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Tractor Square Dancing?; Where's Fred Phelps when ya need him?
Topic Started: Jan 11 2011, 08:12 AM (248 Views)
kenny
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I think those farmer guys just wanted to dress up in drag and drive pink tractors.
They sure make ugly broads.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmvhCpEKAjY
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Mark
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County music?
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kenny
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Mark
Jan 11 2011, 08:17 AM
County music?


Chopin makes Drag tractor square dancing look silly.
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Mark
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Yeah. I'll pass.
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Big John
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that's cool. reminds me of truck "roadeos."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tACaAyI9o0

Betcha don't know why the connecting arm is so long between the dumptruck and it's trailer do you? Why do you think it is?





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PattyP
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:lol2:

Retired farmers with too much spare time on their hands.

A tired dog is a good dog.

"Dogs' lives are too short...their only fault, really."
A.S. Turnbull
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kenny
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Jan 11 2011, 09:37 AM
Betcha don't know why the connecting arm is so long between the dumptruck and it's trailer do you? Why do you think it is?
More control of what you are towing when backing up?
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Big John
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nope. it's about weight distribution. those dumps are only used in California. In california there has to be 40' between dual axle groups so as not to overstress bridges and highways. It's called a bridge limit. Most states say 41' but the idea is the same -- spread the weight out.

Now you know what a bridge limit is.





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Big John
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technically it's between the CENTER of dual axle groupings so a point midway between each axle of the dual.





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kenny
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Makes sense.
More weight concentrated on a smaller area is more dangerous on a bridge.
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Big John
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something to do with the way bridges flex under sudden loads -- like a wave.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bridge_Gross_Weight_Formula

little things people don't notice on semis is that the fifth wheels slide back and forth and (usually) the trailer tandems also slide back and forth.

What's really tricky is sliding things to get the weight right (34,000 lbs. max in most states on each dual axle) without violating the bridge law.





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