I seen an hydraulic trailer lift system one time at a show that had support legs come out at the side (like a backhoe would) and the top portion of the system was capable of pickup up a reel right off a flatbed trailer. Hard to explain without writing a book but it worked .. problem was price and questions around it’s stability/durability. I seem to recall the price was $80k USD or something along those lines… never seen one since. Neat concept but I think that’s where it remained ;)
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 1:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Handling big reels We've got forklifts and a double hydraulic reel trailer that can pick up to 8' reels. The hydraulics jack it up off the ground. Regards, Chuck On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Jason McKemie <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I've used forklifts with extensions to unload them from the trailer, then a reel trailer to transport them. I've never seen a reel trailer that will lift up to tractor trailer height, even if they existed you'd still have no way to get it to catch - I'm calling BS on that one. On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: 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.
