how long a flat bed do I need to carry a mini track lift, like 90' reach?

[Lumberjack]

Maybe I’m missing something, but it seems like you’re passionately tilting at windmills.

Of course you picked the not regular bed. But notice THE OTHER ONE who stripped a U-Haul dry box ending up with a standard width bed flat bed.

 

[VenasNursery]

is one is a regular flatbed or dump bed
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It has to be a flatbed that lift won’t raise high enough for a dump
The lift in this picture is 22’ long the bucket extends past the rear bumper if you don’t rotate it to one side or another
So needs to be 20’ minimum

 

[erwin]

Thx. everybody. great information. I'll b looking for a regular no-dump flatbed F550 maybe 20' long. Hopefully they exist. I was pleasantly surprised when I found my 7.3 F550 with a 14' chip box.

 

[flushcut]

When I was specking a truck for a flat bed All Access was recommending a 184"CA truck. I carry my CMC72 HD on a 18' trailer and it is every bit of the deck. I could drive my mini under the boom and park it in the very front of the trailer. On the trailer the tracks are about a foot past the fender well, the basket is about six inches past the ramps, and the lower boom is for the most part even with the deck in the front.

 

[erwin]

When I was specking a truck for a flat bed All Access was recommending a 184"CA truck. I carry my CMC72 HD on a 18' trailer and it is every bit of the deck. I could drive my mini under the boom and park it in the very front of the trailer. On the trailer the tracks are about a foot past the fender well, the basket is about six inches past the ramps, and the lower boom is for the most part even with the deck in the front.

what do you mean by 184"CA truck?

 

[Lumberjack]

The measurement of the back of the cab to the rear axle, in this case 15'4".

 

[flushcut]

Carl said it for me ^.

 

[morris_vu]

I'm looking to buy a flatbed platform that fits my International Durastar 4400, cat 8 (10 wheels). I'm having a hard time finding one since I'm new to this whole thing. I appreciate any pointers for where to buy (near Memphis TN is best) and where to have it installed.