Super Deck, new product for hauling small units

[Steve_Carver]

Super Deck, new product for hauling small units..
Here's an item, new in the market.
I thought you might enjoy seeing it.
Fit's into full sized pick-up truck beds.
Best wishes,
Steve

see more at-> http://www.carverequipment.com/super_deck_main.htm

 

[Bird]

Very interesting. The pictures in the attachment are a little small for my old eyes to see and understand, but the link provides good pictures and description.

 

[Egon]

Curious as to what holds the deck in the pickup box?

Egon

 

[Steve_Carver]

4 long bolts with brackets secure the s-deck frame to the bed on the pick-up.

 

[Steve_Carver]

There are more photos at->
http://www.carverequipment.com/super_deck_photos.htm

 

[Henro]

Interesting concept. I wonder though about using it with a BX. I see the payload capacity is listed as being 1,500 lbs.

In this thread Jim Wilson gave the following breakdown of BX23 weight:

<font color="green"> BT600 backhoe weight without bucket = 578 pounds
10" bucket weight (owners manual) = 37 pounds
12" bucket weight (owners manual) = 40 pounds
LA210 loader weight (approx) = 430 pounds (not sure if this is with or without the bucket - the bucket alone is listed as 132 pounds)
BX23 tractor weight with ROPS = 1520 pounds.

The tractor weight is listed on the specifications page where only tractor unit specs are listed so I am pretty sure this is the weight for just the tractor unit itself.

So if I add up all these weights using the 12" backhoe bucket and assuming that the 430 pound weight listed for the FEL includes the bucket I come up with:

578 + 40 + 430 + 1520 = 2568 pounds </font>

That is well beyond the 1,500 rating of the Super Deck. Is the one pictured a heavy duty model of some type?

Add 700 lbs for the weight of the Super Deck and that equates to over 3,200 lbs in the pickup bed. Seems like that might be pushing the limit for many pickups...

Looks like a great product. I just wonder if the BX23 might not be a little too heavy for use with it.

 

[Plan_B]

I have not grasped the benefit(s) of hauling a tractor in the back of your pickup compared to using an appropriate sized trailer with dual axle brakes. I am not an engineer, but it seems to me that the tractor will certainly change the center of gravity of the truck plus you would have to consider the stopping and handling abilities of carry vehicle. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[slowzuki]

Good observation but despite what most modern pickup truck owners believe, pickups were originally designed to haul heavy cargo items in thay tonneau covered styling attachment directly behind the cab. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif It used to be called the bed and pickup trucks used to ride terribly when nothing was loaded into the bed. The rear tires also used to lockup easily when the bed was empty. They still have the same problem of poor traction when the bed is naked though. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have not grasped the benefit(s) of hauling a tractor in the back of your pickup compared to using an appropriate sized trailer with dual axle brakes. I am not an engineer, but it seems to me that the tractor will certainly change the center of gravity of the truck plus you would have to consider the stopping and handling abilities of carry vehicle. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif )</font>

 

[getut]

<GASP> A truck used as a truck to "Haul" something??? Oh the haw-rah.

I do agree that it looks like the LB1914 is about to squash the little pickup under it. Maybe they need to take the rear bumper off so it won't catch on anything. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Soccer moms shouldn't be allowed to drive trucks and SUV's. They've messed them up for those of us that actually used them.

 

[bandit67]

Great, more stuff to encourage people to overload their pickups, as if there aren't enough overloaded vehicles on the road already. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

720# for the deck, plus the weight of the tractor is going to overload most any pickup, except for a 1 ton. Add to that the fact that you are lifting the center of the load significantly above the pickup bed floor (in the case of a tractor), and you've got a nice, unstable, hauling condition for the majority of pickup owners.

There's no way I'd haul a BX23 in my 8' pickup bed, even though my particular 3/4 ton has the exact same spring pack, brakes, engine, & transmission as the single rear wheel 1 ton - mine is essentially a 1 ton. I would haul that load in a 1 ton dually bed because of the more stable side-to-side platform that a dually provides.

Have I ever hauled over 2000# of material in my pickup bed? Yes, but its been loads of sand or stone that does not come anywhere near reaching the top of the bed rails, over short distances, on backroads. Put a "superdeck" in your bed with a tractor on top of that, and darn near the entire tractor (from the bottom of the rims, up) is sitting above the top of the bedrails - it's right there in the pictures.

Anyway, anyone that's gonna load a 2000# plus tractor on top of their pickup bedrails (essentially) and get out on our roads, how about warning us all in advance, so we can steer clear of you. I wonder how many cops across this country would let you pass by seeing a tractor in a pickup like we see in those wonderful marketing pictures.