Mack Truck pulling a wheelie!

[TruckDriver]

Comes after the tractor


http://my.break.com/media/view.aspx?ContentID=268127

[bull]

Kinda hard to steer with your front wheels off the ground.

[472 R/T SE]

Neat video.  Reminds me of my early years.
I went to work in the oil fields back in Western Kansas out of high school, started off as a swamper and ended up running the #1 tandem truck.  This truck would pick up all the pieces of a rotary drilling rig and set them out for the road trucks to haul to the next location.  The #2 tandem truck I was on, the front end would come up off the ground until the load broke over the tailboard and then the nose would come down.  It only did this on a few pieces on each rig. 
I only seen the front end of the #1 tandem (Kenworth) come off the ground once or twice.  The trailer it pulled was actually shorter in length than the truck.  It had 14 24 front tires, when built was the largest in Kansas, it run 52 mph with a 5 and a 4.

I wish I would have taken more pictures than what I did.  Sorry for the 'jack, I figure Wi.CG and bull would find it interesting.

Here's a pic of a twin screw front end that I found on the 'net.  All of ours were single.

[bull]

Nice rig, Mike. I never drove anything with so many axles but I've had my fun with the challenges of a water truck. It stayed pretty clean because every time I hit the brakes with a full load about 50 gallons would come out and wash the cab. It made for a pretty cool bath tub out in the woods too.

[TruckDriver]

I gotta say, that's one type of truck I haven't drove yet. One with twin steering.

I drove a old DM800 Mack dump truck in the late 80s that had pusher axles on both the front and rear of the drive axles. And when you would spread a load of gravel, even with the rear tag still on the ground, it would pull the left front wheel off the ground as you spread the load til most of it was out of the box. It took some getting used to that feeling. Always felt like the truck was tipping over when that wheel came off the ground.   I saw that happen a few years ago too with a newer 90's mack that had the same setup with the rear axles. It happened at the asphalt plant when we were loading, and when this guy was under the silo, the door stuck open, and the silo emptied out in the back of this guys truck (about 3 truck loads in the back). He was able to pull out from under the silos, but when he tried to turn to go dump off, the front end came up about 3-4 feet cause he had no air in the rear axle bags to hold it down. It was pretty wild.

[69bronzeT5]

My dad had that same year of Mack. Except his was blue and it was a dump truck. I got to drive it a few times. Awe, good times.

[CharlieCharger]

Im surprised at the top of the hill the guy didnt get out and start yelling how fun that looked lol..

[PocketThunder]

    that was sweet!!

[rt green]

i work on dump trucks. and they wonder why they dont handle {bent frames]. i wonder how that happends!