hd steering, diff guard, ex army  center towpin bumper replaced with winch bumper, rear mounted bottle opener, cheaquer plate, neon underbody light, ex police map light,1000 watt inverter, reversing camera
2007 ford ranger wildtrack d/cab(dads)
yamaha big bear 350 2wd, likes to eat flies, fixed (until i roll it again)
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