Looking for an excavator and a local place has a nice looking 230 deere excavator. I have a almost new 35 ton detach that is rated for 70000 in 12' i believe. This would be hooked behind a daycab tractor. I havent weighed my tractor/trailer to see my tare weight but im going to guess with the 230 hoe i would be over 80K. On ritchiebros site it says the 230 would weigh 52400. I thought it might weigh a little more than that. Tandem axle tractor by the way. Being ove a couple thousand dosent bother me too much just dont want to damage anything. thanks
It seems like you answered your own question, the trailer is rated for more than the machine weighs, and point loading won't be an issue.
I finally weighed my tractor/trailer and empty is around 32000. Add the hoe at 55000 which is what dealer said it would weigh would get you to 87-88000. Overweight by DOT standards but didnt want to abuse the trailer.
Well it all depends if you are going to be legal or not but a 230 would be over width and so if you are going to get an oversize permit it will be overweight to! In ks I get an annual permit good up to 120,000 if I can axle it and up to 16' 6" wide for $150! Have no idea if you can get such a permit in Iowa but if you could that would be cheaper than getting fined! Jerry
In Oregon you can get annual or temporary overweight permits within certain limitations. One thing that's a "Gotcha" though is you can't haul an extra bucket or hoe-pack or actually anything not bolted or pinned to the machine, has to be a single piece, "non-reducible" load. On the other hand if you have enough axles and tires you can get an "extended weight permit" for things like a Dump truck and pup or a transfer setup, up to 105,000 GVW Fun stuff.