TransportFool » length http://transportfool.com Watching the pulse of the auto transport industry Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:27:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A picture of my car hauler from my driving days http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/a-picture-of-my-car-hauler-form-my-driving-days/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/a-picture-of-my-car-hauler-form-my-driving-days/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:02:02 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/?p=426 Continue reading →]]> This creation was one of my favorite trucks to drive. I bought a Volvo with a Boydstun 4-car headrack and mated it to a Cottrell quick-load trailer. It had an electronic 3406 that I had upgraded to factory specs for 550 hp. It just had a nine-speed so it thought my next project was to upgrade to the thirteen but after i drove it I realized I didn’t need any more gears because the powerband on that cat was so wide. I was based in San Diego at the time and even running over the mountains was really no problem with the 9-speed.

one of my old trucks

I did modify the headrack because those old boydstun four-cars didn’t have enough up travel on position two and three to get a car behind the cab after you had loaded the top when doing four on the headrack. We modified it enough to load 3 ford taurus size cars on the top and still drive a small pickup underneath.

]]> http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/a-picture-of-my-car-hauler-form-my-driving-days/feed/ 6 How much rear overhang is OK in your state? http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/how-much-rear-overhang-is-ok-in-your-state/ http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/how-much-rear-overhang-is-ok-in-your-state/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 03:03:10 +0000 Dave Campbell http://transportfool.com/auto-transport/how-much-rear-overhang-is-ok-in-your-state/ Continue reading →]]> Apparently in some countries you can hang an orange triangle on the back and you are good for about 25 feet!

trucks hanging off the back of car hauler

Looking from another angle it looks like he’s real tall too. compared to the other truck he looks way up there.rear-verhang.jpg

Then I noticed no rear triangle in the second picture. I don’t think it is the same load

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