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How to load a Mack truck onto a sailboat

They do fantastic things like this in the Third World all the time.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOIZKFK_jDE
I've loaded and unloaded a backhoe off a flatbed before. Not this high though.
Go to 1:35 in this vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4toJA5EXcM

Side loading an excavator.
This guy did OK. Keep in mind the tracks are half off the bed when it is centered!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0WfGZVrLiE
I've done that in much more congested conditions, under lines and next to traffic.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...361,-122.279337&spn=0.001003,0.00284&t=h&z=19
 
Always enjoyed this one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE02TxLlRQU

They do fantastic things like this in the Third World all the time.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOIZKFK_jDE
I've loaded and unloaded a backhoe off a flatbed before. Not this high though.
Go to 1:35 in this vid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4toJA5EXcM

Side loading an excavator.
This guy did OK. Keep in mind the tracks are half off the bed when it is centered!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0WfGZVrLiE
I've done that in much more congested conditions, under lines and next to traffic.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...361,-122.279337&spn=0.001003,0.00284&t=h&z=19
 
Oh wow nice to see there is a video of that! I use stumbleupon and I keep seeing stupid ass demotivation/fail posters of the truck half way on the boat.
 
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