Pipe deployment trailer
AssigneeTrinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC
InventorsChristopher White, Kyle Helbing, Alexander Lee Winn
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Abstract
A trailer is provided having a trailer base and a trailer bed mounted to the trailer base. The trailer includes at least one actuator coupled to the trailer bed and the trailer base that raises and lowers the trailer bed. When the at least one actuator is extended, the trailer bed is raised to a vertical orientation. When the at least one actuator is retracted, the trailer bed is in the horizontal orientation. The trailer includes a lifting head protruding outwardly from the trailer bed. The position of the lifting head is adjustable along a longitudinal axis of the trailer bed.
Claims7
A method for manipulating a coil of pipe, comprising:
- providing a trailer, comprising:
- a trailer bed mounted to a trailer base;
- and
- a lifting head disposed on the trailer bed, the lifting head comprising one or more arms protruding in an outwardly direction from the trailer bed;
- positioning the coil of pipe on the lifting head, wherein the coil of pipe and the trailer bed are in a vertical orientation, positioning comprising:
- adjusting a position of the lifting head along the trailer bed to align the one or more arms of the lifting head with an interior channel extending through the coil of pipe;
- and
- inserting the one or more arms of the lifting head through the interior channel of the coil of pipe;
- lowering the trailer bed to a horizontal orientation while the coil of pipe is positioned on the lifting head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.