Getting the Dingo on Monday

[Georgiehopper]

Well we are supposed to get a Dingo on Monday..now the problem is how to transport the thing. I am looking for some ramps and I've looked online...but most are too short. Our truck has a pretty high drop so I'd like to get ramps that are about 8 feet long.

Any recommendations guys? Don't say trailer it...I don't have the bux for that yet.

[Harleyman]

Double up 2x8's 10 or 12 foot long with ramp ends that should get you out there for laoding.

[KenH]

Is it a dump bed?? If so, tilt the bed alittle to decrease the angle of incline and bring the rear closer to the ground.

[Rex Mann]

Can't your guys just pick it up and put on the trailer. Ha Ha

Buy two sets of the 8 foot ramps and piggyback them. Place the first set on the edge of trailer, truck or what ever you are using for transport, then add the second set in the center or 2/3 of the way down the first set of ramps. You can buy 2 sets of the 8's for what 1 set of 12's will cost.

Peace,

Rex Mann

[stxkyboy]

You can afford a dingo but not a trailer .......

[Dan's lawn care]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by stxkyboy
[B]You can afford a dingo but not a trailer:rolleyes: :dizzy:

[Georgiehopper]

The trailer is $4500. The Dingo is 13,900 plus attachements which brings the whole thing to $21,000. I'm not paying cash for this thing..its being financed and I didnt want another $4500 to worry about.

[AL Inc]

IMO that sounds dangerous. I know we have had walk-behind mowers fall off the ramps while loading on to a truck and it wasn't pretty. That machine is also much heavier than a mower.

[landscapingpoolguy]

why do you need to have the"dingo trailer"?I think your better off spending that money on a used skid steer or a front end loader with a bucket in the back.... you can usually get them cheap at equipment auctions or farm auctions.....as for a $4500 trailer i can get u a real nice enclosed 7x14 trailer with two 3500 axles for that much money. The dingo is a nice machine......but its limited in what it can do.....the only real thing limiting a skid steer and i mean a smaller one(no more the 20 - 30 hp) is obstacles... id check out equipment trader.com or something before i spent 13,000 on a piece of eqipment that is goin to depriciate over time anyways. but if your really looking for a trailer go get yurself a used eqipment trailer. Prolly get one for about $1500 and then you can haul anything to and from a job.....man i cant beileve you paid 13000 on a dingo i think its hardly worth its price...maybe if they sold it at like 6 or 7 and a grand for each attachment then I'd say its worth it....but other then that id say think bigger then the dingo

Chuck
Perfect Property Services Inc.

[hosejockey2002]

I would rent or borrow a trailer. No way would I drive a $14,000 machine up wooden ramps into the back of a truck.

[Georgiehopper]

The Dingo is perfect for what we do. Our specialty is townhouses and small residential properties where we have to access gates 39 inches wide. The Dingo with the narrow wheel kit is perfect for that. On our jobs we could never have use for something like a bobcat..its much too big.

I think the Dingo is worth the price because it will pay for itself within one season and I don't have to worry about it showing up late for work.

I don't want to get the $4500 trailer either...thats overkill I think. And I don't like the idea of ramping a 1500 pound machine off the truck...so I'm searching for a happy medium...maybe a tilt trailer of some sort.

[Lanelle]

Maybe a Bri-Mar (dump) trailer would serve you well for multiple uses.

[Navig8r]

I can see your reluctance to spend another $4500 for a trailer.... but shop for a used trailer, or other types..... My Big Tex would carry that thing, with only a slight re-inforcement to the gate..... it only cost me $1700 with brakes!

If the machine will really pay for itself that quickly then you will be using it frequently and you NEED a better way to transport it. If the loading and unloading is going to be difficult, then it will be time-consuming, and if you use it a lot, that time adds up to time that could be spent on jobs which could pay for a trailer......

[Scag48]

My trailer is made by Wacker, the compaction equipment company. It's a single axle 6X10, probably too small for you, but this thing is rated for 3,000 lbs. The gate weighs well over 100 lbs and is huge. I'd look into some sort of equipment trailer, not tilt though. Tilt is a pain if you have to load attachments separate from the machine. Say if you place a bucket in the front of the trailer and you want to take the machine off to get another attachment on the machine. The problem is the weight of the bucket on the front will keep the front end of the trailer down, making it difficult, not impossible, but difficult to get the rear of the trailer down to get the Dingo on there. Just a thought

[hnter]

putting a dingo in the back of a truck via ramps is both inconvenient and, above all, dangerous...very unwise...you don't need the 'dingo trailer', but imo you do need a trailer...

be safe...