HayDR
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Do not try to move that trailer on anything but level ground with that tractor. You do not have enough mass and weight to safely handle that trailer weight on an incline.stormking said:
Moving my gooseneck horse trailer
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ddivinia
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stormking said:
Agrisupply sells a nice trailer mover. It goes on your 3 point hitch and has a 2 5/16 ball on the top for moving goosenecks. I use one to move my trailers all the time.
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Your truck might get it out better than you think. Once you're hooked to the trailer you'll have a lot more weight over your back wheels. If it was me, I'd move the trailer out far enough so I could drive the tractor into it, all the way forward, and then try to just drive it out...
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Oh, and I almost forgot, with no offense intended to the member who posted, there is no way you would ever get me to pick the nose of the trailer up and push it up a steep hill while it was resting on the bucket/loader/fence post whatever. No way. That sounds like a good way to make it into the Safety forum to me...
Jimbrown
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Stormking. Seeing where you live. I bet you got a nice set of snow chains. I bet if you chain up the truck it will pull the thing out.
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Best bet is to get someone with a 4X4 to move it, but.stormking said:
Im not sure how big your tractor is, But I have a JD 5105 45hp, i welded a plate on my box blade and installed a ball on it. I have two GN trailers and its a pain to hook up the trailer and move them 20ft. I just lift the box blade/ball up into the GN hitch (dont lock the lock, you might want to get out quick) lift up a little to clear the jacks and away I go. If you are going up a incline, I would have weigh in the FEL. You can go easy and you should be OK. I think it took me about an hour to install the plate on the box blade.
Just an idea, but always us safety
jimainiac
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Seems like 'most any of the suggestions would work okay, especially a 4wd truck, if you could borrow one that's rigged up with a gooseneck ball. We have a three horse slant bumper-pull, and I always use a 4wd pickup for just this sort of problem (or parking in wet fields at rides). If you thought you might want to move the trailer around sometimes with the tractor, you might consider getting one of those 3ph attachments that incorporates a gooseneck ball. I use our tractor (L3830) to move our trailers around all the time with a 3ph ball.
The one thing you should not do is to try to move the trailer with your bucket. We have the same loader on our tractor, and it maxxes out at around 1100 lbs. load. As someone else mentioned, if you go with the 3ph ball, you might need to put some weight in the bucket to weight the front of the tractor. I don't have to, but our trailers, being bumper-pull, don't have that much tongue weight.
The one thing you should not do is to try to move the trailer with your bucket. We have the same loader on our tractor, and it maxxes out at around 1100 lbs. load. As someone else mentioned, if you go with the 3ph ball, you might need to put some weight in the bucket to weight the front of the tractor. I don't have to, but our trailers, being bumper-pull, don't have that much tongue weight.
Timber
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Before I would offer any advice a picture of the situation would make realistic options easier. That said my B7800 would have no problem moving my 8000 pound camper. I would only do that from the back of my tractor and never from the loader. If you were to do this fill the loader to use it for ballast. If your not moving it anytime soon then it will come to you by the time you need to move it again.
By the way I love the using horses to pull it. That would work on dirt but requires some special tac and it helps if the horses are trained for pulling but it is a great Idea. Horses are still the preferred method of logging in rough terrain
By the way I love the using horses to pull it. That would work on dirt but requires some special tac and it helps if the horses are trained for pulling but it is a great Idea. Horses are still the preferred method of logging in rough terrain
I still don't see what the problem is with trying to move it with the bucket or loader arms. Either it does or it doesn't. Either it will or it won't. You aren't gonna be picking it up off the ground crane style; lift it just enough to pick it up off the stands. I think you should try and show all these nutless armchair toy tractor owners what made this country in the first place. Your tractor and loader is 20% more capability than mine. I routinely pick up 1500# objects (baler axle, plunger side), boulders, stackwagon tongue, trees and other heavier stuff. Yes I have loaded tires and keep the fronts aired up. But for heaven's sake give it a try. It's a gooseneck. Not a 155 Howitzer with a stuck misfire in it. If this works, you are way up in the line of ball-less tractor paint waxers that seem to have taken over this forum. "Gee, honey do you think the groceries in the minivan will overload my loader bucket? I'd sure like to help you bring them in, but, I'd have to raise up the rpm to get enough power. OK, dear, I'll be out mowing the back 1/2 acre with my 3' finish mower. It will take me all day because I might roll over if I turn too quick. Just whistle if you need me... Maybe I need to change the air in the tires for nitrogen. Read that on the 'innernet'." Kisses."
Good grief, Charlie Brown. Show us some pix of the Grand Canyon this garage is in. Better would be 'before' and 'after'.
No wonder the Asians and Indians are kicking our asses. They still have courage and guts and enjoy a challenge.
Good grief, Charlie Brown. Show us some pix of the Grand Canyon this garage is in. Better would be 'before' and 'after'.
No wonder the Asians and Indians are kicking our asses. They still have courage and guts and enjoy a challenge.