Loading a Conex on a gooseneck trailer?

[cj7zrcool]

We’ve got (2) 20’ shipping containers that we need to move about 180 miles. My plan is to winch one up on my 30’ high deck (no dovetail) gooseneck trailer. It does not tilt. I’ve got a 12K# winch mounted @ the front of the bed of the trailer, & (2) 6’ ramps that I’m hoping the containers will “slide” up on until they get to the tipping point. I may have to weld the ramps to the steel deck to keep them in position and then cut the welds to release them. Anybody ever done anything like this?

[TX03RUBI]

I think I’d be welding a roller on the back of the deck before the ramps. Sling the winch cable over the roller, and allow it to pick up the front of the conex, then roll onto the trailer bed.

[Big_gun]

if a flat bend wrecker is close have him load one and back up to your trailer?
Or tractor with a front end loader to pick one end up and back under?

[cj7zrcool]

I think I’d be welding a roller on the back of the deck before the ramps. Sling the winch cable over the roller, and allow it to pick up the front of the conex, then roll onto the trailer bed.

That sounds good, but I ain’t got no roller like that. I did think about putting some 1-1/2” pipe down on the trailer deck to roll the Conex on to lessen the drag when we get it in position on the trailer. It’s just getting it there will be the biggest challenge.

[cj7zrcool]

if a flat bend wrecker is close have him load one and back up to your trailer?
Or tractor with a front end loader to pick one end up and back under?

It’s at our deer lease in SEOK and there’s nothing close by. If I took my tractor to aid in loading,it would take another trip back out there to pick it up, which I would prefer to avoid.

[Dale Moser]

Maybe a solid 4X4 a little taller than the trailer deck, propped under your winch cable, so that it stands up as you go and raises the cable above the trailer deck. Just be careful not to bind it up where you can’t get it out.

[DedDuk]

a couple farm jacks to lift one side to trailer height. Back under end and which up. Use farm jacks to get over breakover point.

[EliteDriver]

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[Arrowsmith]

I had to move six 20' containers about 300 yards on a job site a few years ago. I tried similar methods to load them. I gave up and called Davis Crane. I got an 18 ton crane out there and loaded and moved all six in about an hour. I know that is probably not feasible for you at your deer lease, but it should made the job easy.

[aggie2000tx]

I would jack up the end of the container and winch it on. Doubt it will go up ramps.

[Huntergirl723]

I hope someone is making a video of this project.

[bobc]

Stand up a rim on your trailer and run the cable over the top of it. Just spit balling here..

[Bassbuster]

I hauled a 20 footer 8 hours. I used a chain and a skid steer to pick up one side so I could back gooseneck trailer under it. Then set it down and went to the back side picked it up and slide it the rest of the way on. Your gonna need some way to lift the back end up while you winch or idk if the winch will pull it on alone.

[bboswell]

I have done this twice. I used either highlift jacks or a bottle jack it multiple steps and lots of blocks to get the front of the container to the level of the trailer deck and then put pieces of pipe across the deck of the trailer for the container to roll on.

get you a snatch block for that winch too.

[Tony Pic]

We did it with a gooseneck and had a backhoe and skid steer to get it on the trailer. I know that dont help, but this might.
Make sure all the screws heads/bolt heads on the deck of the trailer are seated below the deck of the trailer. They can stop the box from sliding if the box hits the screw/bolt head. Also make sure none of the strap hooks/hold downs are in the way of the box gliding on the trailer steel rails. They also can stop the box from sliding on or off.
Rollers are great. Pipe or round wood posts.
Good luck.