Perfect job ... well done! Weather wasn't ideal, but non successfully done. Than you for sharing. It looks like the new equipment will prove to be a much-valued asset.
I was a Work Equipment Mechanic for Union Pacific for over 20 years and repaired machines like everyone of them seen in your video in Arkansas , Missouri , Illinois and Louisiana . The plate on the machines are called a Turn Table's , lift the machines and rotate 180 degrees to change direction of work and also rerail the machines when they would derail , especially the Ballast Regulator's as they are very easy to Derail . The second machine is called a Power Jack Tamper , the two upright cylinders are used to lift the rail and then tamp the ballast under the ties , they could have been used to lift the machine saving y'all a bunch of time unloading the machine . Just a little advice and hopefully helpful information in the future . Getting ready for an Auction , lots of machine operator jobs being eliminated . Good Safe job moving the machinery Ron . Love your videos .
Ron, my husband and I have watched most of your videos, old and new. I can't thumbs up because we watch you on Roku. Just thought we would give you thumbs up on all your videos for your knowledge. Blessings to your whole family.
Great video thanks 👍. In the UK we use 2m light weight (33lbs/ft) transition rails between the flatbed and running rail. Fish plate bolted (loose to allow small movement) to the flatbed rail and fine wedge tapered onto the running rails. 1/2" dia tie bars every 18", low enough to clear the wheel flange but fixed well enough to prevent rail rotation.
I said it the first time we saw this unit, but the strength of T-1 is so hard to grasp. Not just what it can carry, but the winch pulling power and and the ability to move the rear wheels with a load on just flat amazes me. Interesting job.
Most fascinating move yet! And you are always thinking about safety, even after all these years. Easy to get complacent after so many years, bit you are not complacent at all, nice job!!
Sure is nice to work with someone who don't interrupt you in mid sentence isn't it? You and David work so well together. Seems like you have to tell him very little, and when you do he responds without question. So so glad to see David on the truck. I bet you could train him on Tator and he could be the next Talon, who we miss in videos. Thanks for another great video Mr Ron
the problem with the tator is, you have to understand cranes and lifting and rigging or someone is going to die. I would guess it is relatively easy to learn the controls on the tator, but understanding how much you can lift based on the extension of the boom, must take a long time to learn.
In situations that require a delicate/ precision touch we lock our trailer brakes and release the trucks brakes. I am sure you know this already but it allows us to use our Landoll as more of a rollback. Actually we do this when need to do the opposite as well when we need to push under something a little . Love your videos keep up the great work
We do it with scissor necks in our area, rails are built into the trailer. The hard part is finding a xing long enough to load on! I've spent the last 10 years running tampers and regulators! I've never run a tamper that small though haha. Nice job with the landoll! It's a lot harder than it looks!
Hello Ron! Love your videos! I work for CSX Railroad and this is the machine I operate at work. It’s called a ballast regulator. My machine is obviously in way better condition.
Ron, just so you know, standard railroad horn signals are: 3 blasts for reversing, 2 blasts moving ahead, 1 blast brakes set (3-step protection) the latter 3-step refers to additional safety protection implemented by the locomotive engineer.
If you might be doing that much, you might need to make an adapter with hydraulic side to side shifting that would set over the track rail and guide the wheel flange right onto the rail. It would make an easier transition for loading and unloading. It could have a permanent attachment to the truck bed rail on the upper end, and be able to adapt the drop angle so the wheel flanges could feed the wheel right down onto the rail on the ground. I thought it might be worth considering. Then when you get the truck backed in, you could just shift the outer end to set right between the rail road bed. The wood spacers can shift too much, and also crush. A solid steel transition guide would make loading and off loading much more secure and predictable.
Looks like Unit 17 & T-1 are getting some good workouts a fire Truck last week railroad equipment this week plus probably some jobs that we haven’t seen yet, Ron hope you and your family and the Midwest crew have a good and safe weekend the main thing keeping everyone cool and hydrated during these hot days looking forward to seeing more awesome videos
If your radios are not full-duplex then using your cellphones with blue tooth headsets should allow better handsfree communication with moment by moment talking when moving very short distances. It would also allow normal speaking when communicating from distances which would require shouting. This should ease some of the fatigue of recoveries. IMHO
At least your "Arc"nemesis wasn't there! Just another sunny midwest afternoon! awesome new move there and looks like #17 is going to be kept nice and busy!
First machine is a "Ballast regulator/profiler with a sweeper. {Used to profile the ballast around the railroad ties.} Second machine is a tamper, but quite a small one. Never seen one that small before.
Ron, I have been watching your videos for over a year now, and I’m impressed by what you have to do to accomplish what needs to be done to complete the tasks that you are sometimes challenged with. I don’t know much about your occupation other than what I have seen on you tube. From what I have seen yours is by far the most interesting and safest of what I have watched. Thank you and keep them coming. Stay safe out there, and may God continue to bless you and those who work with and around you. I can now understand the real need to slow down and move over.
And now for something completely different!! That was an interesting, and unusual, job. A thought, it might be worth considering having a 'transition ramp' fabricated for any future railroad jobs like this. There is a firm here in the UK that specialises in rail equipment transport who I think would be more than happy to provide technical assistance on a suitable ramp design.
A good video Ron thank you sir. With anything new there is always a learning curve. So for your first rail equipment move you all did just fine just a few minor problems nothing you couldn't over come though. As for the rain well welcome to Missouri Summer lol(as you well know lol) one thing though on the rail road 1 long horn blast is stop & 2 short is foward & of course 3 is reverse.
Looks like a situation for a couple of cameras with remote displays, on custom mounts that will align them perfectly along the rails so you can see your alignment from the cab. Basically, really big Picatinny mounts, except that you don't quite need to be able to hit a 5" plate at a thousand yards, nor deal with .50BMG recoil, so you could probably use a couple of rare earth magnets for attachment in a piece of channel that fits the rail snugly.
Ron, I learn alot wTching your vids. I watch them at night to take my mind off pain. Always impressed at the great way you work, safety first, without vulgar language. Thanks for the vids. God bless!
I had to smile whilst watching you struggle to get lined up! - In the UK, here, we (not I personally) move a lot of loco's around by road. The way we load and unload is to have short pieces of 'hand-portable' sections of track that bolt together, and to the rails on the trailer bed, using plain ordinary 'fish-plates' or rail joiners, and nuts and bolts. (Not sure what you call them, stateside). Then at the fixed (ground) rail end, the portable bit is ground down to a taper, a bit like a switch-blade rotated 90' to rest on the top of the 'real' rail, with a clamp to hold it straight. That means the rail vehicle wheels never leave rails, no running on the flanges, and the angle change from the trailer to the ground is less severe, and permits a small amount of 'wiggle' adjustment for alignment. Maybe your 'new' method, not shown - uses that or a similar system.
They are fishplates over here too. And I've seen the method you describe used quite a bit here to load and unload rail equipment from trailers. I have to admit I was surprised when I saw that Ron's rail setup didn't at least extend all the way to the back of the trailer. Probably at least that is changed in whatever new setup he has.
Ron friday night my friend's right front tire blew. Had to call toe truck. Driver took us home with car. Never thought i would ride in tow truck. It was great. Also we were not hurt. From Evelyn from Texas. Love your videos.
Great job ron and david you make it look so easy that is what is called a true professional david is a very hard worker i hope he stays with ya for a long time you seem to be feeling much better am glad for that hope your whole family is feeling. Great and are all healthy i learnt something new again today lol that truck and trailer is really a big help to the company glad ya got it starting to miss tator though it has been very very hot here in houston tx in the 100.s for the last 4 days i wouldnt mind the rain
You should fabricate two removable metal blocks that bolt on underneath the tail of the trailer. Space the blocks so they drop inside the rails and align you with the tracks perfectly.
I attended California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo and their motto was “Learn By Doing”. I love going out in the fields and operate heavy equipment.
I would suggest extending the trailer rails to the rear edge of the trailer and extend the length of the taper so the taper angle isn't so steep. This lets you check trailer to track alignment much easier and faster, it would also help reduce the amount of distance the rail wheel flanges roll on the bed of the trailer and the shallower taper would also lessen the transition "Thump" as the equipment falls off your rails and onto the destination rails...
Nice to see you make do moving heavy equipment. Pararell rail will be your success when you get it, tapered to the final railway line. Hydraulic is the way to go for levelling to the railway line. No drops for heavy equipment. Best of luck.
Another great video Ron.And nice to see that the decision to buy No17 is starting to pay dividends. AND great to see David again He works so calm , No running around ,Just getting on with it Great help from the rail worker as well .. Look forward to next instalment . Stay safe.
Enjoy your videos. To help you communicate with rail road operators in the future, that "plate" you refer to having them lower or getting hung up on, is called a "turn table" (designed to lift the equipment and spin it to face the opposite direction out on the tracks) I look forward to seeing more rail equipment videos to see what got changed on the trailer to help transition and not get hung up.
Ron, Never did see part two of this, but I recently saw a company loading a piece of equipment similar, and thought I'd pass along the loading procedure they used. Instead of taking the rails all the way to the back, they stopped short about two feet, and used a transition piece. The 'top' end of the transition on the trailer was linked by what looked like an oversized roller chain master link. It was just loose enough to let the tip on the ground swing a few inches side to side. The ground end was cut to a point, and a foot or so in from the point were a pair of flanges to keep that end centered on the rails. As long as they were close to lined up, the swing of the transition piece made the difference. You could even stagger the joints a few inches at the trailer to stagger both tip and top so a pair of wheels doesn't hit the same 'stopping point' at the same time. I made up a drawing if you need it, but don't see any way of attaching it here.
Just back the trailer to the crane lift it off👍🏼🇺🇸. Oh you might have to get crane ticket first👍🏼🇺🇸 just an idea. Jennifer from Australia 👍🏼🇺🇸 absolutely love the videos 👍🏼🇺🇸
Why don't you lengthen the rails on your low loader trailer to meet the ground rails then no need for pieces of timber to pack up the gap? Seems fairly obvious but perhaps for some reason it isn't possible?
If you embed the rail into your trailer, that will help with bottoming out. You can cut a small grove in the back plate of your trail and that will help line up your trailer with the rails on the ground. The "plate" you are referring to is called the turntable. Have moved many pieces of equipment just like you did there.
Good idea to get into movement of rail equipment , diversity is essential in this day and age . Huge learning curve but I don’t see that as a problem with Ron in charge .
Actually, the second machine is called a "Ballast Tamper" not a rail tamper. New ballast needs to be "tamped" (compacted) between and under the ties to properly support the track. The ballast tamper does its work after the Ballast Regulator spreads new ballast on and alongside the track. Entire trains of specialized work equipment like this is needed to maintain modern mainline railroads to FRA standards.
I used to move rail equipment, noticed your missing a part to your rig. transition rails that go from the rails on the deck to those on the ground are a great help, give both a fudge factor for when the trailer is not quite aligned over the rails and a easier transition particularly with heavy equipment.
It's a good thing you happen to have a couple of rails laying around, those aren't something you come across everyday..... Nice engineering the hold downs on the rails.
I assume you put a set of splayed rail extensions on the ends by now to funnel it into alignment or something similar like double edge guides that pivot something like the cross intersections have.
I still say you should take the sleeper area on #17 and put a few seats back there. Then you could transport people who get stranded on one of the huge jobs #17 and trailer do.
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I had a landoll 660, I found with loads like that it was easier on the trailer and cargo to put a guy in the cab ,release the brakes and winch myself under the load and then tilt up......
"We'll do better as we gain experience." Ron, if it was easy, they wouldn't need to pay you the big bucks to do it! You're already doing far better than I would.
Hello sir from the uk yet again another great video in the Uk we have specialise companies to move Railroad . But it’s great to see you again Stay safe and god bless you all
You should use those back up cams called SWIFT HITCH which you can place the camera on the rear and use the main one to see where your lined up. The cam system also has a provision for a 2nd cam also so you on the main cam can switch between the two. Its all portable with magnetic mounts.
That is cool you towed a sweeper, and a Tamper. Probably for their yearly FRA inspection, and P/M. New FRA rules say that if there is a defect it must be fixed within a certian time or the machine is taken out of service. I see those at work, they have a shop to fix that equipment. Loading the pickup not in the yard is smart, as the truck is fouling the track. Anything can roll to you. I would think a derail was set, or switch was lined away from that track (with a clamp and a craft lock) before you started, and you had a Job briefing before you started work. Be safe on the tracks, and Keep on truckin!
A couple of suggestions from a railroader, make a transition rail set from heavy steel tube with the top of each tube almost even with the top of each rail and about 6 to 8 feet long tapering down to no thicker than 1/4 inch which will be on top of the ground rails and the inside is 56.5 inches to match the track gauge. These two tapered rails need to be connected in at least 3 places with steel straps similar to the rails on the trailer to keep them from spreading. Have a small tab on the tapered end to go on the outside of the rail head(figure the rail heads to be 3 inches wide so the outside would be 56.5 +3+3= 62.5 inches inside the tabs. Fix a connection between the ramps and the trailer rails so they can be connected with a 1.5 inch pin on each side. The tapered ends on the trailer rails are working against you.
The guy said he had the brake off, and both guys stuck their arm underneath the machine. I don't care if it was jammed up, it was running, and it could have just broke lose. Freak accidents happens all the time. I know Ron wouldn't put anyone in danger, never can get to complacent when it comes to machinery. Great video Ron
The "Plate" under both machines is so they can be turned. Both machines are designed to operate in only one direction. With the tamper, I think you could have used the lifting legs to help unload it, but would need to be guided by the railway employee.
When I first saw the trailer T1 I thought all it needs is some rails to move locomotives until I realised they would be too heavy -even here in the UK where they frequently move locos by road between preserved railways (railroads) and for other purposes our old diesel locos are about 100-133 tons so I'm sure your much larger locos would be even more and way too heavy for T1. In the UK I think they use a transition rail that normally bolts to a normal height rail (not recessed in cement)-seen quite a few videos. Love your videos Ron Thank you for all the effort you put in to bring them to us. God Bless.
We use a guide bar to line it up an most time also use a smal section off rails to connect with the rails on the bed to the yard rails Then your jump and angle is less , and the machine won’t hit the ground
Those "plates" are called turntables. They often have to spin a machine either for travel or to work in the other direction. I made my living working on rail equipment but these are antiques but still very functional.
Not the first nor the last. Interesting video ~ a first for the long trailer, waiting to see the install of the new rail system and how it works. Great job & great video. Stay safe and have a good day.
Old rail maintenance machine. Down about a half hour into my local little city next to mine, old rail maintenance machine parked on the tracks for years. I remember seeing it get parked. I’ve stopped to look at it. All rusted but all there. Shoot it can probably be started! That rail line has not been in service for many years. There’s also old freight cars parked on it and it may lead to the Train Museum. That’s probably why it’s shut down. Yeah we have a train museum. Cool old diesel locomotives that pulled passengers cars, think there’s steam trains, bunch of cool cars. It’s small but that’s it. They just sit there and people go in and look at em. They are all sun faded. They should be took in and restored that’s why I think.
Ron, looking at the problem of aligning the loader with the rails properly and the stabilizer feet on that crane at the unloading area gave me an idea: You need rear trailer wheels that can turn and self-propel themselves left or right whilst turning. Companies that move oversized loads have this type of wheel on their trailers and it allows full control of swiveling and pivoting the rear wheels independently of each other in both the vertical, horizontal, and lateral planes. The only consideration to take into account is that the ones you purchase are rated for the maximum capacity of your trailer, plus extra for "safety and peace of mind".
The effect of having pivoting wheels on the trailer is that they can literally steer themselves into the proper position, and make having to move the truck forwards or backwards unnecessary.
Glad to see that trail eze made ya a pretty good trailer. When I was at Trail King we did a few HDG lowboys that had the rails welded to the trailer. They were recessed in between the wood decking so the rails didn't interfere with haulin non rail equipment. Non the less great job and yall stay safe out there.
Perfect job ... well done! Weather wasn't ideal, but non successfully done. Than you for sharing. It looks like the new equipment will prove to be a much-valued asset.
Within the limits of your trucks there is nothing you can't move. Mr Pratt you are the Gold Standard for this industry. Well done.
I was a Work Equipment Mechanic for Union Pacific for over 20 years and repaired machines like everyone of them seen in your video in Arkansas , Missouri , Illinois and Louisiana . The plate on the machines are called a Turn Table's , lift the machines and rotate 180 degrees to change direction of work and also rerail the machines when they would derail , especially the Ballast Regulator's as they are very easy to Derail . The second machine is called a Power Jack Tamper , the two upright cylinders are used to lift the rail and then tamp the ballast under the ties , they could have been used to lift the machine saving y'all a bunch of time unloading the machine . Just a little advice and hopefully helpful information in the future . Getting ready for an Auction , lots of machine operator jobs being eliminated . Good Safe job moving the machinery Ron . Love your videos .
Ron, my husband and I have watched most of your videos, old and new. I can't thumbs up because we watch you on Roku. Just thought we would give you thumbs up on all your videos for your knowledge. Blessings to your whole family.
Well Ron, I've heard that variety is the spice of life, so here you come with RR equipment moving to spice up your videos. Thank you.
Wow, you are a true professional. Safety conscious, organized and patient. Clear direction and communication goes a long way.
Great video thanks 👍.
In the UK we use 2m light weight (33lbs/ft) transition rails between the flatbed and running rail. Fish plate bolted (loose to allow small movement) to the flatbed rail and fine wedge tapered onto the running rails. 1/2" dia tie bars every 18", low enough to clear the wheel flange but fixed well enough to prevent rail rotation.
I said it the first time we saw this unit, but the strength of T-1 is so hard to grasp. Not just what it can carry, but the winch pulling power and and the ability to move the rear wheels with a load on just flat amazes me. Interesting job.
We are still learning its capabilities, but so far we are extremely impressed by its performance. Thanks my friend. God bless.
@@RonPratt Have a great weekend. Get some 2 wheel riding in if the weather permits.
Most fascinating move yet! And you are always thinking about safety, even after all these years. Easy to get complacent after so many years, bit you are not complacent at all, nice job!!
Complacency kills. A lot of folks ignore that simple fact. Tough way to thin the gene pool.
Best wishes all
Sure is nice to work with someone who don't interrupt you in mid sentence isn't it? You and David work so well together. Seems like you have to tell him very little, and when you do he responds without question. So so glad to see David on the truck. I bet you could train him on Tator and he could be the next Talon, who we miss in videos. Thanks for another great video Mr Ron
There is a video where Ron has David on the Tator controls - he was just stowing the arm, but still, he's got some idea of how it works.
the problem with the tator is, you have to understand cranes and lifting and rigging or someone is going to die.
I would guess it is relatively easy to learn the controls on the tator, but understanding how much you can lift based on the extension of the boom, must take a long time to learn.
Wow... interesting move with new truck... all you need now is attachment rail that extends from the bed... be safe and blessings to all of you...
In situations that require a delicate/ precision touch we lock our trailer brakes and release the trucks brakes. I am sure you know this already but it allows us to use our Landoll as more of a rollback. Actually we do this when need to do the opposite as well when we need to push under something a little . Love your videos keep up the great work
We do it with scissor necks in our area, rails are built into the trailer. The hard part is finding a xing long enough to load on! I've spent the last 10 years running tampers and regulators! I've never run a tamper that small though haha. Nice job with the landoll! It's a lot harder than it looks!
Little brother riding piggyback on big brother, so cute but they grow up fast.
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Aahh, what a cute observation. Glade someone said it first.
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Hello Ron! Love your videos! I work for CSX Railroad and this is the machine I operate at work. It’s called a ballast regulator. My machine is obviously in way better condition.
My dad works for herzog rail he works with stuff like that to man he is on a rum crew
Ron, just so you know, standard railroad horn signals are: 3 blasts for reversing, 2 blasts moving ahead, 1 blast brakes set (3-step protection) the latter 3-step refers to additional safety protection implemented by the locomotive engineer.
If you might be doing that much, you might need to make an adapter with hydraulic side to side shifting that would set over the track rail and guide the wheel flange right onto the rail. It would make an easier transition for loading and unloading. It could have a permanent attachment to the truck bed rail on the upper end, and be able to adapt the drop angle so the wheel flanges could feed the wheel right down onto the rail on the ground. I thought it might be worth considering. Then when you get the truck backed in, you could just shift the outer end to set right between the rail road bed. The wood spacers can shift too much, and also crush. A solid steel transition guide would make loading and off loading much more secure and predictable.
Looks like Unit 17 & T-1 are getting some good workouts a fire Truck last week railroad equipment this week plus probably some jobs that we haven’t seen yet, Ron hope you and your family and the Midwest crew have a good and safe weekend the main thing keeping everyone cool and hydrated during these hot days looking forward to seeing more awesome videos
If your radios are not full-duplex then using your cellphones with blue tooth headsets should allow better handsfree communication with moment by moment talking when moving very short distances. It would also allow normal speaking when communicating from distances which would require shouting. This should ease some of the fatigue of recoveries. IMHO
At least your "Arc"nemesis wasn't there! Just another sunny midwest afternoon! awesome new move there and looks like #17 is going to be kept nice and busy!
First machine is a "Ballast regulator/profiler with a sweeper. {Used to profile the ballast around the railroad ties.}
Second machine is a tamper, but quite a small one. Never seen one that small before.
No job to small or to big, no job to difficult for the MASTER Mr. Ron the GENIUS of towing AMAZING JOB SIR
Ron, I have been watching your videos for over a year now, and I’m impressed by what you have to do to accomplish what needs to be done to complete the tasks that you are sometimes challenged with. I don’t know much about your occupation other than what I have seen on you tube. From what I have seen yours is by far the most interesting and safest of what I have watched. Thank you and keep them coming. Stay safe out there, and may God continue to bless you and those who work with and around you. I can now understand the real need to slow down and move over.
Great video always enjoy watching your video have a great weekend
Another awesome video by Midwest Truck by their son Ron. Excellent job Ron. Thanks Ron for a great. I really enjoy all your videos.
And now for something completely different!! That was an interesting, and unusual, job. A thought, it might be worth considering having a 'transition ramp' fabricated for any future railroad jobs like this. There is a firm here in the UK that specialises in rail equipment transport who I think would be more than happy to provide technical assistance on a suitable ramp design.
I love 2-stroke detroit diesels. Both machines had either a 4-53 or 4-71 detroit.
A good video Ron thank you sir. With anything new there is always a learning curve. So for your first rail equipment move you all did just fine just a few minor problems nothing you couldn't over come though. As for the rain well welcome to Missouri Summer lol(as you well know lol) one thing though on the rail road 1 long horn blast is stop & 2 short is foward & of course 3 is reverse.
Looks like a situation for a couple of cameras with remote displays, on custom mounts that will align them perfectly along the rails so you can see your alignment from the cab.
Basically, really big Picatinny mounts, except that you don't quite need to be able to hit a 5" plate at a thousand yards, nor deal with .50BMG recoil, so you could probably use a couple of rare earth magnets for attachment in a piece of channel that fits the rail snugly.
R.I.P. your wood planks. LOL. That was a first for all of us. Rail machines are very big and heavy that's for sure. Loved watching as always.
Ron, I learn alot wTching your vids. I watch them at night to take my mind off pain. Always impressed at the great way you work, safety first, without vulgar language. Thanks for the vids. God bless!
No matter what it is it's always interesting , Thanks Ron
Different type of move. Lots to be learned from this one. Always making improvements. And of course, Safety first! Nice video.
Nice work!! Difficult, as you had to grin and fake a foot or two of rail, but all in all, everything worked out just fine. God bless you all!!
I had to smile whilst watching you struggle to get lined up! - In the UK, here, we (not I personally) move a lot of loco's around by road. The way we load and unload is to have short pieces of 'hand-portable' sections of track that bolt together, and to the rails on the trailer bed, using plain ordinary 'fish-plates' or rail joiners, and nuts and bolts. (Not sure what you call them, stateside). Then at the fixed (ground) rail end, the portable bit is ground down to a taper, a bit like a switch-blade rotated 90' to rest on the top of the 'real' rail, with a clamp to hold it straight. That means the rail vehicle wheels never leave rails, no running on the flanges, and the angle change from the trailer to the ground is less severe, and permits a small amount of 'wiggle' adjustment for alignment. Maybe your 'new' method, not shown - uses that or a similar system.
They are fishplates over here too. And I've seen the method you describe used quite a bit here to load and unload rail equipment from trailers. I have to admit I was surprised when I saw that Ron's rail setup didn't at least extend all the way to the back of the trailer. Probably at least that is changed in whatever new setup he has.
Always a challenge, but Ron and Midwest are never beat!
Looking forward to seeing additional work you do around Rail Equipment. Nice Job, Guys! 👍
Ron friday night my friend's right front tire blew. Had to call toe truck. Driver took us home with car. Never thought i would ride in tow truck. It was great. Also we were not hurt. From Evelyn from Texas. Love your videos.
God bless you and family Ron enjoy your videos
Sir Ron !! Thanks as that was different issue !! Glad all worked out even with the rain !! Have a good day/night & ""KEEP IT SAFE ""!!!!
Great job ron and david you make it look so easy that is what is called a true professional david is a very hard worker i hope he stays with ya for a long time you seem to be feeling much better am glad for that hope your whole family is feeling. Great and are all healthy i learnt something new again today lol that truck and trailer is really a big help to the company glad ya got it starting to miss tator though it has been very very hot here in houston tx in the 100.s for the last 4 days i wouldnt mind the rain
if only you could show us the journey on the highway using the pilot car
Any day with a new Ron Pratt video is a good day. Thanks for this, interesting stuff!
You should fabricate two removable metal blocks that bolt on underneath the tail of the trailer. Space the blocks so they drop inside the rails and align you with the tracks perfectly.
I attended California Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo and their motto was “Learn By Doing”. I love going out in the fields and operate heavy equipment.
I would suggest extending the trailer rails to the rear edge of the trailer and extend the length of the taper so the taper angle isn't so steep.
This lets you check trailer to track alignment much easier and faster, it would also help reduce the amount of distance the rail wheel flanges roll on the bed of the trailer and the shallower taper would also lessen the transition "Thump" as the equipment falls off your rails and onto the destination rails...
That's probably something along the lines of the changes they made as a result of their experiences here.
Nice to see you make do moving heavy equipment. Pararell rail will be your success when you get it, tapered to the final railway line. Hydraulic is the way to go for levelling to the railway line. No drops for heavy equipment. Best of luck.
Another great video Ron.And nice to see that the decision to buy No17 is starting to pay dividends. AND great to see David again He works so calm , No running around ,Just getting on with it Great help from the rail worker as well .. Look forward to next instalment . Stay safe.
Enjoy your videos. To help you communicate with rail road operators in the future, that "plate" you refer to having them lower or getting hung up on, is called a "turn table" (designed to lift the equipment and spin it to face the opposite direction out on the tracks) I look forward to seeing more rail equipment videos to see what got changed on the trailer to help transition and not get hung up.
Ron, Never did see part two of this, but I recently saw a company loading a piece of equipment similar, and thought I'd pass along the loading procedure they used. Instead of taking the rails all the way to the back, they stopped short about two feet, and used a transition piece. The 'top' end of the transition on the trailer was linked by what looked like an oversized roller chain master link. It was just loose enough to let the tip on the ground swing a few inches side to side. The ground end was cut to a point, and a foot or so in from the point were a pair of flanges to keep that end centered on the rails. As long as they were close to lined up, the swing of the transition piece made the difference. You could even stagger the joints a few inches at the trailer to stagger both tip and top so a pair of wheels doesn't hit the same 'stopping point' at the same time. I made up a drawing if you need it, but don't see any way of attaching it here.
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Wow, what a job. But Midwest Truck get-r-done.
Why don't you lengthen the rails on your low loader trailer to meet the ground rails then no need for pieces of timber to pack up the gap? Seems fairly obvious but perhaps for some reason it isn't possible?
If you embed the rail into your trailer, that will help with bottoming out. You can cut a small grove in the back plate of your trail and that will help line up your trailer with the rails on the ground. The "plate" you are referring to is called the turntable. Have moved many pieces of equipment just like you did there.
Good idea to get into movement of rail equipment , diversity is essential in this day and age . Huge learning curve but I don’t see that as a problem with Ron in charge .
Nice job nobody got hurt
Diversifying is always good, and challenging.
It's cool all the stuff that truck can haul
Actually, the second machine is called a "Ballast Tamper" not a rail tamper. New ballast needs to be "tamped" (compacted) between and under the ties to properly support the track. The ballast tamper does its work after the Ballast Regulator spreads new ballast on and alongside the track. Entire trains of specialized work equipment like this is needed to maintain modern mainline railroads to FRA standards.
Glad you told us all this. I found all these machines sitting in this yard mind boggling.
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There's a lot of rail lines
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repaired. Also it was a repair yd & storage depot.
I used to move rail equipment, noticed your missing a part to your rig. transition rails that go from the rails on the deck to those on the ground are a great help, give both a fudge factor for when the trailer is not quite aligned over the rails and a easier transition particularly with heavy equipment.
Great job you both I love the sound of Detroit Motors I wish they still made them that way
It's a good thing you happen to have a couple of rails laying around, those aren't something you come across everyday..... Nice engineering the hold downs on the rails.
That's one for the books. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
I assume you put a set of splayed rail extensions on the ends by now to funnel it into alignment or something similar like double edge guides that pivot something like the cross intersections have.
rain, better than thunderstorm with lightning banging all around
I still say you should take the sleeper area on #17 and put a few seats back there. Then you could transport people who get stranded on one of the huge jobs #17 and trailer do.
I had a landoll 660, I found with loads like that it was easier on the trailer and cargo to put a guy in the cab ,release the brakes and winch myself under the load and then tilt up......
Now that move was something different from the old pull a wreck out of the woods scenario. Thanks, Ron.
"We'll do better as we gain experience."
Ron, if it was easy, they wouldn't need to pay you the big bucks to do it! You're already doing far better than I would.
Very nice Job today Ron. To bad that it decided to rain on you guys though. God bless you and your family.
Hello sir from the uk yet again another great video in the Uk we have specialise companies to move Railroad . But it’s great to see you again Stay safe and god bless you all
Amazing the opportunities that new equipment open up for you. Great video. Something different than what used to.
Something different this morning. Thanks for sharing.
Go Ron way to go brother Stay safe .
You should use those back up cams called SWIFT HITCH which you can place the camera on the rear and use the main one to see where your lined up. The cam system also has a provision for a 2nd cam also so you on the main cam can switch between the two. Its all portable with magnetic mounts.
Thank You RON.
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That is cool you towed a sweeper, and a Tamper. Probably for their yearly FRA inspection, and P/M. New FRA rules say that if there is a defect it must be fixed within a certian time or the machine is taken out of service. I see those at work, they have a shop to fix that equipment. Loading the pickup not in the yard is smart, as the truck is fouling the track. Anything can roll to you. I would think a derail was set, or switch was lined away from that track (with a clamp and a craft lock) before you started, and you had a Job briefing before you started work. Be safe on the tracks, and Keep on truckin!
Ron, great job. I once moved a trackmobile from St Louis to the new owners in New Jersey. I had a dickens of time aligning my RGN up to the tracks .🤔
Great job with your new truck and trailer
As a train nut that loves your videos seeing a both combined is great keep up the good work and god bless.
Hot dog, another first for me!! You know it's going to be a great day when you're first to Ron's new video.
Today’s national hot dog day so that’s funny you said that.
A couple of suggestions from a railroader, make a transition rail set from heavy steel tube with the top of each tube almost even with the top of each rail and about 6 to 8 feet long tapering down to no thicker than 1/4 inch which will be on top of the ground rails and the inside is 56.5 inches to match the track gauge. These two tapered rails need to be connected in at least 3 places with steel straps similar to the rails on the trailer to keep them from spreading. Have a small tab on the tapered end to go on the outside of the rail head(figure the rail heads to be 3 inches wide so the outside would be 56.5 +3+3= 62.5 inches inside the tabs. Fix a connection between the ramps and the trailer rails so they can be connected with a 1.5 inch pin on each side. The tapered ends on the trailer rails are working against you.
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Good video Ron! Slow and easy gets the job done!
Some really fascinating equipment in that yard.
The guy said he had the brake off, and both guys stuck their arm underneath the machine. I don't care if it was jammed up, it was running, and it could have just broke lose. Freak accidents happens all the time. I know Ron wouldn't put anyone in danger, never can get to complacent when it comes to machinery. Great video Ron
The "Plate" under both machines is so they can be turned. Both machines are designed to operate in only one direction.
With the tamper, I think you could have used the lifting legs to help unload it, but would need to be guided by the railway employee.
🐸 For some reason have always been fascinated by anything train related thanks for sharing.
Awesome video. Big railroads like BNSF have lots of equipment like this all throughout the system
Cool maintenance of way vehicle the rail spotters will have a field day looking at this rare footage
When I first saw the trailer T1 I thought all it needs is some rails to move locomotives until I realised they would be too heavy -even here in the UK where they frequently move locos by road between preserved railways (railroads) and for other purposes our old diesel locos are about 100-133 tons so I'm sure your much larger locos would be even more and way too heavy for T1. In the UK I think they use a transition rail that normally bolts to a normal height rail (not recessed in cement)-seen quite a few videos. Love your videos Ron Thank you for all the effort you put in to bring them to us. God Bless.
We use a guide bar to line it up an most time also use a smal section off rails to connect with the rails on the bed to the yard rails
Then your jump and angle is less , and the machine won’t hit the ground
Those "plates" are called turntables. They often have to spin a machine either for travel or to work in the other direction. I made my living working on rail equipment but these are antiques but still very functional.
Not the first nor the last. Interesting video ~ a first for the long trailer, waiting to see the install of the new rail system and how it works. Great job & great video. Stay safe and have a good day.
Very interesting. Thank you
Old rail maintenance machine. Down about a half hour into my local little city next to mine, old rail maintenance machine parked on the tracks for years. I remember seeing it get parked. I’ve stopped to look at it. All rusted but all there. Shoot it can probably be started! That rail line has not been in service for many years. There’s also old freight cars parked on it and it may lead to the Train Museum. That’s probably why it’s shut down. Yeah we have a train museum. Cool old diesel locomotives that pulled passengers cars, think there’s steam trains, bunch of cool cars. It’s small but that’s it. They just sit there and people go in and look at em. They are all sun faded. They should be took in and restored that’s why I think.
Ron, looking at the problem of aligning the loader with the rails properly and the stabilizer feet on that crane at the unloading area gave me an idea: You need rear trailer wheels that can turn and self-propel themselves left or right whilst turning. Companies that move oversized loads have this type of wheel on their trailers and it allows full control of swiveling and pivoting the rear wheels independently of each other in both the vertical, horizontal, and lateral planes. The only consideration to take into account is that the ones you purchase are rated for the maximum capacity of your trailer, plus extra for "safety and peace of mind".
The effect of having pivoting wheels on the trailer is that they can literally steer themselves into the proper position, and make having to move the truck forwards or backwards unnecessary.
Great job Ron & David. God bless
Glad to see that trail eze made ya a pretty good trailer. When I was at Trail King we did a few HDG lowboys that had the rails welded to the trailer. They were recessed in between the wood decking so the rails didn't interfere with haulin non rail equipment. Non the less great job and yall stay safe out there.
Another great job performed by you guys Ron