Excavator Side Loading onto Lowboy

[@AWoodworkersLife]

Side loading is standard practice in the real world. He did everything right. Lots of people on here who have obviously have no idea what they're talking about. The main thing to watch for is to not side load on an unsupported trailer.

[@realmccoy9597]

Folding flanges is the biggest problem.

[@rodneylemen9304]

I do it everyday at our job... i dont see what everyones problem is if you dont have enough room to detach then thats how you have to do it... the kid done good

[@ancizargiraldo5505]

I agree with You, I do that as well every day as need it.

[@pdiddy9301]

Stephen is crazy as hell but damn that boy can drive! Beast of a truck!

[@nardp96]

I don't think some of you guys realize that sometimes you have no choice but to side load. If you take even a 35000 lb hoe on an asphalt road you can rip it apart. Even if it's cement you can send a crack down the edges if the pads hit it right. We busted a 3 foot chunk off a driveway one time with a 10000lb tracked skid steer. It just happened. Besides, redecking a trailer is easier than fixing a road. If you take it slow and easy, it isn't too hard on anything. Dozers are really the ones that are hard in trailers.

[@realmccoy9597]

We use tires or belting, but this also requires labor.

[@dozerblade]

In the 60's 70's we loaded everything over the side, 977, d6. d9, broyt and the trailors didn't lower to the ground then, you used to have to jack up the rear of the trailor and remove the 2 pairs of wheels, much easier to chuck down a couple of timers and drive right on!

[@matthiasgraveel9191]

in belgium they always load the excavators in this way if there are no ramps on the low-loader and it goes fast this way........and the low-loader remains in good condition if you have a good driver or operator ....... I dont see the problem

[@Mikekent5]

this guy is obviously no joke he means business

[@scottbrazinsky615]

Nice job.Smooth operator.Funny,all these negative comments.They havent a clue.

[@letsdig18]

@bigdeerefan2640 thats because it is!

[@powellvalley]

We need to see more of your KW pullin the lowboy. I LOVE the way that truck sounds. A Jake Brake video would be awesome!!!! Does it have a Detroit or Cummins?

[@gwenb4531]

No one thought to spot him with traffic? Perfect loading right there.

[@IdLike2Apologize2AbsolutelyNo1]

this wasnt his first rodeo

[@BigRigVideos]

good deal!

[@gonerongdotcom]

skid steering metal tracks over a timber body, i wonder how long that will last.

[@joespellman5774]

That's a good way to roll the edges of the trailer, therefore destroying the trailer.. I load and unload in the street when necessary, no matter how new or old the road is..

[@pete359ext]

Is that the same trucker as useual just with a new truck?

[@steveo4983]

1:12 alright throw a wide load sign on and lets go

[@caleb505]

I wish the boss would let us side load our John Deere 230 onto our detachable lowboy. Pain in the ass unhooking and hooking the damn thing back up. Looks like you've dropped the gooseneck down and deflated the air bags on the truck to get it as low as possible to prevent twisting the truck frame.

[@HHTV60]

It might be okay for the FRAME but when the machine turns on the wood floor with one track blocked, sooner or later the floor will be screwed up. Ever see an excavator turn sharply on asphalt road? I don't know .. I'm not an expert. The heaviest excavator I've ever hauled weighed only 35,000 lb, but it just doesn't seem like a hot idea.

[@memyselfandifarmer]

Sergei Dratchev you come along way, thank you captain.

[@SpidermanRun]

that twisting would do some scraping on the pad though eh?

[@johntapp3311]

Just what is the freaking problem here?! This is done all the time. The damage to the trailer is minimal, and the operator looked like he knew what he was doing. I have loaded these excavators like this more than a few times myself, and sometimes I would drive up the ramps. Either way, whichever the trucker or the supervisor wants it. If you can't side load an excavator, you need practice driving one first.

[@freakshow2000]

@MotherTrucking1 haha, I knew some truck driver would get pissed. You are right, a truck driver calls it a lowboy

[@briancarroll575]

You guys sound like the guys that stand around and watch others do their job

[@toddh9365]

You make it look so easy. But when you're an expert I guess it is.

[@jordanhoffman2605]

I bet someone else owns the trailer.

[@tylercunningham3275]

If this was my equipment I'de fire everybody on the jobsite!

[@alvie2]

what tyler just said goes for me double.

[@NativeSkater1000]

They are in a residential zone with no turn off for the semi to disconnect on dirt. So... side loading is the only option in this scenerio.

[@kellyirwin1435]

I know you lower the deck to the ground but do you also drop the airbags on the trailer as well?

[@dmc31405]

I thought RGN trailers were made so that this wasn't necessary. The guy on the excavator is good at what he does, and I see that he had the trailer on the ground. Does loading like this save time? And if so, is it worth the risk?

[@Starcar4900EX]

Great video. Kyle

[@ramboman9214]

1:37 if that van would have been 3 seconds slower it would have a bucket in the windshield

[@dniebergal]

But he didn't

[@BradyHill1]

@theoman69 Dean's brought my last 200 down from Raliegh, he unloaded it off the side here in my yard, they're too lazy to break the neck apart.....lol

[@HHTV60]

i'm just about to get this kind of thing (hauling equipment with a lowboy) and even to me this looks NOT a proper way to load this Volvo. But naturally this is a company owned truck and prob'le company owned trailer, so why should the driver give a *uck? I'd never do this to my own trailer!

[@jayco2221]

Sergei Dratchev the trailer is built for this. Ours is too. We’ve loaded from the side for 15 years and never fixed anything on ours.

[@letsdig18]

@specialks1953 yeah I let him load it so I could get a video haha is that bad?

[@letsdig18]

@MotherTrucking1 Yeah I usually just let them load it as if they catch a track on the trailer and tear something up its not my fault. that and most of the time Im not even on the job lol

[@realmccoy9597]

What's this trailer look like in 2022?

[@psychoboimatty]

Side loading may be common practice in some areas, But SERIOUSLY, Look at the 'counterweight' with all the mud and junk on it....... It's had more hits than Elvis!!!!!!! You are seriously "hard on the Gear" brother..... P.s. Hi from Australia....... :)

[@letsdig18]

well when your in a pond dredging it out and sink to that level its kinda hard not to get mud on the machine lol

[@alexxxxx12341]

yea come over the ditch mate sometimes u gotta do what u gotta do

[@25mfd]

@powellvalley Detroit? Cummins? Try CAT.

[@Oscar-Sh]

@freeskakel he is in north carolina

[@Iowaironman1]

Side loading is wrong in a hurry or not. Trailers are not designed for the stresses incurred loading like this. The time is money state is foolish as well. It takes a lot of time to to gather the money to by a lowboy trailer so you might as well take care it. I own and operate my own lowboy and excavator I never side load a machine. To each their own though I guess money just grows on trees for you guys.

[@johntapp3311]

Iowaironman1 the decking comes under the heading of sacrificial wood, just like the teeth on the bucket, and the bucket itself comes under the heading of sacrificial iron. All under the heading of the cost of doing business.

[@wesleymoody1754]

Why side load like that on an RGN trailer?

[@scottbrazinsky615]

cause you cant go on the pavement!

[@frenchfrizzle92]

very impressive

[@bigdeerefan2640]

that looks like one of fowlers old trucks pulling the lowboy

[@cooljohn1977]

why not un hook the low boy trailer and then drive the excavator on the trailer.that's what the trailer is made for

[@kidthing1119]

he looks about 15.

[@letsdig18]

@theoman69 all of the above! lol

[@htygavinwow]

yu dident u load it up

[@BigRigVideos]

lol

[@gregsteininger]

Very hard on the trailer. Our lowboy driver would get fired for side loading.

[@johntapp3311]

Mike G amen to that!!

[@N8Harris1999]

@letsdig18 did ya read the message i sent to ya?

[@dennislang2591]

ConstructionCentral no

[@briancarroll575]

Time is money you guys must not be in business

[@SuperTrailmix]

If u have to load in the street and don’t want to tear it up it’s called lumber you now ply wood to track on the you load the trailer ther right way from the front or back

[@bman007plush88]

and if its Wet out, roll out your mats. clean up the any mud or rock on Machine and trailer before you roll out.

[@freakshow2000]

I think I saw this video before. I also think truck drivers should not be loading equipment.....who better to do this then the operator?

[@nardp96]

freakshow2000 it's a liability thing. Let the driver fuck their own truck up

[@johntapp3311]

I was a repairman, and I have seen truckers, operators, repairmen and even supervisors load these with the same skill level. We all did this where I used to work. No big deal.

[@realmccoy9597]

Company driver's do this nonsense, professional heavy hauling companies won't allow it period!!

[@jaywilliamson9860]

I drove for a company and I never did this , except once. a special built machine that had to be side loaded BUT the manufacturer made special ramps to do it as not to damage the trailer. Any other time you'd be fired on the spot!

[@jjsoom4665]

no

[@fnkdrmr86]

all that because you were to lazy to unhook the truck? Good way to fuck up that deck on your lowboy

[@durtyfinguz]

absolutely ridiculous!!! The driver was clearly to remove the hydraulic neck up front. Judging by the day cab its another company driver who just doesn't give a fuck because the equipment is not his. Take a guess how much that lowboy is, better yet how old it is and tell me you'd keep that idiot as an employee. SMFH

[@brandonharris9237]

Considering they own all this ....mind ya business pussy

[@IdLike2Apologize2AbsolutelyNo1]

you can tell hes done this a time or 5