Just listed my bus on vintage birds

[John]

I believe that one was around 120 feet long. The center section that
is carrying the load itself, a turbine shaft in this photo, is 40
feet by itself, it is a 13 axle setup, but if you look further on my
old business web site there are some 18 and 19 axle setups over 200
feet long and the one with the extra truck pushing the load is
585,000 pounds gross.

The center sections of these trailers can be changed and were up to
65 feet by themselves, maybe longer now days, I haven't escorted a
load since my heart attack a few years ago. Now I just go slow in the
right lane in my 'Bird.

"REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001"
John Finn
'82 35FCRB
BLUEBIRD WANDERLODGE
TO VISIT THE "FINN'S INN EXPRESS" REMODELING ADVENTURE
GO TO;
http://www.pbase.com/image/24977457
HOPKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA

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--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, wrote:
>
> John, I thought I was long at 65 feet. How long is that vehicle on
your picture?
> Ernie Ekberg
> 83PT40
> Livingston,Montana
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 5:20 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Just listed my bus on vintage
birds
>
>
> Dan & Mike,
>
> Pulling up to and through the Eisenhower Tunnel, may be a
difficult
> pull, but getting off before the tunnel at exit #205 onto US6, at
> Dillon coming eastbound, or when coming westbound getting off at
exit
> #216 onto US6, this will take you up over the top of Loveland
Pass
> and it will definitely separate the men from the boys for sure.
The
> last time I went this way, I was escorting a 325,000 pound truck
> hauling a rotor for a electrical generator in a power plant in
Utah.
> It seemed like it took us forever to get up and over the top, but
the
> big Peterbuilt with Cummins power did the job. I wouldn't even
try
> doing this in my 'Bird.
>
> We had to go this way as the CDOT considered this load as
hazardous
> and would not allow us to go through the tunnel. On some of the
> grades coming west from Denver, we were down to speeds as low as
12
> mph, we had to warn the freight haulers that normally are the
slowest
> on these grades that we would be going slower than they were. See
a
> similar rear view, but lighter 250,000 pound load third row down
on
> right next to the yacht at;
> http://hometown.aol.com/iamflagman/page1.html
> or
> http://hometown.aol.com/iamflagman/images/milwaukee.jpg
>
> "REMEMBER SEPTEMBER 11, 2001"
> John Finn
> '82 35FCRB
> BLUEBIRD WANDERLODGE
> TO VISIT THE "FINN'S INN EXPRESS" REMODELING ADVENTURE
> GO TO;
> http://www.pbase.com/image/24977457
> HOPKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA
>
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>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "dandarst"
> wrote:
> >
> > Yeow Mike, didn't like that the rig had to work so hard for
that
> > long, but it didn't miss a beat. Worse yet were the charlie
horses
> I
> > got from puckerin' my butt and curlin' my toes for so long. You
> > think thats the toughest pull in the country?
> >
> > dandarst86fc35rbhuntleyil.
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Hohnstein"
> > <MHOHNSTEIN@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Eisenhower tunnel didja in, huh?
> > > MH
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: dandarst
> > > To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 10:01 AM
> > > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Just listed my bus on vintage
birds
> > >
> > >
> > > Decided to move up, so listed my 86fc35rb on vintage birds.
> > Owned it
> > > for four years and have enjoyed upgrading it to its present
> > condition.
> > >
> > > If you know someone looking, please point them in my
direction.
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > dandarst86fc35rbhuntleyil.
> > > 847-669-3705
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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