Loading dead tractor onto trailer

[jaxs]

If the starter will turn it over you can usually raise the loader with the engine cranking over on it.

It's hard on the starter but if it's gas and that's the only option,at least remove spark plugs (number wires beforehand) to lighten starter load. I'd not do it on a diesel.

 

[ptsg]

It's hard on the starter but if it's gas and that's the only option,at least remove spark plugs (number wires beforehand) to lighten starter load. I'd not do it on a diesel.

Going by that route, you could just take the glow plugs on a diesel to have the same effect.

 

[Jstpssng]

It still seems much easier just to lift it with another tractor or hi-lift as mentioned. If you open the valve just as if you were using it things should go pretty smoothly.

I will know for sure this weekend. If the barn didn't also need attention I would just tie a chainfall or come-along to an overhead beam and lift it that way.

 

[RickB]

It's hard on the starter but if it's gas and that's the only option,at least remove spark plugs (number wires beforehand) to lighten starter load. I'd not do it on a diesel.

I’ve done it more times than I can count. You cant be stupid with the starter, it’s not ideal but it does work, gas or diesel. I also never wrecked a starter doing it.

 

[RickB]

It still seems much easier just to lift it with another tractor or hi-lift as mentioned. If you open the valve just as if you were using it things should go pretty smoothly.

I will know for sure this weekend. If the barn didn't also need attention I would just tie a chainfall or come-along to an overhead beam and lift it that way.

Turning a switch is easier than jackassing a high lift jack. Sometimes there is only a dead tractor and a trailer or truck to get it on.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^^
Luckily we have another tractor with a loader, after so many years I doubt that the battery is any good... even if I can find it.
I see your point though, it only needs to go up enough to keep from dragging.

 

[RickB]

^^^^^
Luckily we have another tractor with a loader, after so many years I doubt that the battery is any good... even if I can find it.
I see your point though, it only needs to go up enough to keep from dragging.

A decent battery is a requirement!

 

[quicksandfarmer]

When my oil pump failed I needed to get the tractor into the barn to replace it. I put the tractor in gear, put a socket on the crankshaft pulley with a long socket wrench, and cranked it in. It was kind of tricky cranking and steering at the same time but I managed. Just make sure you do whatever is necessary to keep the engine from starting.

 

[searcyfarms]

ball valve on hose of loader works great to hold them up i have them on our 706 so i dont have to take off the loader and can switch hoses for the rear remote controls, just pop out the loader quick connects and pop in the rear lines - shazam, u can do the same by lifing up the loader and then blocking the fluid flow so it doesnt allow the cylinders to go down

 

[My Gym]

Winch or come-a-long attached to draw bar and pull it backwards up the ramps. FEL will just slide up the ramps. That is how I did it last month when my tractor died in the field. Let the service department figure out how to get it off the trailer.