Implement transport dollies

[Pooh_Bear]

Hey, I need to do that to my back blade.
Put a couple of short 2x4s under the blade.
I have been switching it out a lot lately and that sure would make it easier.
Thanks for the tip.

Pooh Bear

 

[kossetx]

Jim, Do they not all have them now? I bought an "A" model and it has them, as did all the other ones on the dealer lot. Maybe this dealer just orders them that way. Either way it is handy and it's part of the reason I bought blue. MP

 

[roxynoodle]

Well, it is certainly a good enough idea that it would be nice if all tractors came with them. If I ever decide to buy a new tractor that is an option that would certainly swing a particular brand over to my favor.

I know I had read one thread where someone hung his post hole digger to the rafters in his barn for ease of hookup. I don't know if I will ever buy a PHD because my neighbor lets me use his, but if I did I would probably put that idea to use, too.

 

[Neil L]

Telescoping arms were one of the reasons I went Blue. Really a great feature.

 

[Tom_H]

Almost all of my implements have dollies: Tiller, box blade, rear blade, dirt scoop, rough cutter, MMM. They all stay with the tractor in the 3rd bay of the garage. When something needs changing, the cars go out and everything rolls easily around on the concrete floor. A couple of minutes on, a couple of minutes off, and no wrenched back. The carry-all has casters bolted straight to the angle iron and the PHD has a chain hoist on the trusses and a docking rig on the wall.

 

[HillbillyFarmer]

I haven't seen a new Deere lately that didn't have telescoping links including mine. I've found that the key to getting an implement hooked up quick and easy is to learn how to back-up accurately.

 

[sandman2234]

I can back a tractor trailer down a one lane road for miles with no problem, but can't hit a 3pt hitch the first time (ever!)
Great idea, especially for people with concrete! Most of mine is already filled...
I can see some industrious individuals scouring the countryside looking for wrecked shopping carts to build "Implement transport dollies".
Start watching ebay!
No wonder supermarkets are paying large dollars to have anti theft perimeters installed around their premises to keep shopping carts from walking off (and never returning).

Don't take it wrong, I am not saying your wheels have anything to do with shopping carts, it was just an observation of a cheap source of wheels that somebody is probably considering. If I didn't already have way too many casters laying around, I might investigate it. LOL
David from jax

 

[roxynoodle]

My neighor works for the Lowes distribution center. Apparently some of the things that come in are on metal supports with caster wheels and they aren't reused. A lot of companies do this and I don't know why. The previous one she worked for got these nice (and huge) hardwood pallets and didn't reuse those either. I tore down a few of those for stall wood. So she brought home a bunch of them figuring someday she might want some wheels. I was about to buy wheels when she said well, gee, we have at least 100 of them out back. They were welded on to square metal bars but we just cut them off and they each had 4 holes for bolts so perfect for my use. She also had tons of bolts and nuts that apparently Lowes sells cheap to it's employees in large lots (they are used too so they came off of something probably that went to that warehouse). I have about a hundred long 2x6s from my barn that came down. I don't recommend that people steal shopping carts, lol! Harbor Freight has cheap caster wheels for anyone considering this same project.

As for backing up I seem to be able to put my 16' trailer anywhere I want including backing it all the way down the road if needed, but I can't get this tractor backed perfect to save my life. Power steering would probably help. As I said earlier I am always off on one side within an inch, usually less, but I can't budge my attachments to make up for that.

 

[sandman2234]

I think you have done a great thing to save yourself some work, and probably your back! The number of times I have tried to move something, and decided that it is too heavy has only outnumbered the ones I probably shouldn't have moved in the last couple of years. Before that I didn't have sense enough to know when I ought to climb back up on the tractor and take another shot at backing.
David from jax

By the way, backing a 16' trailer down a straight road is HARDER than backing a semi truck with a 53' trailer down the same road. It is when you get them in tight areas that this changes to a 16' being easier.
David

 

[Arcane]

[QUOTE

The backhoe however was a problem in itself since it doesn't make a connection with the lift arms, but we managed to handle that by making this dolly.[/QUOTE]


Pineridge:
Handsome dolly there, but I don't have the welding equipment or skills. Do you think it possible to do that with hardwood and more weightbearing wheels, or are the weights too great and too concentrated?

rk