I am trying to figure out how to tow my tractor to the dealer with the front loader still attached.
Since I move dead tractors around from time-to-time, here is what I do:
First, you have to get the FEL bkt off the ground. You will either have to
use a jack under the cross-tube or you can crank the engine with the
starter (assuming that is not your problem) with the FEL valve joystick
pulled back. Next, you will have to secure the loader arms in the UP
position. You can try chaining it up if there is something to chain to, but
be carefull of damaging things. I once had a tractor delivered where they
had strapped the loader a few inches off the ground, but they had crushed
some of the hyd hardlines on the cross tube. What I like to do is make a
couple of "stop blocks" that get pinched betw the FEL boom cyl bodies and
the rod cross tube. I use steel pipes cut in half the long way, but you
could also make something out of wood. You can see these stop blocks
in action (inaction?) at tractor shows and some dealers.