How to transport a carrier

[Robin Craig]

I feel compelled to chime in here. If it saves one life then it is worth it.

I have been involved in trucking heavy equipment and MVs for a while now.

I have learned a lot of lessons.

The biggest lessons are:-

1 Steel tracks on any kind of metal surface is a recipe for a Darwin award.

2. Loading with haste is a recipe for a Darwin award. Its easy to arrive first, at the cemetery.

3. Loading without a mate or ground guide is to be avoided.

4. Trust your spidey senses, if it doesn't feel right then get out and check again.

We have bull dozers and excavators and tracked MVs. Honestly, if you are new to carriers they will bite you large if you don't watch out. There was a well known carrier neath death incident that another forum participant recalls differently so I wont drag that one out again but I was a direct witness and I saw death coming fast.

We use old snow mobile tracks as an interface and never load without them, period.

Pushing anything uphill is obviously fraught with danger. Pulling under control is the preferred method. Massive overkill in hardware is always my desire.

Shown here is an excavator loading a carrier going off the property and a tilt and load recovering the same vehicle a few months before. It has been shown before, I realise.

R