From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Mar 11 2003 - 18:45:52 PST
At 8:38 PM -0500 3/11/03, G.R. Baker wrote:
>This year I will have to get local municipalities and a friend in the
>construction business to haul the Stuart to shows and parades, but next year
>I hope to be able to buy some type of rig to haul it myself. What would be a
>good rig to haul it with? It weights 15 tons, would a deuce tractor do it or
>would it take a 5 ton? And is there any short lowboy type military trailers
>out there that are reasonable?
I'm in the same ballpark. I've been contemplating two solutions for
the Humber when it arrives.
5 ton truck with a heavy 2-3 axle trailer w/ pintle.
Like this
http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/forsale/Detail.asp?PID=416792&guid=afwqhoxo&pcid=2000686121&etid=1&OHID=497607&nh=0
5 Ton truck with a dolly converter and an 1 or 2 axle type low boy trailer.
like this one
http://www.truckpaper.com/listings/forsale/detail.asp?guid=afwqhoxo&pcid=2000676359&etid=1&OHID=455353&nh=0
You could go a step further and get a 5 ton tractor with a short
length type trailer. I need to be able to haul two vehicles as a
possibility and don't want a huge trailer to store.
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Ryan Gill rmgill@SPAMmindspring.com
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