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Motor Coach and Emergency Vehicle Towing
Discussions relating to Bus & Motor Coach Transports plus Fire Trucks.
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Towing a 40 Ft pusher on the wheel lift. loving the 9055
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I have a request to impound this 1968 Seagrave Fire Truck from the Park Service day after tomorrow. Its on a different Island requiring a ferry ride away so I can not lay eyes on it to get a game plan. Ill be taking my 1981 KW W900A tandem with a 750 Holmes/Z20 Zacklift. Hoping for some old schoolers here to advise: Air or hydraulic brakes? Not sure if its auto or manual transmission, pull the shaft with either way on this old dog? Id love to grab it by the rear but unsure of frame strength near the rear bumper for forking? Thank you.
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Phillips Towing 202 Created the topic in August or 2006: This is the second time in less then a week Andrew has had to tow this thing. First time was for a very minor problem but this time it's cause the turbo is gone!! As Andrew said "Just another day at the Fayetteville office". Truck2 said: Just curious, and not meaning to put s**t on your job, but has anyone done a scale comparison of front axle weights with the crane in the front and rear positions? Phillips Towing 202 said: Mark, I spoke with Andrew the driver of our 60 ton. He said that by swinging the boom to the front not only does …
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I got a call yesterday for a 40 foot diesel pusher stuck at a winery. I get there and it doesn't look like it is stuck bad. This one had Independent suspension up front, no straight axle, generator up front with a low exhaust pipe exiting on the driver side in front of the tire. I asked him to open up the front bumper to see if there were any access point to the frame, no luck. On my second look underneath to find a place to hook to I see the broken shock mount on the passenger side. I take a picture and show it to the owner, thankfully I had not even had a chain or strap near it yet. He asked me if that would make it shimmy at about 45mph. The only…
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40 FOOT DIESEL PUSHER TOTALED
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Topic Originally Created by Timjohn in August of 2006: This was an older bus that I towed the other day. It had been sitting for ahwhile. The owner tried to shift it out of park and the handle broke off in the column. The owner of the bus was proud to let me know it "starred" in an adult film or two a couple of years ago. But after seeing the plush interior, I thought I recognized it from somewhere... BLKWILL said: Tim, You rear end grabber' Nice tow Will Cain Silverhawk said: My mind wasn't thinking what ya'lls was. I thought it was X rated because it caused a l…
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Ok guys I get calls from time to time about RV needing towing and I always usually turn them down because the wheel grids for my underlift weight about 150lb each and most RV's don't have full chassis so I can't use forks. Well a couple days ago Road America calls needing a RV towed and I told them I didn't have time about a hour later they call back and say they still need a tow so I ask where is it and where is it going. It was about 15 miles from me and loaded miles another 61miles away so just under 80 miles from drop off back home. Again I don't do many RV's so I'm thinking I'll just give them a I don't want to do it price and they will leave me alone. Keep in mind…
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It was a Motorhome at the Port of Oakland going from one yard to another. It was used as a sleeping quarters for truckers of a company. They were trying to get it to the other yard on its own power when it just stopped and died. It would not turn on anymore. Bob told me to take #130 and head to an address. Once I got there I saw the vehicle and got into position to hook it up. Once I got it hooked up I tried to move it forward and backward to see if the brakes were the problem. The owners released some brake fluid from the lines. That didn't solve the problem though, so I took a quick look at the back and saw it was a pusher motor. I was not going…
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A local competitor just towed a single axle pusher motor home backward by forking the Reese tow receiver. Is this ok? I thought I read years ago that towing a motor home backwards by the frame the whole unit could flex and blow side windows out? Thoughts? Anyone here tow them backwards?
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Mike and myself were out getting it done on a Sunday..
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All loaded up for the mainland run in the AM. Axles pulled, axle caps on, front axle chained up, tow bar set, safety chains on, air ran to tank, air ran to brake buddy, tow lights on. After thought that I could have pulled driveline, thoughts either way? One bugger about pulling shafts is that I have to pull caps once dropped @ repair facility... Decided to use the tow bar, could have forked it but also but simple to set bar. Feenstras said: like pulling driveshafts. Less mess and quicker. Orcas Tow said: Next time I'm going for the driveshaft first, hindsight is 20…
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Hard at work out of our Lebec office.
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I don't know about you guys...But I hate towing buses... These actually aren't too bad but I guess I just like to hear myself bitch...LoL This was the second one this week for a coolant leak. I wish I could do them from the rear but they lean terribly... this is 1 I did a few weeks ago and I didn't have a choice (obviously). But their driveway entrance is tough and it's hard enough gowing from the front.
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Towing is a scary subject. No one wants to even remotely consider the possibility of having to tow a piece of apparatus. However, any fire apparatus technician will tell you that towing apparatus is a reality, and the horror stories will usually follow. MYTH OR TRUTH? There are many towing myths, and my job is to unravel the myths and get to the truth. Myth: Electrical components, engines, and transmissions will never fail on any of our apparatus. The truth is that electrical components, engines, and transmissions do fail. The truth is also that accidents do happen and apparatus does break down. All tow companies train their operators to to…
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towed this to the junk yard. Just pulled the shaft and aired it up, hung lights and off we go.
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In the UK 4 axle buses are not allowed ….. so we have never had to tow one.....or ever had to crawl underneath one... Spotted this one in Europe on the Spanish / Portuguese border. manufactured by Neoplan…... 4 metres high the engine is in the rear. We have done lots of 3 axle Neoplans which look similar to this but shorter they suffer a lot from engine fires.....very difficult to tow with all the rear wheels and airbags burnt out, 😐
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Towed this Thursday for a blown turbo clamp.
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Haven't posted in a while- here is a recent one I had to tow- just under 250 miles. Wheel grid hook up- aired at front of the bus and service brakes at the brake valve. Didn't realize it until too late, but the pics showing the brake hook up did not focus- so nothing but a blur. The lines are accesible behind the flip up bumper- as is the front air hook up. There is a fitting with a plug that takes an Allen head. Unscrew the fitting and a #4 (I believe- might he a #3) JIC screws right in. 1/4" push to conect for the service air. On longer tows I pull the driveshaft- which for this one was easy as the coach ran- it just would shut down randomly. I Started it up after the…
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06-10-06: Wreckeruk Wrote, done with eurogrids! Unknown Member asked: Are you in a stadium? Wreckeruk replied: No its the bus garage, was taking it to Volvo main dealer Underdog said: Looks good Keith, do you leave the grids on or just use them on buses? Stay safe, Rich - Underdog Truck Service Wreckeruk said: Hi Rich, tend to just use them with coaches and buses , but have lifted trucks before with them. A lot of the newer buses over here dont have a front axle beams, they r independent wishbone suspension and so should only be lifted with grids. Keith MNPOOL said: …
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What is the best way to tow/ hookup and brakes?
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21 Dec 2006 00:29 Slimsanta said: Is anyone out there familiar with Eagle buses? I have only dealt with a couple of these. What would you guess the weight is? The load was 13' 10" high. Freezing rain all morning, now snow this afternoon Dakota Service & Repair, Brookings, SD cpg1420 said: 37K
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11 Oct 2006 21:17 Slimsanta Wrote: I am glad we only had to haul this bus 60 miles without passing a scale. I think even if I had a 53 foot trailer, loading this bus backwards would still have been a challenge. Dakota Service & Repair, Brookings, SD The Tow God said: If you sneeze really hard, you can pass the scale and say you didnt see it.DJ Jan's Towing, Inc. - Azusa, Ca. BLKWILL said: Well It would fit on mine the other way. Your looks like a landoll 317????? Mine if like a 660 and Ive haul them both ways. MTR haul alot of them Good job. At the scale its just a axle ticket, I'd take it a roll. Will…
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Towed this in the other day when it was below zero and stuck in the middle of a gravel road. Had to fold in a mirror on my truck so I could get by it.
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11 Nov 2017 10:57 by iqmech Towed this one about 240 miles for electrical issues, easy enough... just a long drive Eds Towing said: Nice work. I haven't towed one of those yet. Our transit authority was looking at them a few years ago but never bought any. Thanks, Ed DMHANSONWRECK said: What tow unit you using? Wheelbase? iqmech said: it's a holmes dtu, I think its either a 318" or a 330" wb
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This is a job we did a while ago.... The driver parked the bus on a hill and did not apply the parking brake .... it rolled down the hill towards a pedestrian precinct crowded with Saturday shoppers. it crashed into a line of railings sign boards traffic lights and ended up against the traffic light control box totally destroying them fortunately no one was injured.... The bus was only a few days old and the DOT wanted to do an in depth inspection on it. it was vital that no further damage was done on the recovery. It was not possible to take it forward and if we winched it backwards all the wreckage was going jam up and ratchet along the un…
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12-21-05: Part Timer Wrote, This was part of my morning, received a call from the local contractor looking after the main and back (logging) roads for Snow clearing and Ice control. There was a vehicle blocking the road so the sand/salt truck could not get through. They dispatched a second truck to ensure I could get to their location. I was warned of the road conditions before I left (sheer ice). Here is what I found on arrival. As you can see the contractor had a good bed of sand down for me when I arrived. It was a challenge to walk pass the RV. Sorry the pictures don't show it,but the passenger front whe…
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