Large Surplus Trailers

[1ton]

I am curious about military equipment trailers, lowboys especally. Does anyone know about the pricing on these comparted to the norm? Also dependabilty and durablity compared to civilian normal. And do the use ndcc tires and split rims?

 

[Desert Rat]

1ton,

Usually the lowboys are in good structural condition but in need of new wood 90% of the time. They usually use an off shoot of the NDCC tires for the smaller and shorter lowboy. These tires can easily be converted to more common civy tires. As far as longevity, like anything else, it depends upon use.

 

[1ton]

Thanks for the info DR. Do the 40 ton lowboys have wood or metal floors?

 

[Desert Rat]

1ton,
Usually everything has wood (hardwood is mandated by federal law as a minimum legal standard). I'm planning to replace the wood on my car carrier with diamond plate once the money becomes available.

 

[1ton]

does anyone know how wide the the 60T and 62T low boys are. I all ready have a large on/off highway civvy tractor so i can pull them. I don't really want to deal with overwidth stuff i can help it since most of my stuff will fit down the road off a trailer. But i really need to get a equipment trailer b/c my goosenecks just aren't cutting it. :banghead:


Also i a pintle hitch trailer will work well with my dumptruck for the smaller stuff. I would like to know the military designations just to make looking around a bit eaiser. [^]

brock

 

[Elwenil]

M-747 60 Ton:

 

[Desert Rat]

Now that's my kind of trailer!!!!!

 

[1ton]

Well that is just another MV(close enough) that is just begging for super singles. With a little trimming of the deck i could get it down to 102 inches and have a great trailer. The fact that i would even consider paying 10K (atleast) to do that much work just to get something OD (agian close enough) is really starting to scare me. I wish the roads out here were a bit wider and the bicyclist would all disappear :devil: and then i would think about ti but you can't drive a dually tractor around here on the highway with out either almost taking out roadsigns, mailboxes, other vehicles, AND the bycylists. But thankfully the key word is almost.

 

[1ton]

BTW i don't have any problems with bicylcists, i just wish more of them would use the bike trails. The worst is when a bunch of idiots group together and take up almost the whole lane.

 

[Recovry4x4]

They're massive. I passed one sitting at a constrruction site in JAX FL. It was attached to the M123 tractor. Totally cool!

 

[Desert Rat]

Kenny,
So how many hours did it take to get from end to end ? Looking at your post I'm guessing the construction site had a few speed bumps too.....................

 

[Recovry4x4]

Gheez, I have no idea. With Jonathan on board I wasn't trying to se any records. Probably 21 or 22 hrs I'm guessing. We stopped frequently. The most we did in a day was 500 miles.

 

[NEIOWA]

Is there such thing as a low profile super single with a 12000lb + rating? If so sign us up for 8ea.

M747 tires are 15x19.5.

 

[Desert Rat]

I'm not aware of any.