low loader

tracky

anyone have any advice for moving a 6tonne digger short distances. I have the digger for doing bits on the farm but the land is in three different sections a good distance apart. Im not in favour of buying a low loader as the amount of use I would get out of it would be very little and would just be another implement taking up space. Any advice would help

whelan1

get a guy with a lorry and low loader to move it for you ! what part of the country you in my other half does this

mayo_lad

you could buy a trailer like this (you would get more use out of it if you made bales )http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/machinery/1438787

tracky

would that handle a six tonne hitachi? I can get my hands on one of them handy enough but I will have to do a bit of repair on it. I thought it would be too light for a six tonne. Hope Im wrong.

tracky

whelan1 wrote: »

get a guy with a lorry and low loader to move it for you ! what part of the country you in my other half does this

I have done this with my last machine (hire a man to bring it to a piece of land, do the work and then hire him to bring it back again a week or so later) However it was vandalised to the point of no repair the last time and therefore i would have to bring my machine home every evening.

mayo_lad

tracky wrote: »

would that handle a six tonne hitachi? I can get my hands on one of them handy enough but I will have to do a bit of repair on it. I thought it would be too light for a six tonne. Hope Im wrong.

it should hold a 6 tonne fairly easy this red rock version has more chance of braking (due to the split for the hydrolics ) and it's rated at 8tonne
http://www.redrock-engineering.com/low_lift_plant_trailer.aspx

bk1991

mayo_lad wrote: »

it should hold a 6 tonne fairly easy this red rock version has more chance of braking (due to the split for the hydrolics ) and it's rated at 8tonne
http://www.redrock-engineering.com/low_lift_plant_trailer.aspx

if i were buying id buy one like this as oposed to the other one more uses with this one as it lowers to ground .Should make any difference where is splits where ram is .

dar31

ideally this is what you would need http://www.redrock-engineering.com/multi_application_dump_trailers.aspx or http://www.nc-engineering.com/brochures/DumpTrailer260905.pdf
however, would say they are expensive new ad rare second hand

bk1991

dar31 wrote: »

ideally this is what you would need http://www.redrock-engineering.com/multi_application_dump_trailers.aspx or http://www.nc-engineering.com/brochures/DumpTrailer260905.pdf
however, would say they are expensive new ad rare second hand

I have a lad near me that moves his 6ton digger on a 13x7 tipper trailer .
nugent ,woods, and a few more that i cant think of do them trailers to a lower spec and cost of that redrock multi pourpose trailer .

If you could get local engerring place that is quiet now theyd do a good deal on building something .

snowman707

keep an eye on the journal, donedeal etc, a mate of mine sold a nice low loader trailer last year might have been a little big for you needs but it was sound and made small money,
he had to upgrade to a tri axle, was over weight for the 2 axles, and got pulled by the boys in blue.

Bitten & Hisses

snowman707 wrote: »

keep an eye on the journal, donedeal etc

Speaking of which:

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/trailers/1369286

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/machinery/1323919

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/trailers/1445126

whelan1

oh bought one last week for 6500 its 45 ft with ramps capable of taking 8 tonne, he sold his old one as a bale trailer as the last time he had a 10 tonne machine on it the cross members bent:rolleyes: on the m50

bk1991

The lad that does our digging has a 10 ton hitichi but has got a 25 ton tri axel which has a bed length of 32 ft . He got this size so that he could draw bales .different diggers, basicaly anything can be brought on it .Its a fair size and weight of a trailer . But has so many uses ,for a 6 ton digger you should get a 10-12 ton twin axel well built lowloader lightweight but strong . More uses than a 6 ton single axel .