Saw this today......

We haul dozers on aluminum steps with no problems.

 

Difference is load distribution, the trailer was never built for it.

 

Yeah we are definitely a different breed of people.

 

Mostly related people!

 

really?? we've got a Fontaine Extreme beam step with a factory 50k in 6' rating , Ive seen most rated for 50k in 10'

how is 40k in 25' going to wear out the trailer any faster?

 

Just because things can do thing, doesn't always mean they should

 

I doubt if the drop hauling the D6 had your type of trailer, but your trailer would be stressed by the lgp load since the sprockets are the load.

 

not true the wieght is even across the track, it's what makes them "lgp"

 

this bad boy weighed almost 45k (46k gvw allowed 1k in basket). its hitting in 4 points. Other than slow because its heavy, how is it any worse than a track. Yet the dozer gets criticized ? i would venture to say this is worse than the Dozer because its 4 points on trailer not whole track width. NC to CA by the way. no drama. we don't do this all the time, mostly cause the ole Detroit 12.7 does alot better when we're closer to 70k gross.