Hmm... another use for Tork-Lift?

JRscooby wrote:

NRALIFR wrote:
Looks like it needs a “Wide Load” sign to me.

:):)

Not unless eight and half feet.

It’s at least that.

The trucks bumper is 6’ wide, and my calibrated eyeballs say that’s more than 15” to the end of the extensions. Looks more like 18”, but just for reference license plates are all 12” wide. Compare that to what’s sticking out past the ends of the bumper.

Maybe he knows the width limit, and it’s 1/4” under. :W

:):)

Geo*Boy wrote:

Are you kidding, that truck gets into an accident and those rebar become flying projectiles. Yeah, your right whats the real danger?:S

While this statement is true, IMHO, it is made by somebody that does not pay a lot of attention to the way things are normally done. Sure, pickup hits something, that rebar keeps moving. But it will be hitting the ground probably before the back is clear of front rack. Most likely any damage done will be to tires or feet/ankles. Not Good.
Now let's look at the same impact, same bundle of bar, loaded in the normal manner, a rack over bed and cab. The bar is launched at at the same speed, but starting at over 6 feet in the air. With the same drop rate it can skip off the roof of the car the truck hit, off the deck lid of the car stopped in front, and into that car's passenger compartment. But it must go much farther before it hits anybody in the ankles. I think even worse.

NRALIFR wrote:
Looks like it needs a “Wide Load” sign to me.

:):)

Not unless eight and half feet.

Looks like it needs a “Wide Load” sign to me.

:):)

JRscooby wrote:

Geo*Boy wrote:

Yeah, that looks REAL safe!

What is the real danger, compared to what most small contractors do? If it was me, I would probably put a strap in center to reduce sag, but not likely to cause harm.

Are you kidding, that truck gets into an accident and those rebar become flying projectiles. Yeah, your right whats the real danger?:S

If ya' took any sag out by supporting it in da' middle, den you might not be able to open yer doors (LOL)

Geo*Boy wrote:

Yeah, that looks REAL safe!

What is the real danger, compared to what most small contractors do? If it was me, I would probably put a strap in center to reduce sag, but not likely to cause harm.

d3500ram wrote:

Yeah, that looks REAL safe!

That is one thing that Happijac's can't do :)

Pure rodbuster ingenuity right there!

Must be smarter than the crew that just tied the first abutment footing on one of my jobs. 24' tall full height #11 and #6 wall dowels. Zero diagonal racking and almost zero ties on the tails. One bump on the end and 20,000lbs of bar went down like dominos!
Close call, noone was under it, no injuries and was about 2 minutes before hte first truck started dumping concrete!

It might be the other way around.
I have seen that kind of rebar carrying long before Torklift start making camper ties.