Moving scissor lifts between job sites? Want to minimize rental time while maximizing crew productivity?
If you’re a Project Manager or Fleet Manager, you already know moving scissor lifts is a pain. The combination of weight and low ground clearance creates real problems and safety risks.
Good Trailers are here to help you solve those problems.
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Scissor Lift Safety Risks
Hauling scissor lifts traditionally means struggling with problems like:
- Tip-overs. Scissor lifts are top-heavy and loading them onto a high deck trailer using long, steep ramps is inherently dangerous. Any misalignment can lead to costly accidents.
- Bottoming out. Low ground clearance meets high-breakover angles on steep ramps. You get thousands of dollars in damage when the lift’s chassis or motors bottom out.
In the past, these safety risks have necessitated a long, slow loading process that could take up to an hour in wet, slippery conditions.
This video shows an excavator rather than a scissor lift, but it demonstrates the overall concept rather nicely.
The Cost of Old-School Hauling
Let’s look beyond the immediate danger of bottoming out. Relying on steep ramps and high-deck trailers introduces significant, hidden costs that Project and Fleet Managers must track: liability and downtime.
Every minute spent struggling with unsafe, slippery ramps is a minute your crew isn’t working. It’s a minute your company is exposed to increased risk.
A hydraulic drop deck system transforms this exposure into an asset.
Moving Scissor Lifts: Good Solutions
The GT19FL is inherently designed to help you solve all of the problems associated with moving scissor lifts.
- Ground-level loading. The deck drops to just 5.4″ and the gap between the deck and the ground is addressed with a near zero-angle ramp. This prevents bottoming out, and protects battery packs, controllers, and wiring harnesses. No more expensive scraping damage. Good Trailers pay for themselves on this feature alone.
- Speed & efficiency. Load your lift in minutes, no matter what the weather is doing. Reduce non-productive time for your highly paid crew members.
- Haul most mid-sized lifts. The GT19FL has 8,958 lbs of carrying capacity, perfect for the most commonly rented and owned mid-range lifts. This means you can safely carry a 32-foot electric scissor lift (average weight 4,800 lbs) or a 26-foot Rough Terrain Scissor Lift (average weight 8,000 lbs). The 17’9″ deck easily handles the footprint.
- Easy alignment. The ramp is nice and wide at 75″, providing ample room for the operator to maneuver the lift without being forced onto a narrow path. Better side-to-side tolerance ensures safe loading, especially in tight jobsite conditions.
By making the loading process safe, quick, and predictable, you are investing in:
- Injury prevention. You mitigate one of the most common causes of heavy equipment accidents on the jobsite.
- Insurance savings. Reducing accident frequency and severity can positively impact your Experience Modification Rate (EMR) over time.
- Compliance. Investing in Good Trailers helps demonstrate a proactive commitment to safety standards and efficient equipment handling.
Control Your Logistics
For fleet operations, the GT19FL is more than just a trailer. It’s a logistics tool that gives you control.
Hauling mid-sized lifts often means relying on third-party transports, or waiting for a specialized lowboy trailer.
The GT19FL’s robust 8,958 lbs carrying capacity and its ability to be towed by a common, heavy-duty pick-up truck means you can detach your lift from a subcontractor’s schedule. Need to move a lift across town at 6 AM?
No problem.
The GT19FL gives your crew the independence to manage their own assets quickly and legally, maximizing the utilization of both your lift and your human capital.
By allowing for easy, single-operator loading, the GT19FL effectively turns two-person loading into a safe, one-person task, further boosting efficiency.
Transform Transport
If you’re currently experiencing costly equipment damage, frustrating loading delays, or if you are simply looking for a proactive way to reduce jobsite risk, the GT19FL hydraulic drop deck trailer is the definitive solution.
It’s an investment that pays for itself—not just in preventing a single catastrophic bottom-out event, but also through consistent, daily savings in crew time, liability exposure, and operational efficiency.
Ready to transform the way you move scissor lifts? Call us today!
See also:
Hydraulic Drop Deck Trailer Winter Safety: The Ultimate Guide to Safe Loading in Icy Conditions
