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Posted by Andrew Mawson on March 2, 2008, 5:55 am
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> On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 21:07:02 -0000, "Andrew Mawson"
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> >I've just acquired an Ifor Williams CT166 tilting trailer to be
> >prepared for shifting the majority of my 26 tons currently in store
> >into the new workshop when ready. The entire body tilts, leaving a
12
> >degree slope from road to top, letting you winch a pallet on a
pallet
> >truck up, or a machine on rollers. Should be able to shift 80%
myself
> >reducing the hiab hire hopefully to a single day. GVW of 3.5 ton,
so
> >about 2.5 ton actual load with a flat bed 16 foot by 6 foot 6.
Should
> >have bought it years ago if I'd had anywhere to keep it.
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> >AWEM
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> Presumably the pallet/machine has to roll across the tailgate aswell
> (or does the tailgate come off?).
> Are the tailgates rated to 2.5 tons aswell?
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> Charles
I intend to lay an 8 x 4 of steel plate over the tailgate while
loading, as although it's intended for cars & minidiggers to roll up I
suspect that the wheels on a pallet truck would dig in. The tailgate
does lift off so the bed could be reversed against something like a
curb if necessary to give level loading. It would be simple to replace
the mesh with steel plate but not only is the windage significantly
increased, but the dead weight will go up and the carrying capacity go
down.
AWEM
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