Heavy duty ramp truck for Merlo 50.30

Sfoppema said:
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 tag) that the hauls dirt/stone etc with and his gvw is 79,200.... Says the truck weighs 27,500 empty. Thats with a big heavy dump set up on the back. I'm thinking getting a cab and chassis and just building a heavy duty ramp to drive up on. Could definitely get in at or below 79,200. The height would be the limiting factor... I wonder if trucks are made with low profile tires or if you get creative to keep it under 13,6..... I am going to dig a little deeper.....
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You’re allowed to run 79,200? If so, a ramp truck just might work. There is one on the market I’ve seen, but I can’t find the name of it right now, that would likely work. I think I described it above.

You can get a truck with low profile tires, but getting that low will be difficult I would imagine, since you have to account for a particularly strong deck over the wheels. That’s a heavy machine for a bed, it’s at the limits of a normal equipment hauling semi-trailer.

Edit: Found it: https://www.currysupply.com/products/industrial-carriers-versatran-retriever-20t-truck-for-sale/
The bed is only rated for 40k, but if you ask, maybe they can reinforce it for you so that it can carry your machine.
 
Sfoppema said:
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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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Something like that, with another axle, might work if you can build it heavy enough. That’s a a heavy machine you have. Beware the height above the ground of the tail too, that thing is so low you’ll get hung up on a speed bump, much less turning up a hill somewhere!
 
SumoClimber said:
Just talked to a buddy of mine, wrecker guy, used to work at Miller. He recommends Miller's Century line, specifically the 40 series LCG. Low Center of Gravity carriers, developed for the rental industry so they can move more lifts etc without having to break out the full size semi and lowboy. Best of his and my knowledge, it's the only rollback over 30k that's a production model, not a one-off.

Here's the sales sheet LCG Carrier and the page for the LCG 40 Century 40
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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.
 
Reach said:
Something like that, with another axle, might work if you can build it heavy enough. That’s a a heavy machine you have. Beware the height above the ground of the tail too, that thing is so low you’ll get hung up on a speed bump, much less turning up a hill somewhere!
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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.
 
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....
 
Sfoppema said:
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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That Curry Supply truck looks like the best option I have seen yet, a local rental company had one and it’s key feature was that it had the lowest deck anyone had seen. Otherwise, they like rollbacks better, when they retired it they bought another rollback.
 
Sfoppema said:
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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That looks nice, but not sure if MA will let you have an 80k gvw with only a single axle tractor? That trailer would work, it’s just a normal paver trailer if you want to look them up.

If you really want to spend some money, look into a Landoll, they have some trailers that would be perfect, but they are quite expensive.
 
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 wouldn't have to be 80k gvw but I really don't know anything!
 
Sfoppema said:
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 wouldn't have to be 80k gvw but I really don't know anything!
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Landolls are very nice, but you’re right, they’re a solid five figures to buy. And I’m not sure you’ll get a tractor and trailer combination that can haul 48k that has a gvw lower than 80k, I know when I run them, the flatbeds I’ve pulled can haul 45-48k max. I think the really short bed could handle about 50k, but that’s all. An empty truck and trailer will weigh 30k or more easily.
 
One other option I just thought of is to look into oilfield trucks, they have some pretty wild configurations, and some crazy capacities, but they may be so heavy you would be stuck with a permit to go anywhere.
 
Sfoppema said:
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 tag) that the hauls dirt/stone etc with and his gvw is 79,200.... Says the truck weighs 27,500 empty. Thats with a big heavy dump set up on the back. I'm thinking getting a cab and chassis and just building a heavy duty ramp to drive up on. Could definitely get in at or below 79,200. The height would be the limiting factor... I wonder if trucks are made with low profile tires or if you get creative to keep it under 13,6..... I am going to dig a little deeper.....
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You cannot axle 80,000 on a tandem chassis you will be grossly over weight.
In any state that folowd
Federal bridge law which is most. We’re only aloud 34,000 on a set of tadems
 
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