How do RGN trailers work?

Yup

some times you learn the easy way and sometimes it hurts but you never forget

had a wrecker loading a dead machine on my big trailer a few years ago - he got the machine in a bind and bent a 15t shackle - almost impossible to get off.

 

i don’t work that cheap though a load board but as a sub hauler for other trucking companies i have been hauling for for years or a regular customer it’s by the hour i’m covered when the machine is not ready to go or won’t start or they can’t find it because some bone head hauled the wrong machine to a job site.
i don’t know if it works like this in other areas but we work for our competition and the competition works for us on a regular basis without steeling the customer the haulers that can’t work like that loose out on lots of work and help in the for of backhauls and the overflow the big guys can’t handle

 

So here’s the deal. Hook up hydraulics, move some levers, unhook some lines …load your stuff, rehook lines, move levers and your done.

 

Kaufman is low end in RGN. We use one and have found many structural problems and very bad welding quality.

 

For flat and tandem step a good start is
4 1.5t 3/8chain (3k wwl)good for man lifts, small tractors, etc
4 2t 1/2chain (4k wwl) good for man lifts, small tractors, etc
4 4.5t/ 3/4chain (9.5k wwl) good for smaller excavators construction equipment and more

add more as you seem to need them.

 

this is some of my stuff
red hooks are 3’ one with one hook
purple hooks are 6’ with one hook
green hooks are 3’ with 2 hooks
yellow hooks are 10’ with 2 hooks
and i have added slip hooks to 2 binders makes it easy to tie down in a smaller footprint and can go right to D ring or machine 2 less chains to move

 

We think alike. I color coded my chains too.

 

Yes, you can attach with just a chain in the holes along the side of the trailer, and then have a hook on the other end to attach to the equipment. The small slots at either end of those holes will catch a chain link similar to a grab hook.

So, with a 35 ton trailer it has the capacity to haul 35 tons. Obviously this will put you way over legal on axles and you will be running on a permit. Many states sell an annual permit that allows up to a certain amount of weight per tandems, tridems, etc. Often it is much less expensive to have a three axle trailer than a two axle trailer to haul the same amount of weight due to less expensive permits.

Essentially, from what I gather you would like to use the trailer for, I would think a two axle trailer would suffice, but it might be worth learning the permit costs if you intend to haul more than say a 200 class excavator (50,000 lbs. ish). The lighter the trailer, the more you can haul without a permit.

I can give you an example of what Idaho does in regard to the annual permit and subsequent cost per mile of various loads if you like, but you can probably access your states permit system and get a feel for how it works - may be completely different than Idaho. Wyoming is quite different for example, but I can essentially permit most anything in Wyoming that I can in Idaho, I just have to get a clearance and by a single trip permit each time.

I think it boils down to what your immediate needs are, and what you anticipate playing with in the future.

 

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