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  1. Sfoppema

    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    You'd need a 10 wheeler the machine and trailer would weigh 60,000 easy
  2. Sfoppema

    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    I've seen guys towing them with 6 wheelers but you really need a 10 wheeler or triaxle and they aren't giving those away either...
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    50.30 and grapplesaw pictured 400k and probably rising every shipment. You could get a nice used 25t tag trailer for 30k or less
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    I sent Curry an email... Looks like they can get lower deck than the roll back.... The Landoll looks nice, but I'm not afraid to drive down a ramp to shave 5 figures off the price....Not sure about the 6 wheel tractor and trailer weight. Seems like if you could find a lighter duty one it...
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    Aside from my straight truck ideas.... This 6 wheel tractor with flat deck trailer looks pretty mint.... Probably could swing it into my driveway with a short enough trailer....
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    You are right the tail would cause problems. The curry supply truck is pretty damn badass. On the brochure there is a photo of one with two tags.. Looks like they could handle the weight height looks pretty dang close... I may give them a shout.
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    Looks like the bed height would be the limiting factor. Those are some badass trucks I am betting mucho dinero especially one with capacity for 48,000 pound machine.
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    This is a photo I found. I understand that with the current axle situation this is not heavy duty enough, but if it were a 79,200 gvw truck and you took the top ramp set up off, this looks like it would work.....
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    I had a chip truck shipped from IN that is 10'6" came on a flat deck trailer the trailer deck height was 3'. I figured they would use a lowbed I was surprised when I saw it. Forgive my ignorance as I really know almost nothing about heavy hauling....My friend owns a triaxle (10 wheeler with...
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    Plus the cab and electronics/load sensing capabilities are pretty sophisticated. Less to go wrong and a sturdy machine. I'm not historically a crane operator so I wanted something with less moving parts and more "idiotproof" than some of the other machines that are available. We'll see how it...
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    I like the outside the box thinking but I wouldn't want to risk damaging the machine. Worst case I'll just drive slow until I can put together a trailer setup.
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    Look up a few videos with the westech grapplesaw. Crush trees. Sets up outriggers fully extended 18.5x18.5 all wheel steering can use to get into backyards/tight areas only 10' tall. Single boom is limiting but powerful. Holds load static not dynamic on every cut. Most inconvenient thing about...
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    I wonder what the gvw is on that. I know guys who tow 25t trailers on a pintle hitch but from what I'm hearing the next step up is a tractor....at least a 6 wheel. 25t trailer would be overweight with this on it....
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    Or if it would be possible to get a roll off truck setup strong enough to pull it on and low enough that 10' would fit... That would probably be the best set up
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    Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

    I just put a deposit on a Merlo 50.30. Still not 100% certain how I am going to move it from place to place. MA is kind of a pain in the ass state to register things in, but I am mostly certain I could register it and just drive it on the road (only goes 25mph). Most of the work we do is close...
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    Giant mini articulating loader branch manager edition $35,000

    It can't lift as much as the 1050. Pretty close. I've put them side by side and tested it with different size logs. Parts seem pretty easy just call branch manager and they drop ship from giant. Kubota stuff easy to get. you can get a weight kit for it I have not gotten around to it. It's an...
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    Preventing lawn damage while felling small spars

    I have been plotting a build for the past few years. Want to make an 8x8 -- two 8x4 alturnamats as well as perhaps some of those black horse mats and some plywood to get a good heavy/thick base and put a big ass tractor tire on it. Move it with forks with the mini skid. One of these days I'll...
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    Preventing lawn damage while felling small spars

    I love it
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    dumping chips and log pickups in MA...for free? cheap ???

    Where are you working in MA? I am in Worcester county. Hard to pay to get rid of decent logs even from my yard. The junk is very difficult to get rid of. The further east you go the more expensive the real estate = the more you pay to get rid of things. I would expect anyone to charge you a lot...
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    DMM Keanu video first use on a pruning job

    Those battery cranks are pretty sweet. It would be more contained than a redirect at the base to a mini bollard. That's for sure. There was plenty of room at this particular site and a 50' path would have sufficed. Our ropes were long enough that no knots would need to pass through any blocks...

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