Transporting a 9 Foot Wide Baler on a 8 Foot Wide Trailer

Peter 315 · Mar 31, 2020

Hay Dude said:
Assuming you can load it on the inside edge of your tires? Carefully load it. Once on trailer, Jack it up with floor jack onto 6x6 blocks and remove tires. Reverse process to unload. Dont forget to bring jack and cordless impact with you :laughing:
That is what I do, but my trailer is 102 wide with stake pockets/rub rails. Is yours 96 and no more?

Leave the tires on ... run early in the morning......

Hay Dude · Mar 31, 2020

Peter 315 said:
Leave the tires on ... run early in the morning......

Hahahahaha, I was going to suggest same, but didn’t want to appear as too much of a redneck farmer. :laughing:

Peter 315 · Mar 31, 2020

Hay Dude said:
Hahahahaha, I was going to suggest same, but didnç¨š want to appear as too much of a redneck farmer. :laughing:

I would put some angle Iron in the stake pockets where the tires are to make it wider .. No flags or ribbons draws to much attention... And run like the wind......

LouNY · Mar 31, 2020

Grease the wheel bearings good and tow it on the secondary roads, take it easy and enjoy the day.

Hay Dude · Mar 31, 2020

LouNY said:
Grease the wheel bearings good and tow it on the secondary roads, take it easy and enjoy the day.

I sold a manure wagon with really questionable tires to a guy and he towed it 50 miles on back roads. :shocked:
All he needed to do was mount a set of decent used tires on the rims and for under $100 he could have driven home a lot safer. He was going to have to replace the tires anyway...
When my round baler breaks, I tow it 25 miles to the dealer at 50mph no problem. Bearings and tires barely get hot.

flusher · Mar 31, 2020

I'm sure that you can find someone in your area with a good size industrial TLB to lift your baler and place it sideways on your trailer. Probably cost $50 or so for an hour's work. Remove the hitch and the wheels.

Like you, I towed a MF124 baler about 30 miles with my F150 on the back roads when I bought it about 12 years ago.

Good luck

fried1765 · Mar 31, 2020

Peter 315 said:
Leave the tires on ... run early in the morning......

280 miles..... "early in the morning".
That "morning" will definitely need to start a 12:01 AM

Hay Dude · Mar 31, 2020

fried1765 said:
280 miles..... "early in the morning".
That "morning" will definitely need to start a 12:01 AM

:laughing:
True dat!

Peter 315 · Mar 31, 2020

2 AM.......GO GO GO......

EHargroves · Mar 31, 2020

Thank you Everyone. I learned a lot from your answers, especially with my mental block. I now have several viable options. I believe I can back it on my 102" gooseneck flatbed trailer. I can use vehicle dollies under the axle close to the inside of the tires if I need to. Once in position, I can set the axle on blocks, remove the tires/wheels if necessary, then chain it down very good. Then in reverse to unload.

I remeasured the Baler Tires:

Outside of Tires: 105.5" (8' 9.5")
Center to Center: 96" (8')
Inside of Tires: 85.5" (7' 1.5")