Peterbilt Hauling A Huey Helicopter Up Tehachapi Pass In California

[SANTOS11287]

surely hueys dont weigh that much????...

[PheonixSilverStar]

I don't drive in California if I can help it. Something about my rigs being way to long for the freeways out there is the biggest reason. But then, when you can count 24 axles on the trailer, it is reasonable to figure the trailer is.......Over length? Most of what we haul is railroad related, and California is not conducive to our kind of hauling.

[QeXeQ]

Hey, the heli can fly, please!

[kanukster]

This was obviously this guy's back haul.

[eyeballdude]

Now that looked odd...I saw a Huey beeing hauled by a tri-axle truck and four axle trailer. The combo in the vid looks like overkill by miles

[Th3reN85]

looks like the helicopter weigh 5000 tons

[boodrow24m]

That trailer was just a little over kill.....

[hobbeekid]

@boodrow24m amen to that!!!

[WesternStar4900SA]

Freaking California, up here we'd be using a tandem axle truck with tandem axle trailer and no lift axles lol, and we'd be smoking out every body else, screw emissions!

[nutz4rms]

All that for a Huey? They don't weigh enough for that set up.

[trancowy89]

haters gonna hate!

[dieselfanaticIN]

is this rainer54 serious? wtf?

[populationSBCO]

without a problem (=

[tman06798]

You could put that thing on a gooseneck behind a pickup.

[rainer54]

@tman06798 as you can see the truck has a lot of extra axles, which means the heli is quite heavy, i doubt any pickup can drive with it.

[tman06798]

@rainer54

So you're saying if I strapped a golf cart onto that trailer it automatically weighs 40 tons? A huey weighs 5,550 lbs empty, that one is missing parts so it weighs even less. that truck/trailer setup can handle 100,000+ pounds, and you can put 5,000 on the average car trailer.

[besquell]

@rainer54 man u dont much a fully loaded hueys max take off wieghts is 9040 lbs. hell the trucks has at least 40000 pound drive axles he could carry it bobtail if it would fit.

[yukonrott]

@rainer54 i guarantee that chopper is not even close to the limit on that truck. the semi i drive every day is registered at 140000lbs id bet this guy hauls overisize loads frequently therefore he loads what fits on his trailer and takes it. those half circles on the rear sometimes called cradles.. they use those for haulin windmills around here see they are round and cradles part of the windmill tower. look it up. im sure he hauls sub stations and generators on a trailer like that.

[mrrodneyalong]

@rainer54 this huey weights in at 10500 to 12,000 lbs most of this thing has been taken down or stripped off so it prob wieghts about 6 or 7,000

[jmecrg]

@rainer54 so if i put 2 golf balls on 7 axels that will make my balls weigh 100,000Lbs?

[grangeroo]

I dont see many helicopters being transported on trucks. Maybe because they can fly.

[60dreguss]

Rediculous...hope that outfit made money on something that would get tossed over board dring NAM..

[TheCottonTop]

Okay, thanks.

[seefsea]

ffs..where did the rest of the airport go he was pullin.....

[rthom86]

wow a little over kill on the trailer dont ya think. The whole rig prob weighs five times what that helicopter weighs. All that thing needs is a lowboy flat deck tandem axle. Come on twelve rolling axles damn. He needed the oversized load flags just for the trailer.

[Bilt4Peter]

a 10,000 lb helicopter with all those axles. LOL must be a back haul

[RailsandRoads]

IF there's traffic the driver can just fire up the huey helicopter and fly to his destination

railsandroads

[JManGuitar5150]

Yeah, except the Huey doesn't have any propellors.

[RailsandRoads]

yeah but that is a good idea

[SuperCubPA18]

Rotor blades, acctually.

[JManGuitar5150]

Can also be considered props

[RingburnDave]

No, no they can't.

[MrNickWarner]

@RailsandRoads It didn't have rotors you idiot.

[RailsandRoads]

@MrNickWarner dude, i was just making a joke! i know it dont have rotors

[Royalhighlander]

Likie one said a back haul abd didnt want to waste hours tearing down the trailer only to have to put it back together again at destination

[trucker69orso]

Kind of overkill on the trailer don't you think?

[SuperTrucker1993]

Not in CA...

[interstate5trucker]

What do you mean by that? CA has the 16 wheel two axle lowbeds that can haul 60,000 lbs. on the trailer axles alone. They also use triple 16's here. Oregon and other states makes the trucks have 9, 10,11 or more axles. In my experiances CA is one of the easiest states to haul oversize loads in, especially long loads.

[SuperTrucker1993]

LOL not really...yea it may not be the hardest but its definately not the easiest. Here in Texas you could pull that on a step deck lol.

[nchayfarmer]

your a dumb ass california is the most fucked up place to drive a truck PERIOD you have to run a permit just to keep your flip axle down on a triaxle RGN

[mike198748]

@nchayfarmer flip axles are not allowed in california bud,

[nchayfarmer]

@mike198748 ok asshole we run flips all the time in california with and without the spreader bar and never had a problem with them

[dgarr64]

@nchayfarmer i agree iv e lived here my whole life and pulled rgn have to have a permit for everything....

[nchayfarmer]

@dgarr64 when I quit the heavy haul company i was with our trucks were illegal there if caught we were givin a ticket because our axles were outta space even with a stinger it aint there way

[8laneblacktop]

I think the Huey is just a back haul. Tag axle is up and the trailer looks rigged for something else long and cylindrical.

Does anyone remember the SR-71 that was pulled up I-5 in the mid-90's? It was in pieces on 3 trucks I believe. I saw it up close at Rice Hill in Oregon.

[interstate5trucker]

Yes, a company in my hometown of Redding,CA moved it. Schmidt Lowbed Service, now called Muse Trucking.

[8laneblacktop]

I'll be damned - Schmidt.

Everyone should run I-5. We had guys that lived in Redding that would be home once during the week and on the weekend. Not bad for an OTR outfit.

Some really great people at the old 76 -

Redding is a great place, hotter than hell in the summer, but still beautiful and friendly.

[Rockholm66]

Cool--- Check out my rock crushing, heavy equipment video, I think you'll like it.

[airlinesss]

Cleared for takeoff ;]

[FlyBikes089]

BADASS and it massive trailer!

[IamEvil4]

I dont get it? All those axles for a little load ? No weight there at all!

[interstate5trucker]

The helicopter was just a backhaul, that trailer probably is used to haul large long pipes or towers for wind generators.

[thetrainman407]

have a train go by and railfan, truckfan and "jetfan" at the same time XD. nice!!

[interstateruler]

I thin I am all three

[TheGondorian]

i mean i know train spotting, but car spotting xD

[senyko]

Type in, Michigan and Canadian trucks, in YouTube search and see everday trucks at work.

[poofuser]

nice

[DL2045]

wow truckfanning, never thought of it.

[BoredTrucker1902]

WAH!!! AWESOME!!! I've never seen a truck carrying a helicopter before! Great catch!!!

[andrew7493]

aweseomee catch!

[amtrakboy627]

That's what I'm talking about.

[MickFix]

Great Video mate

[CoastStarlight11]

Dang interesting catch. I have driven that hig hway 58 numerious times.

[nolsknows1]

that pcik-up at 00:13 had some messed up rims....lol

[thetrainman407]

lol i agree the rims on the pickup make it look really gay! lol

[dutchtrainmanserie22]

Awesome video.!!!!

Guido.

[railmogul2]

nice copter

[duramax6600]

Nice huey, even if I didn't go railfanning, you STILL wouldn't have caught up to me on videos. J/K

[SF3751]

Good ol Huey, my favorite helicopters. Nice one, did you railfan while up there?

[CentralCalRailfan]

Nice. Looks like you caught this right at the Tehachapi exit too.