Mrs. seiscat found these pics of my largest load. On a foggy morning in 1993 I hauled a Marsh Drill across a peninsula near Port Lavaca, Texas for a seismograph project. I had my 'dozers clearing right of ways on that project. Grant Geophysical Inc. asked me if it was possible for me to haul the Marsh Drill on my 35 ton Nuttall lowboy, after some measurements I said okay! We were never on public roads.
Craig    

 

 

 

Hi, seiscat.
Bet that woulda had the 'mermaids' real excited if they had found you out on I-10 with that on your back.

Nice load. Thanks for sharing.

Just my 0.02.

Hi Neil, I'm not positive about the brand of the rear axles but I think Rockwell? Those axles were geared low to make up for the powertrain which was a 270 horsepower Cummins backed by a 10 speed Roadranger. That ol' Binder was all in at 65 mph! The peninsula was about 12 miles wide and I never got out of low range on those pasture roads!
The real test was on the Nuttall lowboy. Look at those first 2 pics in the original post, the trailer ramps were normally at about the same angle as the trailer's dovetail. The weight of that Marsh Drill had the trailer's springs so compressed that they were almost level. I was relieved that the trailer went back to it's normal height when the drill was unloaded.
That rig worked well hauling my D6Ds but was a little stressed when I bought my D6H LGP!
Craig
 

 

 

Hello Deas, If I had been on I-10 I think I would've made a "bear's " whole year! 
Neil, I can't recall the motive power of the Marsh Drill but I know that most seismograph drills of that era used Detroit Diesels.
Craig

Good looking Cornfield Cadillac!

Sure makes that trailer look narrow!!

my grandfather drove transtars and loadstars carting semi tippers of raw sugar and coal during the crushing season and sand and gravel products the rest of the year. the company he worked for mainly had internationals with a v8 powered benz just for good measure. he occasionally worked their front end loader too. if you had 300hp back then you had a big truck.

there's body trucks now that have 250hp. most prime-movers today are 450 to 600hp.