TysonV Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 A 500 crash and cut the tail off, needed me to go into Kitsult(abandoned minning town) and load it for the TSB. Quote Tyson VandeVelde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thats pretty awesome, I cant say I have been loaded by helicopter, anyone else? Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slpwlker Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 that is awsome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I have been loaded by noon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Mack Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 .... and here he comes again with the rest of the load... I wonder what the view out the windshield looks like.....let's see Hugh on Ice Road Truckers beat that...BC Mackfor the techies...220 ton barge, Boeing 107 Vertol of Columbia Helicopters operating in Prudhoe Bay AK in 1982...photo copyright of Columbia Helicopters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 That's cool. Closest thing I've seen was a big bird setting AC units on top of a new Lowes store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41180 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 that is cool. i hauled logs from a guy that was skidding them with a helicopter once. it didnt impress me , the guy didnt put much wood out. he had a old vietnam huey took one maple or oak log at a time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umodelnut Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattb73lt Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 That takes some skill. The lift helo looks like a AS-350 and would be pretty maxed out lift wise, as what's left of the 500 would be about 1800#'s. Depending on the altitude, not a lot of margin. Plus the pendulum effect of the long line makes setting down on the trailer a real chore.The Columbia BV-107 doing the ground towing of the oil rig is a famous photo. The BV-107(CH-46) was designed for the Navy and one of it's tasks was towing mine sweeping gear in the same manner. The torque required to tow that 200 ton sled must be pretty significant. What a ride the would be if the cable parted doing that!!!I've lifted a lot of odd-ball and standard loads for the US Army driving a CH-47F and put them in all kinds of places. Powerful aircraft capable of slinging up to 26,000#'s externally. A real handful when close to it's 50,000# MGW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TysonV Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Yeah it took about 5 trys to get it on the deck right. Landing gear is 8'2" and the deck is 8'6" kinda of hard to set it in place while your 50 feet above. The piolt had to open the door to get a better look while doing this too, here is a shot with the door open Quote Tyson VandeVelde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucerne tractor Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 How cool is that!!!!!!!! Nice looking truck too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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