Handy little setup: but you cant load and transport 20 tons of palletized stone, or other product in one shot to a delivery site and then unload it yourself with that system.
You gentlemen seem pretty intent on explaining to the rest of us why a system you use works well for you. Thats wonderful for you all, doesn't much answer the question of reconfiguring the rear of a trailer for a moffett system tho. No thanks for the attempted hijack.
trailers: converting to a moffett
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by Ruthless, Feb 6, 2014.
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You have to deliver 10 pallets of pavers to a 1 acre home with a built in pool, the contractor wants the pavers delivered in the rear of the yard!
A. with that vehicle you have to drive up the driveway with a 80K lb. truck, not going to work because it will crack the driveway!
B. that crane might have a 15 metric ton capacity but i doubt it can lift a pallet of pavers extended that far out so the delivery will be where the truck ends up not where the contractor needs it, if that happens you won't be delivering for that company any more.
C. a flatbed can carry more then that toy, it is cute though...........LOL.
I know i said one but i just thought of something going on in the town i live in, house piles being delivered !
Tell me how you can deliver a 50 count load of 40' house piles with that vehicle?Last edited: Feb 8, 2014
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For delivering palletised goods you just cannot beat a moffet!
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Who would have thought a man's question would turn into an across-the-pond urination competition!
There are cranes here, but hardly no for-hire haulers (at least in my area) with them; all are owned by companies delivering their own products (drywall, concrete manholes, some roofing, framing steel,etc). Not saying here or there is right or wrong, just the European construction market must be more used to having crane deliveries than American market is. Maybe there is a demand for it here and no one is filling the need - opportunity? Do you fellows on that side just deliver or do you actually stay on the site and set-in-place some of what you brought? Could get very time-consuming if you offer that service.
Will add a plug for Reitnouer trailers, I am on my second on in 18 years carrying a lift - both have performed flawlessly. Friend who owns a small bldg supply bought one to carry a Princeton as well.
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obviously both crane and forklift have its +/-
probably both can do same job on this or other way , i think it have more to do with market, if i buy forklift for 5years nobody would buy it from me , same in US with crane
here truck with crane usually earn double than truck without crane on month base, especially pricy are operations where you load yourself with bucket (construction waste, gravel, sand, soil)
as for set-in-place , it really depends on job to job , for example pipes and manholes you will install in place ,
trucks which deliever bricks , would need to lift them high few floors
this scania from picture above is often used in roof applications , it have outreach of 96ft, on 66ft vertical and 27ft horisontal position(at same time) can lift 4700lbsalaga Thanks this. -
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Most of the kits come in pieces, you can get them from a place like Cargotec; though they may need to fab some to fit the precise trailer you're putting them on.
If you need 15, I'd suggest buying trailers with them installed or leasing them- the upfront will be more, but you'll not have a long wait for parts and install, + won't have any calamity with the kit not being generic and having. To customize parts- unless you have a fleet of all exactly the same trailers already.SAR Thanks this. -
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