Pictures from a skid steer mowing contractor

[Lineman North Florida]

Lineman, I noticed in your last pick that you are using a split tilt trailer. Do you recommend it for a person with a compact tractor and brush hog?

Do you find any limitations with it?

Yes I would, I haul my small tractor with FEL and 6' bush hog on mine and can load it forwards or backwards with no issues, and while I mostly use it to haul my skidsteer with , I haven't had any issues for my uses with anything I haul, I didn't realize what a pain messing with ramps on my old equipment trailer was until I got this tilt deck, I can't ever see myself going back to an equipment trailer with ramps, now if I hauled material strictly I would for sure get a deck over, but I have a gooseneck deckover for hauling hay and my big tractor. The Kaufman tilt deck trailers are dirt cheap because you buy directly from one of their factory's and apparently they sell a lot of them.

 

[paulsharvey]

Keeping that center of gravity low is good... saw this headed up Blanding Blvd this morning

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I should upgrade my trailer. A tilt deck would be nice. Kaufman price not too bad.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

Keeping that center of gravity low is good... saw this headed up Blanding Blvd this morningView attachment 1611768

In spite of everything else, they did a pretty good job of binding the machine down. Glass half full.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I should upgrade my trailer. A tilt deck would be nice. Kaufman price not too bad.

I believe you would like it, I upgraded and went with the 8k axles and 17.5 super single tires with a spare for a little over $8000.00 and they were great to do business with.

 

[EddieWalker]

A guy flew by me on I-20 yesterday with a small excavator on a trailer with just one strap holding it down. I'm not sure what it was doing, it looked like it went over the tracks, just behind the blade, and was attached to each side of the trailer. My guess is that gravity was holding it on there!!!! I was doing 80mph, and he was going a lot faster then that!!!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

A guy flew by me on I-20 yesterday with a small excavator on a trailer with just one strap holding it down. I'm not sure what it was doing, it looked like it went over the tracks, just behind the blade, and was attached to each side of the trailer. My guess is that gravity was holding it on there!!!! I was doing 80mph, and he was going a lot faster then that!!!

I bind my skidsteer down with chains and a binder at all 4 corners, only takes a few minutes.

 

[EddieWalker]

That's how I do it too. It's kind of become a thing to see how other people haul stuff, so I'm always looking when I see something on a trailer.

 

[hayden]

I bind my skidsteer down with chains and a binder at all 4 corners, only takes a few minutes. View attachment 1631822

Isn't that what DOT requires, though not everyone does it..?

 

[WM75Guy]

Isn't that what DOT requires, though not everyone does it..?

Equipment under 10,000 pounds can use the requirements for automobiles, light trucks and Vans. That only requires being restrained at the front and the rear with a minimum of 2 tiedowns. Above 10,000 pounds has to have a minimum of 4 tiedowns, plus any accessory equipment, such as an FEL or implement on the 3 pt hitch has to be secured.

I do it that way on my tractors using chains and binders at the corners, straps for the implements, even though none weigh over 10,000 pounds. Even smaller equipment such as the Mule or ZTRs gets 4 ratchet straps, 1 at each corner.