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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