![]() The thread is some where that shows what happens when you do. DO not however use the winch alone to pull on or ease a load. The wood can simply be replaced when a piece starts to rot or is damged, plus the wood can carry a greater weight and you can nail chocks or other items right into it, and it has a lot of tie down/strap points. If you can get a wooden bed if you go roll back do it, they obviously don't rust, where Jerdan is prone to it. One of the plus sides is you can now justify buying one with no grief from the wife.Īcording to my Snap on dealer Jerdan is lower end of roll backs Sheridan (believe I spelled right), is a much better built vehicle. We use a Jerdan roll back, which you don't need a CDL for, plus it is great having a tow truck, especially if your a car guy kills 2 birds with one stone. Thinking for a minute here, were I to tow the forklift truck there on a trailor and save gas and drive it off and load tools with it and then just have a buddy drive the FLT back. Guess if forklift is the way to go I'm going to have to have a two vehicle solution. But needing a special trailor that weighs a lot really sucks up you're towing capacity. I called sunbelt they aren't too bad as far as price. If they didn't weigh so much I imagine you would see them used a lot more often. I guess it was a "can't see the forest for the trees moment" because its now dawning on me that people are still using these methods because there is no easy way to transport a forklift. I'm familiar with wenching, pybar and rollers, portable a frames, etc. Buying machines that are too big and too akward to dolly or wheel over to my truck. But its the scenario I find myself in the most often. I understand some of the questions and thoughts on weight. And from what I've read and what you guys are saying thre really are few optioins to transport machines this size. I guess I gave to little consideration to the overall weight of a forklift trailor combo. In all honesty its probably cheaper than a flatbed and a forklift lol. Milacron I would love to build that thing just for the sheer absurdity of it and the reactions it would no doubt get when loading tools with it. Thanks for all the replies and the humor. If you are an iron hunter with a budget there's a better way. If you are a business and need the capacity every day of the week, then go for it. But the turbodiesel truck, new, plus a new trailer is probably pushing $70-80k.all to save a few hundred $ on renting a forklift or hiring riggers here or there, one move at a time. ![]() I think (brain fade could be off here) those are 19k GVW with a trailer weight of 6k, so there's about 13k "payload". There are of course larger capacity trucks and trailers, a turbodiesel 1ton truck can pull a 8-tire gooseneck trailer. It might be low now but it won't stay that way forever. Plus hauling 4.5k (the bare trailer) plus the 5k "forklift penalty" for a long trip is killer on fuel both ways. So you limit yourself to 5k capacity, and can only haul 3k. My gooseneck trailer has a "payload" net of 10k by sticker. My avatar forklift is a 3k capacity machine probably close to 5k gross. Unless you are going around town its a huge money wasting proposition to haul a forklift both ways.
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