Can't load my tractor!

[Mike Costello]

I'm in the replace the trailer camp. It seems to me all the solutions needed to load your tractor & hoe are a major pain in the ... Looking at your tractor on your trailer picture--the first thing that comes to mind is too small a trailer and overweight. A safety cop might think the same thing even if you are legal in all respects. Do you want to be hassled every time you move your tractor? Surely, there are trailers out there (think good used) that would solve this issue in all respects. And, selling your current trailer would help offset the cost. Mike.

 

[Steve C]

Use a set of vehicle ramps like you would use to dive up on to change your oil. Place them behind or in front of your rear wheels and drive up on them therefore lowering the rear of the trailer. That with some long ramps should work. Just make sure to block under the rear of the trailer so the weight does nto lift up the rear tires of the ramps.

That is a great and enexpensive idea.

Since he is only going to move it a couple times a year. His ramps that are on the trailer already have the blocking built in. The trailer is short enough that the ramps under his truck wheels is probably all he needs. They will raise the front of his trailer 14" -16" that will put the rear of the trailer almost on the ground...problem solved. If you had to use it every day it would be a pain in the rear, but for only a couple times a year or even once a week it is the solution that I would uses.

 

[powerstroke444e]

If your only going to move it a few times a year take the ramps off the trailer and back in a ditch or over the curb. If you can't do that use the backhoe. DO NOT try the car ramps and rear truck tire thing or we will be reading this in the safety section.
When you get time/money sell your trailer and buy one that fits your needs.

Have fun and be safe

 

[Jay4200]

With your current trailer as a trade wouldn't you be better off in the long run to just get a trailer that will work best for your tractor?

Sure - but I need to move it in two days, so I need a solution now, and I'm not willing to run out to the trailer store and drop $3k to save a day of frustration.

JayC

 

[Jay4200]

This might just work.
I have an adjustable trailer hitch on my truck, I think it is a Reece. I paid about 30 dollars for it on clearance at Wal-Mart.

I was just discussing this gizmo with a friend yesterday - it IS a great solution, and I might just end up there - although price might be a problem, unless I find one on clearance at WalMart .

JayC

 

[Steve C]

If your only going to move it a few times a year take the ramps off the trailer and back in a ditch or over the curb. If you can't do that use the backhoe. DO NOT try the car ramps and rear truck tire thing or we will be reading this in the safety section.
When you get time/money sell your trailer and buy one that fits your needs.

Have fun and be safe

What is wrong with the ramps under the truck idea? If the rear of the trailer is blocked so it can't drop and lift the truck what else could happen?

I have used ramps under my front wheels of my truck to drop the rear and load large motorcycles in the back without having them become high centered where the ramp meets the truck bed.

 

[Jay4200]

I'm in the replace the trailer camp. It seems to me all the solutions needed to load your tractor & hoe are a major pain in the ... Looking at your tractor on your trailer picture--the first thing that comes to mind is too small a trailer and overweight. A safety cop might think the same thing even if you are legal in all respects. Do you want to be hassled every time you move your tractor? Surely, there are trailers out there (think good used) that would solve this issue in all respects. And, selling your current trailer would help offset the cost. Mike.

It is a little short, but far from overweight - its a 10,000# trailer and a 6000# tractor. However, a better trailer would, of course, be the best final solution. I'm working with what I have, at the moment...

JayC

 

[Jay4200]

Use a set of vehicle ramps like you would use to dive up on to change your oil. Place them behind or in front of your rear wheels and drive up on them therefore lowering the rear of the trailer. That with some long ramps should work. Just make sure to block under the rear of the trailer so the weight does nto lift up the rear tires of the ramps.

That's a good idea. I'll call that one "plan C".

JayC

 

[Steve C]

It is a little short, but far from overweight - its a 10,000# trailer and a 6000# tractor.

JayC

It is a great looking trailer...I wish I had one!

 

[Steve C]

That's a good idea. I'll call that one "plan C".

JayC

I would go with plan "c" I have 3 pair of those portable steel ramps and they hold up well and are cheap and have many uses. I have had them for about 30 years.