Landoll 455

455 is over kill unless your loading multiple heavy units at the same time on a regular basis. they are nice trailers stupid expensive but if all you plan on doing is loading running units a paver special fixed neck gets the same job done alot cheaper. the Landoll won't show you its full potential until your recoving salvage and wrecked equipment out in the field thats where they shine

 

We hauled excavators for years before boom troughs, most medium size excavators shouldn't be a problem. If you could haul it on a landoll it would be fine on a paver lowboy.

 

I like the 3 axle trailer. I rarely have to worry about weight and I can permit more weight. That is the main thing for me is the permit-able weight. Here is an example of 2 loads from last year. I have also hauled 2 CB64 rollers on that trailer.

 

I understand stand permitable weight. But like in these two pics a permit wouldn't apply you usually can't permit a divisible load which those rollers would be and you wouldn't need a permit at all for that 160.

 

Nope but you need 3 axles to scale two rollers. Besides, those were the only pics I had with that trailer. It also does not have to be equipment to be permit-able. I moved some concrete boxes last year with that trailer that required permits.

 

Not sure I follow, can you permit those 2 rollers? Or do you need the 3 axles to get 80,000 because of lack of bridge length? I do understand that you haul stuff besides equipment that need permits, I do to. I'm just trying to understand. If you wan to spend the money on the 455 be my guest, I just know the last company I worked for we had both and I never saw much advantage to the 455 over the 440. I can't think f anything we hauled where the tri axle helped. Now in the interest of full disclosure I could see the advantage in the sates who limit to 20,000 per axle that would help.

 

The 3 axles would give you like 42000 or 42500 in the federal bridge formula for legal axle weights vs 34000 for a 2 axle setup. This would make a difference if you were hauling 2 or pieces and needed the trailer group to be over 34000 - something like a backoe up front and wheel loader on the tail off the trailer

 

Yeah that's a valid point and I agree. I'm not sure how much it would come into play though. Enough to justify the extra cost and weight of the 455? personal preference I guess. The 53' 455 is 4800 ponds heavier than the 40 ton, and the 48' 55 ton is 3400 pounds heavier than the 40 ton. I could see that catching up with you quicker than over loading a set of axle's. 3 or 4 thousand could be the difference between needing a permit and not or hauling that second piece legally. One other thing to consider is tire rating, those trailers come with 235/75R 17.5 I'm not sure without looking what they would be good for.