Spud
Diamond
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2006
- Location
- Brookfield, Wisconsin
Picked this up yesterday. Was 270 miles from home. Rented an F550 from Enterprise.
I overdo it with securing a machine, so made the custom skid, screwed down blocking all around the machine, and used four 3,350lbs load rated straps (breakout force 10,000lbs). Blocked the bottom of the head with a piece of lumber.
Machine has a small footprint but weighs around 5,000 lbs.
Only got about 12mpg on my outbound trip, going at 60-64 mph. Return trip I was doing about 70 mph (speed limit) and got about 11mpg.
I overdo it with securing a machine, so made the custom skid, screwed down blocking all around the machine, and used four 3,350lbs load rated straps (breakout force 10,000lbs). Blocked the bottom of the head with a piece of lumber.
Machine has a small footprint but weighs around 5,000 lbs.
Only got about 12mpg on my outbound trip, going at 60-64 mph. Return trip I was doing about 70 mph (speed limit) and got about 11mpg.