Just Ordered My B7500!

[Anonymous Poster]

dtmarion...

I also purchased from Carver and had to make the swap from the tractor trailer to the ground. I called a local garage that had a roll back truck. Fortunately the roll back truck had some ramps, but because of the low ground clearance of the MM, the FEL was needed to raise the front end up as I back down the ramps till the MM cleared.
I was a bit nervous as this was my first experience driving a tractor like this and then to have to back it down ramps while lifting the front end up. All turned out well though.
Since the truck driver had a cell phone, I was able to keep in close contact as he got closer to my deilvery (he had about 6 others to deliver before mine) which worked out well.
All in all, I have been pleased with my purchase from Carver.

 

[dtmarion]

dpm, Thats exactly the info I need. I too am new to this type of tractor and am a bit nervous about the truck to truck swap. Thanks for the info.

 

[frank_f15]

if the flat bed is 52 in. what is the height of the car carrier?mabey u can raise the back end of car carrier enough for a simple drive off the flat bed? right on to the carrier.or use a coupel of auto ramps to tranfer, just throwing idea's out there.

 

[Jeff396]

Here's another option Carver suggested to me when at we thought my tractor would be delivered by flat bed. Find a loading dock that will let you offload the tractor. A lot of them have ramps down to ground level. Then you can drive it onto the roll back or pick it up with your own trailer to get it home. Just some more options.

Jeff

 

[Anonymous Poster]

What about building a couple of small ramps or someway of getting the rear wheels of the rollback truck off of the ground to level the two bed up to each other?