dayexco
Senior Member
am looking at buying a different lowboy, 35 ton. i'm really liking the fold down gooseneck vs. the detach. any of you own either? the pluses/negatives on either?
am looking at buying a different lowboy, 35 ton. i'm really liking the fold down gooseneck vs. the detach. any of you own either? the pluses/negatives on either?
Mechanical detach. In ca i can legal a 637 on 5 axles if it barely has any fuel in it. clean with no fuel in it. i can move the ejector to the front get 59,700 on the rear 16 tire 2 axle group. But that's out here in CA were one of the WASHTO states. we are allowed 20 K steer 46 K drives and 60 K on 16 tire 2 axle rear axle grouping spread to 10' wide.
our trailers are Low profile units. Most anything but paving equipment goes over the back. we have short 6' ramps for skip loaders and short WB equipment.
Big 2 manufacturers of CA legal trailers are Murray and Cozad. The new CO in town being Rackley Built. Murray 2 frame wide neck Is the Cadillac, and the only trailer that will legal a 637.
the advantage of a mechanical beyond just weight savings is Its less complex. No separate motor on the trailer to power the Hyd. fold or Hyd. lines to disconnect from the wet kit to the trailer.
If i had to have a Hyd. Unit i would just get a beaver tail or a sliding axle trailer.