Securing an excavator to a stepdeck

So I did end up hauling it. Company said they were good with the weight on their trailer so after a substantial rate increase I'm heading to El Paso. Much to my surprise it's not riding bad at all. It's made no effort to come loose and the Fontaine trailer seems to be handling the weight just fine. I guess it helps that it distributed very nicely across all the axles. I will not be hauling anything else like it on a step again though.

 

However it was a good learning experience for the future. I thank everyone for the advice and cautions given in this thread.

 

yeah they drove it on boom first and flipped it around. Is that bad?

 

it didn't really do anything. he kept the boom close to the foot print of the machine though. I'D imagine having the boom way out there might be a different story though.

 

Just because there is no denying that that much weight is horribly abusive to the trailer. A smaller one yeah, in a heartbeat. I just don't like abusing the equipment, even if I don't own it.