newmercman:
They look the business those big Mercs. Do they still run a big V8 or have they gone inline 6 like the rest of the range?Dig, my trailer is rated for 55ton in 12’ of deck, so it can handle the reels easily, it had a fair amount of bend in it though, I drop all the air when loading and unloading of course and it drops or raises a good few inches with that weight, but no more than it would with something on tracks at similar weight .
NMM our trailers here were quite different to yours I can’t recall seeing any with similar ground clearance to yours and the type Patrick pulls around,obviously a different ball game as all the heavy lift units I towed were spring suspensions thats not to say its still the same as I have been out of it for 15 years now I shall take more note of what I see on our highways although I reckon you would have trouble climbing over some of our cattle grids. 
Dig