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Single Axle Roll Off

Countryboy

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Nice looking machine and truck. How many hours you got on the ex?

In the second picture you posted I spy a beadlock rim. Might I ask what the rim is attached too? :D
 
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You might want to have a layer of 3/4 inch plywood over the steel deck to give the tracks something to bite into. Steel on steel is slipperyer than snot even rubber conveyor belt and steel is slippery when the rubber is wet.

You may even want to build a machine hauling bed where you don't have any decking on it. The decking could be steel bars or some kind of mesh. Make the deck light but strong to put you with legal axle loads. With your axles overloaded your overload fine would be 240 dollars.
 
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Thanks, The machine has about 1600 hours or so. Good eye on the beadlock Country Boy. Thats one of my friends trucks...we like the rock crawling.;) :D

Not a bad idea to make a light weight deck though, I will look into it and see what I could trim to make it light enough. :drinkup
 

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That's a nice looking set-up! Some snowmobile track or old belting laid on the deck would help with the sliding.
 
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I was thinking about that, then I remembered im putting rubber pads on the beast anyways...i should have them this week. :usa :D
 
Countryboy

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Coastal said:
Good eye on the beadlock Country Boy. Thats one of my friends trucks...we like the rock crawling.;) :D
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:D Yes, yes..thats what I was looking for. :drinkup

Thanks.
 
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How tall are you with that Ex on top? Over 9'? How's the balance? What's the wheelbase on your truck?

I'm trying to decide between a single axle and dual roll-off myself.
 
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Im about 12'6, we are legal to 13'6 here. If you havent bought a truck yet, you might as well go tandems. I am about 2000 overweight with the 75 on there. Although if you got a longer roll off, and a heavier front axle you would probably be ok with a single axle.
 
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Tandem axle rolloffs are easier to find especially in the used truck market.

The big advantage for a smaller excavation contractor that does multiple jobs in one day. Moving a machine around on a rolloff truck is quick no fighting with a trailer. Got a job where you have a finished driveway be it gravel to concrete its easy to drive the truck in dump the box onto the ground steel tracks don't damage anything.
 
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