RE: [ihc] no IH content, but fun--

[bearbvd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Hermann)]

At 11:27 AM 10/25/04, Ed Sohm wrote:
>Seems like matching the power output of the trucks would be interesting
>to
>figure out....
>
>-Ryan
>
>
>The back one is probably not hooked up to the rest of the rig.  I'll bet
>is just comes up from behind on hills and pushes.

Nope, this one was hooked up. Pintle hitch in the center of the front bumper.

Greg

>That is my understanding of how this is done when pulling outrageous
>loads long distances with two trucks.  I've seen two trucks side by side
>but only at low speeds, eg. Moving buildings across town.
>
>Have you ever watched earthmoving scrapers in a borrow pit?  The have a
>bumper on the back that lines up with a "stinger" on the front of a D-9
>"Push Cat".  I tried running a push cat one summer during college.
>Failed miserably.  The scraper operators were ready to either quit, or
>wring my neck for snapping theirs.  I'm not a very good dancer either
>BTW.  My instinct was to push the clutch and let off the accelerator if
>I was coming up on them too fast.  Anybody who has run a dozer can
>figure out what happened there <g>.  I was demoted back to the bobcat
>and a packer when there was no bobcat work.  Whew!
>
>IH content: That was the first summer I owned an IH.  '67 800, and
>buried it in the jobsite only once, in the rain, no top, no wipers, no
>raincoat, rest of the crew was already gone.
>
>Ed