Cat is shipping large graders with no tires at all on aluminum step decks, just wood banded to the rims. I highly doubt they are destroying trailers.
Wheeled equipment on aluminum decks..
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And if really want to screw up your deck haul a compactor...... -
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Hauled a big vibratory compactor on a Wilson Roadbrute combo step. No damage to the aluminum/apitong decking or top flange of the main beams but man it was a gut wrenching thing to watchArt Vandelay, cke, Tug Toy and 1 other person Thank this. -
I think he is talking about his favorite ....
trash / landfill compactors .
There is landfill or soil compactors . Ex . 825 or 826
There is a massive difference between the two .
One is designed to shred and destroy, the other is designed to actually knead the material tight. -
I can testify the front wheels on this pig are a board splitting son of a *****.
All the weight is carried on that little center rib. Bout an inch wide and a 3" contact radius.Art Vandelay, starmac, Shawn2130 and 5 others Thank this. -
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We hauled a large forklift on the deck of a heavy built 5 axle that was built to handle large coils.
Steel cross members every 6-8” if I remember right.
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Smaller hard wheels will always break more things than large softer tires. But this thread got way off topic. I was looking at large construction equipment with normal tires. Just wanted to make sure 10k+ on each contact patch at the outer edges of the trailer was an issue or not. Didnt know if the rub rail area could support that kind of weight.
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A lot depends on how far apart your angle braces are to the outer rail, and where the tires sit in relation to them when loaded, but you should be fine. If in doubt I have used some short 3 foot or so oak 2 X's under the wheels before.
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