How to shift a 23 ton shipping container?

[spanners and hammers]

the correct machine with the correct planning will do the job correctly

 

[mogman]

I run a hiab truck and the biggest palfinger Crane is a 200 tonne meter but will only lift 20 tonnes at 6 meters
So finding a hiab big enough maybe difficult

 

[wasted years]

I run a hiab truck and the biggest palfinger Crane is a 200 tonne meter but will only lift 20 tonnes at 6 meters
So finding a hiab big enough maybe difficult

I thought Corners Transport could do it but they can only do 20,30 and 40 foot , not the 32 foot that mine is (or might be if I still buy it).

 

[mogman]

Just looked at there web site they only have a 68 tonne meter Crane so won’t lift your 23 ton box anyway

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Nobody’s mentioned welding an axle under the container

The twist locks and bracket off a skeletal trailer and weld a drawbar on.....

 

[mogman]

This is what you need just needs finishing

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

This is what you need just needs finishing

FFS my hiab has a bigger hook on it than that 1,

looks like the hook wont last long going by the rest of it

 

[mogman]

Maybe this one then lol

 

[phillipe]

Nobody’s mentioned welding an axle under the container

The twist locks and bracket off a skeletal trailer and weld a drawbar on.....

What you going to lift it with to put axle underneath?

 

[mogman]

What you going to lift it with to put axle underneath?

The Crane that costs £1200 a day of corse

 

[Mur Huwcun]

What you going to lift it with to put axle underneath?

Well four jacks out of an old Vauxhall Astra of course!!!

 

[spanners and hammers]

david copperfield ??

 

[200tdi]

On a suitable level site ,static lift and set down, mobile column lifts ?
Spreads the load over a larger footprint than a forklift

 

[200tdi]

 

[wasted years]

Finally got the container onto site yesterday on the second attempt.
The first time we tried to transfer the 'tainer onto a plant trailer near the site but the trailer was too short and the tractor was being lifted into the air.
Yesterday we tried with a 34 foot flat hay/straw trailer and large massey tractor and it managed easily.
I made a 30 by 40 foot pad on site for the crane and we backed the triler along side , lifted up and swung it through 90 degrees to get to resting place, then cowling and silencers on top.
Silencers were 2 ton!

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

any pictures

 

[wasted years]

any pictures

H'mm. dare I?

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

H'mm. dare I?

it will be ok, I don't know where you live

 

[roscoe erf]

so after 7 pages you got a crane in

 

[wasted years]

so after 7 pages you got a crane in

Don't have a go at me for taking advice you twit!!!!!!!
I couldn't do it with a self loading truck as they can't handle 34 foot, only 20, 30 and 40.
In the end it was just practical (especially this time of year) to do it this way, it would have been easier if we could have got the crane when the frost was on but life is like that.