Well I want to say thanks for letting me join y’all I’ve been looking at getting a MEP-803. (Non trailered) to make as a standby for my house, and I didn’t see anyone post on it but has any one hauled one of them back home in their bed of a pickup I have a 2500 ram which it dimensions would fit no problem I just didn’t know if letterkenny would load it or not I really don’t want to. haul a trailer from Wisconsin or Illinois to penn and back . Plus I’m thinking on visiting friends at tobyhanna so less trailering the better. Thanks for the help
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New to the group and have a question -803 in the back of a pickup
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They will have no issue at all putting one in the bed... nice guys onsite in PA.
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I don't see why not. I've gotten 803s loaded in the back of the truck at Fayetteville. Just hope they don't stick a fork through the side of it as I watched them do on one of my load outs.
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Gotta love folks with fork lifts (...one of the units here right now):
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The guys in PA are top notch when it comes to loading, in my history. I've had some NG guys crunch up tail lights and stuff on me before @ Ft Drum, but no issues ever out of PA.
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I find them unstable with just chains you need the lift sling but it shouldnt be too hard to slide around once its in the bed.
Got mine back in the day they were being sold at GL. Mine already had a gouge in the side but it didn't hit anything inside to cause damage.
Picked up in their Atlanta yard and the guy had no trouble forking from the end to load in the back of my F150.
It didn't slide out easy at all using aluminum trailer ramps. I winched it out on a trailer. I had to put tension on the winch, then pry up on each skid. It would move a few inches each time and I would repeat the process until I had it off.
I have picked it up using the sling method by using bucket forks and trailer straps. I put the straps for one end on the loader arms and the others on the forks. I kept it a few inches off the ground and moved slow. Make sure and have plenty of rear ballast if you try this at home.
I have a 1200 lb ballast for my 3pt for doing loader and grapple work.
Picked up in their Atlanta yard and the guy had no trouble forking from the end to load in the back of my F150.
It didn't slide out easy at all using aluminum trailer ramps. I winched it out on a trailer. I had to put tension on the winch, then pry up on each skid. It would move a few inches each time and I would repeat the process until I had it off.
I have picked it up using the sling method by using bucket forks and trailer straps. I put the straps for one end on the loader arms and the others on the forks. I kept it a few inches off the ground and moved slow. Make sure and have plenty of rear ballast if you try this at home.
I have a 1200 lb ballast for my 3pt for doing loader and grapple work.
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all you guys have way too much nice stuff to work with.
I would have got it done by hand but takes a couple of whiles
I would have got it done by hand but takes a couple of whiles
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That picture of a MEP in the bed of a pickup truck is the manliest thing I've seen all day...
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The trick I use for 80X machines in trucks is that I purchased 4 6' x 1" wide lift straps.
I loop 1 end through the D-rings then through the eye on the other end of the strap to cinch 1 end around the ring.
Then bring all 4 straps together and secure the 4 eyes to a shackle etc. then lift from the shackle.
This way there is no chance of anything slipping, shifting etc.
Also straps are more forgiving on the paint then chains are, if you have a nicely painted machine, just be sure the door handles are folded in so a strap doesn't get caught on it and break a handle.
I loop 1 end through the D-rings then through the eye on the other end of the strap to cinch 1 end around the ring.
Then bring all 4 straps together and secure the 4 eyes to a shackle etc. then lift from the shackle.
This way there is no chance of anything slipping, shifting etc.
Also straps are more forgiving on the paint then chains are, if you have a nicely painted machine, just be sure the door handles are folded in so a strap doesn't get caught on it and break a handle.