We have a manual tilting reel trailer that we use to transport reels of fiber or innerduct. For moving them around the yard, our two large plows have reel carriers so we just pick them up with those. Unloading from a truck can be tricky sometimes. If stuff is coming on a pallet we order a liftgate truck, a couple times we've had trucks show up with the reels just in the back of the truck, and have been able to pick them off the truck with a front end loader and chain.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw this huge reel trailer this morning on the side of the road a couple > miles from my house, with 3 big reels of duct, one in front of the other. > I was thinking WTF? On the way back I saw they were boring and pulling all > 3 ducts into the ground. Must have big plans. > > > *From:* Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2015 6:15 PM > *To:* Animal Farm <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Handling big reels > > > Or build a lift cage out of unistrut and a winch and come along system. > Saw one while back outside an electrical contractor. Thing Big Man Erector > Set... > On Sep 10, 2015 4:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Reel Trailers. >> Or a reel stand if you are doing it on the cheap. You can weld one up >> out of angle iron and put it on the back of a flat bed truck or trailer. >> Yes, you normally need a forklift too. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Adam Moffett >> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 3:46 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [AFMUG] Handling big reels >> >> What do you use to handle large spools of cable? >> Forklift? Reel trailer with hydraulics? >> >> One vendor suggested I look at reel trailers for one that can crank up >> to the height of a tractor trailer. I'm not sure if he's an idiot or if >> that's a real thing. >> >>
