Stingray Don
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Okay, which one of you wants to take credit for this bit of ingenuity?
Henning built that with two sticks and a Swiss army knife
They have been using pickups like that in the northwest for years and years.....
I'm not the OP, but that's Renton for sureKRNT?
Yup. They dropped a Beaver in for us to run over to Poulsbo for lunch one time.I'm not the OP, but that's Renton for sure
Yup. They dropped a Beaver in for us to run over to Poulsbo for lunch one time.
So what's the advantage of a half-vehicle welded to a trailer over just hitching a trailer to a normal truck?
So what's the advantage of a half-vehicle welded to a trailer over just hitching a trailer to a normal truck?
unskilled labor is cheaper to pay forSo what's the advantage of a half-vehicle welded to a trailer over just hitching a trailer to a normal truck?
Facing it and going forward is WAY easier to handle and accurately position. Same reason a lot of us have hitches on the front for tucking a trailer in between trees etc.
So what's the advantage of a half-vehicle welded to a trailer over just hitching a trailer to a normal truck?
Wait a cotton pickin' minute........pickup trucks are not front wheel drive.
Lost of them also have hydrological forks on the front to lift the plane by the spreader bars.
I'm pretty sure I saw this on Red Green
I'm pretty sure I saw this on Red Green
OK...my real question: can the pilots take off from them while the half-car is speeding down the runway redlined in reverse?
I was referring in jest to the flatbed take-offs that non-amphibious floatplane pilots often do when moving from dry land back to the water.This guy's just not getting the picture....
Here we go. Notice there is no rear drive axle.
While I'm sure this makes use of an otherwise unwanted vehicle, I just can't think that a regular tractor wouldn't be much better for this, as well as being useful for other things like mowing/plowing. You already have hydraulics available if needed, front hitches are just as easily mounted, 4WD pretty common, great visibility, short wheelbase (even compared to a half-car).
Do you guys have lots of toll roads/bridges ?