detach step?

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  1. May 28, 2014 #1
    281ric

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    anyone ever see or use one?
     
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  3. May 28, 2014 #2
    rank

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    Funny you should ask. I fueled up beside one yesterday. Never seen anything like it. Took me a while to figure out what it was.

    It was a tri axle Manac Combo with 17.5 rims. It had a flip neck ...well not really a flip exactly....it was actually a bolt on attachment. I didn't measure deck height but it looked like ~35".

    It looked like an expensive trailer. Someone must have a pretty lucrative dedicated specialized long term account to make that worth while. Amazes me what some people will go through to avoid building a loading dock.

    Either they don't have a loading ramp or the thing they are moving doesn't have reverse and needs to be driven on and driven off.
     
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  4. May 28, 2014 #3
    Flightline

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    Wouldn't it be cheaper to purchase the carry ramps like discount ramps sell?
     
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  5. May 28, 2014 #4
    281ric

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    yes, I wouldn't have a trailer custom made, It was offered to me for potential purchase
     
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    MJ1657

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    Its only money......
     
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  8. May 29, 2014 #6
    SHC

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    I'd either buy ramps for the step, or buy an RGN with 29' well ....
     
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    passingthru69

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    I know where a 34' well rgn stretch is for sale
     
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  10. May 30, 2014 #8
    281ric

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    passing , where and how much
     
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    281ric

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    YES, I thought the same thing, but in reality I thought it was a versatile trailer and can see it being a lil money maker. I have a couple of pics still I think, I was just baffled by it, never knew such a trailer existed.
     
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  12. May 30, 2014 #10
    MJ1657

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    I'm curious to see what it looks like.
     
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