Looking For A 40 FT Flat Bed Trailer

[SasquatchSanta]

I'm looking for a 40 or 45 foot X 8 foot wide flat bed trailer to haul and store my houseboat on.

What's the military designation for a 40 foot flat bed trailer?

Also, has anybody got any ideas as to market price?

I figure an 8 foot wide flat bed trailer will fix between the pontoons. A 9 foot wide trailer might fit --- I'll have to measure.

I'm going to install a 6-foot tongue with pintle hook on the front so I can use my deuce to put it in and out of the water. It doesn't have to be a very good trailer. Once it's on location it won't travel over two miles a year. The boat weights about 16,000 pounds.

 

[m16ty]

I would think you're going to need a trailer lower to the ground than anything the Military uses to load a houseboat on. The only Military flatbed trailers I know of that are 40' long are semi-trailers. Way too high for a boat trailer.

I'd say the cheapest route would be to find a couple of beams and axles and fab one up.

 

[NDT]

M270 is the 40' gooseneck semitrailer used behind the 5 ton tractor wrecker. Capy is 12 tons. You would need a dolly converter to use with a deuce. These come up on GSA a lot, price $2500. Deck is way up there at 48. Width is 96.

 

[SasquatchSanta]

48 to 54 inches high is good.

I'll check out the M270 --- should be able to locate a picture on via Google.

Thks

 

[SasquatchSanta]

I just did a little surfing around on the Internet. An M270 is exactly what I need.

I guess it's about time I got me feet wet with GL

Thanks

 

[SasquatchSanta]

Keep in mind an M270 sits lower than an M270a1

I'm not sure if the trailer pictures and shown in the data plate in this thread http://www.steelsoldiers.com/members-rides/24946-m819-m270.html in an M270 or a M270a1. I need the one shown in the data plate --- with the 48 inch deck.