I need a suspension on a tractor that will allow me to creep around the back of a house on steep and soft job sites. We’re thinking about 6x6 or something with fat tires on a 20k front axle. It will have a Knuckleboom mounted behind the cab.
BUT . . . I haul windows so the ride needs to be SOFT. We’ll often have 5,000-15,000 pounds of windows on a low-pro air ride trailer; 25% of the time a 25,000# telehandler and 5-10,000# of windows.
At the job site we drop the trailer and then creep around the back with the tractor to hoist the windows into position. We can do it with the telehandler but doing the Daytona 500 around the house with the telehandler one window or pallet at a time chews up the yard too much and burns time.
This tractor will only be used 5-10 times a year and we’re driving 100-350 miles.
BUT . . . I haul windows so the ride needs to be SOFT. We’ll often have 5,000-15,000 pounds of windows on a low-pro air ride trailer; 25% of the time a 25,000# telehandler and 5-10,000# of windows.
At the job site we drop the trailer and then creep around the back with the tractor to hoist the windows into position. We can do it with the telehandler but doing the Daytona 500 around the house with the telehandler one window or pallet at a time chews up the yard too much and burns time.
This tractor will only be used 5-10 times a year and we’re driving 100-350 miles.