Equipment Specs with Dimensions
Ritchie Specs buys and sells used equipment. They have a national distribution of centers where they have auctions and buy and sell equipment. We have shipped out of these locations for customers, but what we use their website for is a tool to find dimensions of different equipment for accurately determining trailer type required and dimensions for verifying if permits are needed for something oversize.
You can access the website through STARS->Web Tools->Ritchie Specs
You might talk to a customer who says they are shipping at ‘Caterpillar D3G XL’. Ideally the customer will provide you the dimensions, but if not, we can use Ritchie Specs to find them.
The Manufacturer in this case is ‘Caterpillar’ so you would type that in the search box.
The model number is ‘D3G XL’. There can be varying modal names and sometimes you have to just select the closest one available. Enter and select the model.
Once you have located the equipment type click on “Go” and they will generally show you a drawing of the equipment with the dimensions specs plus a whole lot of other data you don’t need.
Length x Width x Height x Weight
Pay attention to the overall dimensions. Use the drawings to quickly see what letter you need to reference for the overall length. Item ‘A’ is overall length. So review the length of ‘A’ and then do the same for Width ‘B’ and Height ‘C’.
Weight is often listed in the ‘Specifications’ area and we often use the “Operating Weight” value. In this example it’s 16,227 lbs.
This piece of equipment is not oversize, but would require a stepdeck trailer at minimum do to the height. However, often this type of equipment requires a trailer with an RGN for loading and unloading. It just depends, so be sure you are asking the right questions.
