phoenix1647
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2013
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Post by phoenix1647 on Apr 20, 2005 17:20:16 GMT -5
 HA HA..made ya smile!!! Pho |
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Post by gaetzchamp on Apr 20, 2005 17:52:57 GMT -5
I think you meant to say "BFT-14" for Big Freaking Tumbler!!!!LOL,
Gaeter
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rfuller
starting to shine!
Member since February 2005
Posts: 39
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Post by rfuller on Apr 20, 2005 18:05:58 GMT -5
You guys aare making me crazy. Every time a see a cement truck I visualize it as a giant tumbler!
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earthdog
Cave Dweller 
Don't eat yellow snow
Member since June 2006
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Post by earthdog on Apr 20, 2005 18:50:46 GMT -5
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phoenix1647
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2013
Posts: 186
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Post by phoenix1647 on Apr 20, 2005 21:08:28 GMT -5
I'm thinking we would need to order our grit by the ton....
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 20, 2005 23:45:31 GMT -5
what do the tires that don't touch the ground do?
kim
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Post by gaetzchamp on Apr 21, 2005 0:04:16 GMT -5
They are used in the latter stages as filler for cushioning, Duh????LOL
Gaetz
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Banjocreek
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since March 2003
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Post by Banjocreek on Apr 21, 2005 1:17:54 GMT -5
That is a Beautifully Big piece of machinery.
I wouldn't even be able to buy one of those tires that don't touch the ground.
Very Nice!!!
-Banjo
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Post by puppie96 on Apr 21, 2005 3:03:32 GMT -5
I wanna drive that sucker.
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Post by Cher on Apr 21, 2005 8:55:21 GMT -5
what do the tires that don't touch the ground do? kim If the load is really heavy he can drop those down to even out the axel weight so he's hauling legal. Nice tumbler! ;D ;D Cher |
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Post by rockyraccoon on Apr 21, 2005 9:27:59 GMT -5
lol at gaetz. don't tell me that i might believe it.
puppie i'd like to see you driving that big truck ;D. i do damage with little equipment. i could level a whole city with that!
cher how'd you know that?
kim
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stubby
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since April 2004
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Post by stubby on Apr 21, 2005 16:03:55 GMT -5
Pho,
What is that, an OshKosh? My brother drives a concrete truck in Cleveland area.
stub
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Post by connrock on Apr 21, 2005 19:47:50 GMT -5
Hey Earthdog,,,,, Is this how it really looks?  Tom |
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Apr 21, 2005 21:43:37 GMT -5
Who say's that our toys don't get bigger as we get older?
Man that is one nice looking piece of equipment!
Oh yea ... it a mega-tumbler!
John
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phoenix1647
starting to spend too much on rocks
Member since March 2013
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Post by phoenix1647 on Apr 21, 2005 22:26:18 GMT -5
Tom...that sure looks like a big tumbler to me....
(guess the grit for that sucker will come by the dump-truck load eh)
Now wasn't this fun..
Pho
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stefan
Cave Dweller
Member since January 2005
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Post by stefan on Apr 22, 2005 12:54:16 GMT -5
Sweet Ride! Man the tumbling we could do- Hey Banjo- I need like 20,000 pounds of rock!
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earthdog
Cave Dweller
Don't eat yellow snow
Member since June 2006
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Post by earthdog on Apr 22, 2005 15:22:36 GMT -5
That is to cool, Connrock, thanks. The tires that don't hit the ground are called "tags" or tag axels. When I drive it mt I don't have to use them, put anything over 4 yards of concrete I have to use them. The front set is really called a "pusher axel" and the back one is the "tag". It is for the "bridge" laws, which means, how long a truck is from axel to axel, and the weight I can carry. In the spring the secondary roads here have weight limits, of 63,000 lbs, untill the ground thaws. We still put 10/11 yards of crete on though and hope we don't get caught. If we do, the company pays big money in fines, like $2.00 a pound for every pound we are over. When we put 10 yards on of crete it will weigh in about 81,000lbs. Yes, it is an Oshkosh, b-gosh.
Mt the thing weighs in about 30,000lbs, so really it would tumble some big chunks of Mexican lace, it would take forever though, cuz it tumbles about 15 rpm's.
Send me all your rocks asap and I will start tumbling them. Gonna have to have a fund raiser to afford all the grit for it though. I will try to get some pictures of it stuck in the mud. The thing will go through alot of crap before it gets stuck though, it has all wheel drive and 2.5 inch lugs for tires. I have had it in greasy mud up past where my chutes sit and still crawling.
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