That engine is really big, and with the boiler loaded they may have rolled the trailer with the load. It's sickening to look at, even if you don't have any money in it.
Since it wasn't still on the trailer I "assumed" it broke free. Since they were still venting steam, the boiler had to be pretty much full. Double jeprody, I would say. I've seen some loads come off flatbeds, but never anything that big.
You're probably right. They probably did not have it bound down with sufficient chains and binders for a such a load. I worked in a Joy Mfg. shop for a couple years, and every chain used in the shop had to be proofed. Everyone wanted to help clean up miners when they came in because there would be 1/4" high-test chains buried in the coal and rock. Management didn't allow any unproofed chains to stay, and most of us built good collections of chain at home that way.
HMMM, tie down chains too small?
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Merle
That engine is really big, and with the boiler loaded they may have rolled the trailer with the load. It's sickening to look at, even if you don't have any money in it.
ReplyDeleteSince it wasn't still on the trailer I "assumed" it broke free. Since they were still venting steam, the boiler had to be pretty much full. Double jeprody, I would say. I've seen some loads come off flatbeds, but never anything that big.
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You're probably right. They probably did not have it bound down with sufficient chains and binders for a such a load. I worked in a Joy Mfg. shop for a couple years, and every chain used in the shop had to be proofed. Everyone wanted to help clean up miners when they came in because there would be 1/4" high-test chains buried in the coal and rock. Management didn't allow any unproofed chains to stay, and most of us built good collections of chain at home that way.
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