Ok, I finally found time to pick up my tractor and stuff. I had to drive about 400 miles but I think it was worth it for the price I got. I was actually surprised as to how well my GMC 1500 pulled the load. I had taken advice from this board and bought a weight distributing hitch which I believe did the trick. I have attached a couple of picdtures. One has my tractor helper in it.
My research and planned purchase
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MtnViewRanch
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How did you get the mower off? 
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Nice looking setup. With all those toys there will be no end of jobs for you.
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Very nice! And nicely equipped too! The help looks like she's ready for a ride.
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wow good deal and backhoe.............. I looked at the kioti here in canada,the best he would give me 45 hp cab and fel 34000.00 nothing extra.I past it up and bought a mccormick for a much better deal.you gys get good prices in the usa
miramadar
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GREAT looking rig! Boy, it sure has that Chevy squatted down! And you say you had no problems dragging it 400 miles? What size motor do you have in the 1500? A 350?
Dodgeram
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How did you get the mower off?
I'm guessing he lifted it with the Back Hoe.
Very Nice setup.
Tom
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That would be my guess also, just didn't know how much weight that hoe would actually pick up and be able to reach out to set it away from the trailer.
Thanks for the comments. And yes, my little girl (Meredith 4 yrs old) wants to do anything Daddy does, especially the tractor. I was anxious to use the backhoe and teach myself, so I went off to dig a few stumps. She sat in the drivers seat looking over my shoulder on every stump. And, giving me some advice as to what to dig next.
I did unload the cutter with the backhoe. However, as someone possed the question if the backhoe had enough power to lift it. Interesting because I thought backhoe should easily lift the 800 lb mower. However, I had to lift it by curling the bucket and kind of scoot it of the rear of the trailer. Is that to be expected?? My initial thought was shouldn't the backhoe be more powerful than that?? (Please give me your thoughts!!)
My truck has a 5.4 ltr V8. I was able to pull the trailer at 60 mph pretty easily. It did suck the gas, about 7.5 to 8 mpg. I watched the transmission temp. which stayed about 180 deg with an occasional 190 to 198 deg top.
I did get a good price and plan to do many projects as I am a die hard DIYS person.
I did unload the cutter with the backhoe. However, as someone possed the question if the backhoe had enough power to lift it. Interesting because I thought backhoe should easily lift the 800 lb mower. However, I had to lift it by curling the bucket and kind of scoot it of the rear of the trailer. Is that to be expected?? My initial thought was shouldn't the backhoe be more powerful than that?? (Please give me your thoughts!!)
My truck has a 5.4 ltr V8. I was able to pull the trailer at 60 mph pretty easily. It did suck the gas, about 7.5 to 8 mpg. I watched the transmission temp. which stayed about 180 deg with an occasional 190 to 198 deg top.
I did get a good price and plan to do many projects as I am a die hard DIYS person.