Yeah, ended up calling my step brother to ask and he set me straight on that. While I have used one before I am by no means a professional with a...
So I delivered the thing in El Paso this morning. I show up and the lady says they have no one there to unload it like they were supposed to. So...
These fontaine trailers seem pretty stout although they had some issues with the beams cracking near the pin holes for the sliding axle. The new...
I feel like an idiot for never considering that even though it was right under my nose. This is my first piece of large construction equipment,...
Although that may be just for a single coil in the center
this trailer is rated at 64933 minus the 13000 ish emtpy weight. so 51000 isn't quite as bad as I thought. I never thought to look at that, was...
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...
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...
yeah they drove it on boom first and flipped it around. Is that bad?
However it was a good learning experience for the future. I thank everyone for the advice and cautions given in this thread.
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...
the load was going down to El paso, tx. it was only paying 2.25 a mile after permits were taken out. Better to haul little oversize for over 2...
So the volvo weighs near 51000 lbs. I think it is going back and they can go find someone else to haul it. 51000 pounds is a far cry from the...
yeah that's me
Ok so the machine is a volvo 210blc. I put every chain I could get an anchor point for on plus a couple well padded straps through the tracks. I...
Thanks! Almost exactly what I was figuring. It is a lot cheaper to ask beforehand than break something or worse.
What is the best way to secure a 47000lb tracked excavator to a stepdeck? I have 3/8 chains and pop out chain tie down points good for 6600 lbs...
Could you go into a bit more detail on that?
I'm probably going to end up with a recently rebuilt kenworth w900 that a local retired O/O is selling as it is what I can afford that is not a...
I know that I average around 6.5 with the company t660 but I'm trying to figure out what trucks like yours average.
