JNB
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Great photos as always! Its good to see someone getting some work done. With the expansive soil we have locally and the rain we've had for the last month or so, just getting a one day job completed has been a chore.
Great photos as always! Its good to see someone getting some work done. With the expansive soil we have locally and the rain we've had for the last month or so, just getting a one day job completed has been a chore.
Hey LC, I'm new to the site. I've read through this entire forum and I must say, you do amazing work :notworthy. Thanks for sharing! I just had a question about towing your 315 behind the little Pete. How does it handle? Do you have any hills it has to climb? I'm looking to start a demolition company when I graduate college this December. I want to get a single axle dump and tow a 314 on a 25 ton tandem axle trailer. I'm in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, so no need to go highway speeds. I'm just wondering if it would be adequate for stop/go city traffic and moderately steep but short hills? I've done a lot of research about it and everyone says you'd be pushing it with a single axle. Any input? I know a 314 is a few ton lighter than your 315, but it's fairly close. I know a tandem would be better but straight out of college getting established I'm really gonna have to keep costs down at the beginning . What do you think?
Not to hijack but steelers1993. I live in the northern pittsburgh area. I have spent time hauling a 315 from the strip district to mercer county and back numerous times. I wouldn't do it with anything smaller than a tandem. It's not the getting it to go part it's the whoa. We have a lot of curvy hilly roads. That's a lot of weight on a single axle. Have a friend with a single axle r model and he won't haul above a 312 and he said that's pushing it. Don't think you can get the right weights on the axles to be legal anyway. That's my 2 cents from a guy in your area
Why not go with a 10 wheeler? You can haul your own materials and transport the excavator too. We haul a 35k lb excavator behind ours all through the narrow coastal mountains with no issues.
Steelers that trailer you posted is the standard 20 ton tag sems like they just rated at 50k to make the sale. Most true 25 ton trailers are configured ike this
http://www.eagerbeavertrailers.com/products/easyloaders/25xpt/
How much horse power is your tandem? What engine/transmission?
Hmm ok so the 20XPT from Eager Beaver is the same as a 25 ton from ProLine. Only difference appears that the ProLine is 50k gvwr, take out the 10k for the trailer and you're left with 20 ton payload. Compared to Eager Beaver's which is advertised as 20 ton (48k unloaded) but after you take out the 8k for the trailer you're still left with 20 ton payload. So ProLine is advertising an extra 5 ton but that's the weight of the trailer not payload...kind of false advertising a bit isn't it? Here I thought I'd found a gem lol
Hmm ok so the 20XPT from Eager Beaver is the same as a 25 ton from ProLine. Only difference appears that the ProLine is 50k gvwr, take out the 10k for the trailer and you're left with 20 ton payload. Compared to Eager Beaver's which is advertised as 20 ton (48k unloaded) but after you take out the 8k for the trailer you're still left with 20 ton payload. So ProLine is advertising an extra 5 ton but that's the weight of the trailer not payload...kind of false advertising a bit isn't it? Here I thought I'd found a gem lol
I don't know if it is false advertising but you might want to call it creative. They are trying to make you think the gvw is the load capacity. I am not sure their advertised price includes FET. I cannot argue with you on having a good trailer. Whatever you buy, make sure the truck has a good hitch. As for trucks, a tandem or triaxle would be the best but I do not know your budget so it is hard to say on a truck. You mentioned horse power and transmissions but you also need to be aware of rear end ratios.
Not really sure of a budget yet honestly. Still have a lot I need to figure out. Ultimately try to keep it as low as possible and buy newer better stuff as I can. I'll throw out the single axle idea and turn my attention towards a tandem or tri axle. This is probably a dumb question but, have any of you considered using a skid loader mounted mulcher to grind up wood from residential demos? If they can take down 12" thick trees I don't see why they couldn't handle any dimensional wood, right? Just came across some videos on youtube of them being used for clearing and the thought popped into my mind :idea. I imagine it would greatly reduce on the # of cans/dump trucks needed to haul out. Just curious to hear what yinz think :beatsme.
I agree with Monster and LC on the mulched for residential demo. Also I would think the mulcher would have a tendency to launch a stray 2x4 or piece of metal flying through the air from time to time.