I know its cool... but what is the real world purpose?

   / I know its cool... but what is the real world purpose? #11  
WOW! Those chickens must be one percenters.

Yea they are, the new coop is for the lady’s prized hens. The plan is to convert it into the ultimate chicken tractor with hydraulic wheel lift, electric package, and automatic chicken door. I might make a YouTube video about it.
 
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   / I know its cool... but what is the real world purpose? #12  
Looks like a joke to me!
A lot of money and too slow to be profitable.
I used to own a 21' Boom Truck delivering concrete block and building material.
Then drove a KW with a 48' Landoll PU and deliver 20-40' containers for a rental company.
Landoll had hydraulic tilt deck and tandem moved 15' with hydraulics.
Way more flexible.

I would have to disagree. I had two run in sheds delivered over a year ago. It did take two trips as one was 32 feet long and one 20 feet plus the 32 footer was on a sales lot and the 20 footer came directly from the builder whom is close by. The sheds were positioned end to end and within a quarter inch of each other with nary a scratch. Also, keep in mind I am discussing a shed which has a certain amount of flex but can be damaged and hot a rigid steel box.

The hauler's trailer was a GN. It had the wheels to go sideways if need be, the deck would raise, the axles/subframe could be adjusted, the bed would stretch both width wise and length wise. The on board gas engine could be started with a handheld remote as well as the trailer adjustments. The tow vehicle was a Dodge dually with a flatbed that also carried the "mule".

I have no idea the price of a Landoll vs a shed trailer or even what a KW is going for these days but a Ram 4x4 is ~50-60k give or take if not more. Then there are your operating costs.

There is an outfit using a road tractor to haul sheds which I see on occasion. I run into the driver whom delivered my buildings on occasion. I asked him about this very subject. He said that one of that company's escort vehicles is a 4x4 Ram which they use at the delivery site to spot the sheds.

Lastly, I delivered pole barn materials for about two years with a 38 foot long Mack tandem dumping flatbed with a knuckle boom crane as well as a single axle Pete with a truss trailer. The company had ten to fourteen crews on so I was kept pretty busy. The reason for the single axle rather than a tandem tractor was to get into tight job sites which were the rule not the exception often as not under less than desirable soil conditions. So, yes, I have been on more than a few delivery's on that job and more.

Landoll's are great but not for every situation.

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   / I know its cool... but what is the real world purpose? #13  
Yea they are, the new coop is for the lady’s prized hens. The plan is to convert it into the ultimate chicken tractor with hydraulic wheel lift, electric package, and automatic chicken door. I might make a YouTube video about it.

I'd be interested in seeing a video when that's all done.
 
 
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