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Anyone haul their mini on a flatbed truck?

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old-iron-habit

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Allgood said:
It really doesn't seem too bad hauling my Tak 145 on the back of my F550. I ran across some scales today and was 300 pounds under my mfg weight limit and all feels fine. Here is a pic of it on my truck instead of being hauled on a trailer.
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You just have to remember not to take a fat co-driver along. LOL
 
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joispoi said:
Your flatbed is lower than I imagined. You can climb on and off without the winch and without putting the machine at an extreme angle and without tilting the bed

The dipper is sticking out more than 3 feet past the bumper. A flag tied to it should make it legal (I'm not sure of the law in your state). You might want to verify that because it "LOOKS" overweight. Some cops feel it's their duty to write a ticket for something once they've pulled you over.
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I should have mentioned that I pulled the red flag out of the dipper as I walked around the back of the truck. A friend was working and weighed me. That's why I had to turn it around with the stick out the back. The other way, with the stick over the cab (and counter weight towards rear), I was over on the rear axle. Good points, thanks.
 
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In response to Old Iron, ROFL!! I did have it weighed with a full fuel load in each machine. Not much to spare, but that is probably obvious.
 
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