Mini Excavator Loading: How To Load a Mini Ex on a trailer 

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On this trailer there's nowhere I can position it to be able to use more than two d-rings when I need four tie down points.

Yea, I'm looking for a deal on one

omg, thank you! ive been meaning to destroy that thing!

he did hook it to 4 points.. 6 to be exact

@@bele28 no he didn't

@@gregs.3723 maybe count again?

4 points are only needed over 10k only. That’s only an 8500 lbs machine dummy.

Law requires. What a joke.

This one's the 16ft I also have a 20ft model.

Do you put the bucket toward the front on the 20' trailer?

@@danseely942 You can put it either way on the 20 ft trailer I generally load with the bucket towards the back but sometimes I carry attachments for the skid steer on that trailer if I need a bunch of them so it really just depends. If you have to just get one trailer definitely get a 20 ft the 16 ft works but it is quite small

@DiyCommerce I had ordered the 18', but it doesn't have the Mega ramps. So the dovetail has a slope to it. I was trying to figure out the best direction for the bucket. If I put the bucket in the back, it may be positioned on the slope of the beavertail. I am not certain if the weight distribution will allow it to be in the forward direction. Any thoughts?

@@danseely942 It would really just depend on where the axles of the trailer are it's okay if the elbow of the excavator so to speak is over the back just a little bit. More than likely it will be better to have the bucket towards the rear. I'm honestly torn on the mega ramps, they're nice because you don't have to aim but they're also quite steep and it's very sketchy loading the skid steer forwards on it where a lot of the ramp trailers have a better angle.

The stake pockets have a weight rating and this tiny machine is within the weight limit.

​@@DiyCommerce ya most have a rating of little over 5k but how that is figure and how you are hooked to one side changes how much it will actually take to rip the welds. Ya the you playing with a small piece of equipment but if you have any reason had chain slack and that mini has any ability to move and yank on the stake pockets it hitting with more force then you think so why do you bother to by big heavy chains and talk about over kill when hook them to a weak point on the trailer may as well use great 43 5/16 that would cost about half what you paid and since the point you hook to is good enough they be good enough to grade 43 5/16 probably still rip them stake pockets off before breaking.