Big Loads - Post Photos Number 2

I would contact Aspen after you figure out what you need. Although I am not an engineer (too many in the family already ), from my experience in building equipment and working in aviation, they'll need to know size, number, spacing of holes and how close to the flange/edge. I expect it is really not a big deal so long as the holes are only as big as necessary, not too close together, nor too close to the flange/edge. Never hurts to be prudent though.

 

Moved one just like that (or that one) a few years ago... a lot of loads.

 

17 containers filled with sand for counter weights, it's massive!

 

that big s.o.b. should have been able to reach you where you were and pick that boom off!
Or at least that big boy to you left front in the first picture. at the reach he had he was probably good for 40 tons

 

when I was with Westrim Express about 1995 our OSOW fleet was all Aspen (they had a plant 2 miles from the yard) and their engineer told the shop to build a set of removable fenders for our open neck trailers by using poly 1/2 fenders attached to 3 1 1/2"angles with slotted clamps to grip the bottom rail and a top piece clamped on with light chain and turnbuckles to steady them. They then widened them with strips of poly mudflap between the fender and the neck . This was due to a demand by one customer who insisted that all his loads be protected from flying rocks from our tires. we also had removable poly flap tops between the bolsters for rear fenders.

 

Thanks for putting so much effort into this Beast! Your drawings make sense.

I'm not sure if I have clearance enough to hang anything under the neck without it fouling the frame when detached, but I'll take a close look at it next time I unhook.

Thanks again!

 

Mammoet PTC, google it they’re pretty cool.

 

What’s the purpose of a heavy front and running your fifth wheel so far back?

 

I think it's an optical illusion. It's farther forward than you think.

 

Plus, I would guess with that load and the way it is loaded it's pretty light on the neck.