Moving rented equipment with rental trailer
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Moving rented equipment with rental trailer
Looking for suggestions. I want to move a mini excavator, 2000 pounds, and was wanting to rent a open cargo trailer from the local U-Haul. $30/12 hrs. This is cheaper than the equipment rental doing the moving, $120/round trip. Any other ways to do this...? Suggestions?
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What kind of excavator? look it up and confirm the weights.
You would be safer renting a lo-boy trailer. like a 16'+ or something.
Those little U-haul trailers might be a bit strained.
You would be safer renting a lo-boy trailer. like a 16'+ or something.
Those little U-haul trailers might be a bit strained.
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If it only weighs 2000 lbs , put it in the back of your truck...
this load weighed 2450lbs , all in the back of my truck:
As you can see , the truck still sat level with that much weight in it :
http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=scrap001.jpg
this load weighed 2450lbs , all in the back of my truck:
As you can see , the truck still sat level with that much weight in it :
http://s113.photobucket.com/albums/n...t=scrap001.jpg
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some guys here in NH use their f550s to haul kubota minis on bed their tracks extend out they drive them down ramps they said the machines weigh over 6k and a friend has a takuchi mini that weighs over 10 its a full cab machine.I cant imagine a machine that weighs 2k would be over 4' wide and still have a swingarm boom and counter weight I have seen those little ingersol 40hp backhoes which fit in a bed and weigh almost 4k.Not saying you are wrong just thinking if is that big may weigh more than that afterall most of the weight is above the under carriage.as for me I use my deckover to haul all that stuff usually my backhoe.I had a little skidsteer on the other day about a 65 hp machine was pretty heavy. owner said 3500 lbs my backhoe weighs 9600 and this felt close to it.Bill
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some guys here in NH use their f550s to haul kubota minis on bed their tracks extend out they drive them down ramps they said the machines weigh over 6k and a friend has a takuchi mini that weighs over 10 its a full cab machine.I cant imagine a machine that weighs 2k would be over 4' wide and still have a swingarm boom and counter weight I have seen those little ingersol 40hp backhoes which fit in a bed and weigh almost 4k.Not saying you are wrong just thinking if is that big may weigh more than that afterall most of the weight is above the under carriage.as for me I use my deckover to haul all that stuff usually my backhoe.I had a little skidsteer on the other day about a 65 hp machine was pretty heavy. owner said 3500 lbs my backhoe weighs 9600 and this felt close to it.Bill
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