what do ya think?

[ultrarunner]

I know one thing. If I was hauling that aerial lift around on any trailer I would have something over the top to hold the platform down, the way this thing is rigged now its only got chains fore and aft from the bottom of the lifts' frame to the trailer, on a bouncy road I wouldn't trust the platform to not jump up and down. Anyone here moved these things before and should it have some additional restraints?


"A lot of the farmers I used to know would use military surplus D ring hitch high capacity trailers... all were single axle."

But those trailers are designed to be drug at relatively slow speeds and across battlefields. Most older Mil vehicles were not designed to travel at over 55 mph for very long, if they went that fast. A convoy moves at 45 to 50 mph normally IIRC.

You are right... all the mil trailers had a not to exceed 45 mph stencil or plaque and most were towed be large 3 axle trucks... similar to what the power company uses when in moves cable spools.

So far, my BX 23 has only been moved around on my single axle trailer... my tow vehicle of choice is a Ford Excursion... can honestly say I don't even know it is behind me...

Single axles are also a dream to maneuver in tight places... no tire scrub and the tires, at least mine... do last forever because of this... at least this is my theory.

Not too long ago... I saw a guy trying to maneuver into a very tight spot with a rental trailer and a small excavator... as I watched the tires flex... one came off the rim!

 

[sparc]

And the only thing I could get on there would be the tractor with no attachments. there's no room for anything else. I think I will not often have to move the tractor, and if I did it would be to get some major work done that I can't do myself, same for the bobcat, its not likely to leave its home except for repairs, i do not need to drag either of them around to do work at other locations. Still, that's what I say today. Tomorrow I'll be sorry I don't have the capability to move the tractor with mower or the bobcat with the bucket and the forks in one trip. I was tempted as the price of this was less than half that of a new trailer, and I would have a aerial lift to boot not that I need one, but I could possibly find a use for it or sell it off on its own and recoup a couple thousand.