pclausen
Veteran Member
Well, my plan was to load the bush hog, finish mover and grapple onto the trailer, connect it to the tractor (with the pallet forks still on the front) and drive it the 4 miles down the road to my other property to work there over the weekend, interchanging between the following configurations:
Grapple Only
Bug Hog Only
Finish Mover Only
There is no way for me to fit it all on the trailer at once with the tractor and haul it down the road with my truck. So I figured, hey, let me pick up a 3pt hitch trailer mover, and use the tractor as the pulling vehicle. I was planning on hooking up the trailer brakes as the loaded trailer would be 4800lbs (trailer) + 2400lbs (bush hog) + 1300lbs (finish mover) + 1000lbs (grapple) for a total of 9500lbs.
Now, the 3pt trailer mover states max trailer weight 2200lbs, but I must assume that is tongue weight only as I don't know of any GN that is less than 2200lbs.
Given yesterday's incident, I think a better plan is to just leave the trailer at home and drive the tractor with the grapple and bush hog the 4 miles down the road and do everything I can with that combo, then come back and switch over to the finish mover and drive back.
Just for the record, I did lock the GN collar around the ball while I pulled it with the tractor, it was after releasing the collar, and dropping the 3pt hitch that the trailer started following me. Lesson learned! I'll never release the 3pt hitch ball again without wheel chucks in place, especially on ground that is not absolutely level. And I will always lock the GN collar around the ball when moving the trailer! The 3pt hitch ball does make it much easier to get the trailer in and out of the barn as it is a real pain with my crew cab long bed dually truck without a spotter.
Grapple Only
Bug Hog Only
Finish Mover Only
There is no way for me to fit it all on the trailer at once with the tractor and haul it down the road with my truck. So I figured, hey, let me pick up a 3pt hitch trailer mover, and use the tractor as the pulling vehicle. I was planning on hooking up the trailer brakes as the loaded trailer would be 4800lbs (trailer) + 2400lbs (bush hog) + 1300lbs (finish mover) + 1000lbs (grapple) for a total of 9500lbs.
Now, the 3pt trailer mover states max trailer weight 2200lbs, but I must assume that is tongue weight only as I don't know of any GN that is less than 2200lbs.
Given yesterday's incident, I think a better plan is to just leave the trailer at home and drive the tractor with the grapple and bush hog the 4 miles down the road and do everything I can with that combo, then come back and switch over to the finish mover and drive back.
Just for the record, I did lock the GN collar around the ball while I pulled it with the tractor, it was after releasing the collar, and dropping the 3pt hitch that the trailer started following me. Lesson learned! I'll never release the 3pt hitch ball again without wheel chucks in place, especially on ground that is not absolutely level. And I will always lock the GN collar around the ball when moving the trailer! The 3pt hitch ball does make it much easier to get the trailer in and out of the barn as it is a real pain with my crew cab long bed dually truck without a spotter.