If your moving a short distance it's only 1 crane hire 4 hour min , £400 max up here
but nobody knowsmove it the same way as they moved the dead horse
I think the best bet is to buy an old Jumbo forklift, I have a few leads to follow off the net.Matt Gregory transport worth a shout. Run a fleet of hiab mounted lorries.
There is a 20 tonner for £7500 ont' web, would like one cheaper really, don't think they will travel very well on the pit...............I'm liking the jumbo forklift idea, big bucket and shear grab, quick cow feeding, etc
My thought was to pick the container up off wagon , reverse 12 foot, , wagon moves away , tractor and trailer take its place, forklift back forward again and let down onto trailer.Our 3 tonne yard Forklifts get stuck in a cow shite on concrete. Going to need a well compacted site to work something that size.
No skidding , just lift up from one trailer to another then set down onto site.Confused
How will there be very little load on the forklift, ?
23 ton is not to be messed with, think you may find it won’t skid along the Trailer, too much dead weight.
From experience of smaller Forklifts it is often the back wheels carrying large counterweight which cause problems. Often better with a load on balancing out and putting weight on drive wheels. Could well work but you will need a solid road I think.My thought was to pick the container up off wagon , reverse 12 foot, , wagon moves away , tractor and trailer take its place, forklift back forward again and let down onto trailer.
Move forklift to site, pull T and Trailer in front of it, pick load up, trailer pulls away, lower forklift down onto site and reverse away empty.
Virtually no moving with load on forks.
My fall back position is to drive the forklift onto concrete sleepers to transfer from lorry to tractor trailer, they won't go far.From experience of smaller Forklifts it is often the back wheels carrying large counterweight which cause problems. Often better with a load on balancing out and putting weight on drive wheels. Could well work but you will need a solid road I think.
A) Who's in a bad mood tonight then?best of luck with that
dont want to pee on your bonfire, but if not on concrete a big forklift will be a pig to move, as it will not travel on rough ground, and if it gets stuck it will be up to the fire box in no time, and it will be 30 ton, hardly a simple task to get it out,
and when you do the lift there will be 60 ton plus on the front axle, that takes holding up
so your thinking of spending 7.5k plus haulage to get it to site, pissing on with it and end up saving nothing, its not as though it will be much good for anything else,
you will be better off in the long run to just get a crane for the days you need 1
Sorry mate but as stated there is no road to the site , there will be a track put in to the site this next week for diesel deliveries and service access.Arctic hook lift?
Upto 24 tonne capacity will need some mods to the container body but makes moving it easy just back it. Down he road and push it off
http://www.mccauleys.co.uk/products/commercial/hooklift-trailers