Doggggboy
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Not gonna lie. I had no idea what a lugger was.
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Mcygyver's Lugger trucks
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Dan Dubeau
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You need to make a flat deck machinery specific hauler for those bodies, and offer it for rent to riggers, machinery dealers, or home shop dreamers 
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They have a lot of those hoppers at the cement plant I work for quite a bit. I'm so far removed from decisions like that, but will try and sway a purchase if I ever get the chance. Guys are pretty rough on them there, so I imagine they go through more than a few a year. Guys are pretty rough on everything there, is awesome for me.
.They have a lot of those hoppers at the cement plant I work for quite a bit. I'm so far removed from decisions like that, but will try and sway a purchase if I ever get the chance. Guys are pretty rough on them there, so I imagine they go through more than a few a year. Guys are pretty rough on everything there, is awesome for me.
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Doggggboy
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I've seen them everywhere for years. I've always just thought of them in my head as hopper bottom bins and hopper bottom bin haulers.Now that you know .... can I sell you a lugger truck?This is one of our lugger truck bodies.
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Honestly, I just thought you were talking about logging but sucked at spelling
Yeah, the "lugger" I suppose comes the lifting lugs on the sides that the hooks grab (and I am a terrible speller)
Dan, we've build them for roll off truck bodies, basically a roll off bin without walls and doors....just the rails and floor. But it still ends up off the ground 9" (6" HSS rail and 3" channel joists). Lugger bins might work, bottom is just a plate of steel.
Dan, we've build them for roll off truck bodies, basically a roll off bin without walls and doors....just the rails and floor. But it still ends up off the ground 9" (6" HSS rail and 3" channel joists). Lugger bins might work, bottom is just a plate of steel.
Why does the marketing image look so gloomy and scary Mike? Something you are not telling us?
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What would a typical tare weight be on a rig as pictured.Now that you know .... can I sell you a lugger truck?
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We don't have those here on the island, it's all roll off and hook lift.
DPittman
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Sweet! I wish I had a need for one. I think they look like a "nice piece of kit" as some would say. But then if I had a need for one I'd be sad cuz I sure the hell wouldn't have the funds for one.Now that you know .... can I sell you a lugger truck?
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It gets a bit technical with lots of varaibles. The lifting capacity is 40,000 lbs but what you can carry changes with axle position and provincial laws. Figure 15 - 18 tons. The whole reason lugger trucks exist is that while they have less volume, they can carry more because of the weight they get over the front axle. For dense materials, that means a bigger payload than you get with the more voluminous roll offs. Hence they're smaller subset of the market and found where there is lots of scrap being hauled out of manufacturing plants.
Ah, makes sense. Around here the loads are lower density materials for the most part, no manufacturing.
It started out as a partly cloudy, partly sunny photo but the highlights & most of the mid-tones have been burned down in post-processing in an effort to make the truck stand out.
Is that because marketing photographers only work for 1hr on Wednesdays?
Unsure. I don't care for the effect myself. IMNSHO, there are better ways to showcase a product: depth of field, lighting, location, not so obvious post-processing, etc., etc., etc.