How much trailer will I need?

   / How much trailer will I need? #31  
Yes it can be done...

When I hauled my tractor in the dump trailer there was no room for my 6' brush cutter. I put two 2x6 boards across the pickup box and set the brush cutter on those. Cut blocks to fit against the truck bed on the under side and against the brush cutter top side. Strapped it in place with 3 10K ratchet straps. Worked great.

I’ve hauled a 5’ cutter in regular bed pickup once and it was a tight squeeze. I wouldn’t want to do it on routine basis. Hauling a cutter on a flatbed truck or dump bed would be a breeze.
 
   / How much trailer will I need?
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#32  
Just so you can see what a CK4010, loader, backhoe and 6' cutter looks like loaded on a 20' (and I mean exactly 20' long) trailer. Towed like nothing was back there. Helps when you have 1200 ft lbs of torque.

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   / How much trailer will I need? #33  
   / How much trailer will I need? #34  
How are you loading & unloading that brush hog ??

Probably with the backhoe arm and that yellow sling around the gear box but I think you’d need a helper to keep it from swinging.
 
   / How much trailer will I need? #35  
Probably with the backhoe arm and that yellow sling around the gear box but I think you’d need a helper to keep it from swinging.
I would assume that also.
 
   / How much trailer will I need?
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#36  
How are you loading & unloading that brush hog ??

Me and my buddy Big Chris just lifted it up and set it up there.














Lifting strap and backhoe. Easy peasy. lol
 
   / How much trailer will I need? #37  
Another benefit to having a backhoe..:D
 
   / How much trailer will I need? #38  
Another benefit to having a backhoe..:D

A backhoe is handy beyond belief.
Particularly...... one that can do REAL work.
 
   / How much trailer will I need?
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#39  
A backhoe is handy beyond belief.
Particularly...... one that can do REAL work.

Can't tell if this is a positive post or a slam against small backhoes! Well done.
 
   / How much trailer will I need? #40  
Can't tell if this is a positive post or a slam against small backhoes! Well done.

I bought a JD 2305 TLB when I bought my house 13 years ago, I did a ton of stuff with the little 260, it took a long time to get things done but it did everything I asked it to and was fun to boot.. I sold the whole machine a few years later and bought something newer without a backhoe, I have rented an excavator a couple of times since..

Small backhoes have there place.. In the right environment they can be very useful..
 

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