Picking up the PT from Overnite

[Marks481]

as long as the trailer is attached to a trailer hitch when you load it, a single axle trailer will work fine. Just try to keep the weight a little forward of the centerline. I tow my PT422 on an 8x10 single axle landscape trailer with no problems.

 

[NY_Yankees_Fan]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I was curious about the roll back truck. I had thought about that too. But shrugged it off thinking: "Surely no one would want to get involved with that and if they did, it couldn't be that much less expensive than the Uhaul route." )</font>

Give a few auto body shops a call you maybe surprised. I was going to buy a tractor in Delaware, (no taxes) about 200 miles away and got quotes of $250-$350 to drive down pick the tractor up and deliver it to my house. I called 3 auto body shops and no one said No we do not do that.

 

[tlbuser]

<font color="blue"> I was curious about the roll back truck. I had thought about that too. But shrugged it off thinking: "Surely no one would want to get involved with that and if they did, it couldn't be that much less expensive than the Uhaul route."
</font> Yep, any reliable towing co. would want to get involved with that. They only make money when they're loaded. Plus, it's insured while they're hauling it for you. And, you might be pleasantly surprised with the prices.

 

[MossRoad]

Speaking of gasoline, you need to take a bit with you as the PT is shipped nearly bone dry. 1/2 gallon should do fine.

Take your time and operate it SLOWLY. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

The joystick controls are very touchy. They are fast on either end of the travel and tend to slow down in the middle ranges of motion. UP/DOWN and CURL/DUMP both have these tendancies.

When you get to the dock at Overnight, they may have a forklift. Ask ahead of time if they will put the skids in the truck for you. Then put your PT on the trailer and go home. It will take you longer to unhook the trailer, re-hook the trailer and then load the PT and chain it down than it will for them to pop a couple/three pallets into your truck.

Then, when you get home, break down the pallets and use the quick attach to lift off some of the implements out of the truck. If you can't reach high enough with the quick attach, go to plan B and use the forks. Heck, get 3 friends and lift the attachments off the truck by hand. That would be the fastest. None of the attachments are so heavy that four people couldn't lift them with ease. I can tip up the 60" mower deck by myself, so four folks should do it very safely and very fast.

Then arrange everything in a nice, neat display and take a picture for us! Something like this comes to mind. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[tracdoc]

Toolz,

You have addressed all of the significant issues ahead of the delivery. I too think this will now be a piece of cake. Just take your time, check and re-check and you'll be ready to head home.

Like pajoube, I have used 2x8's as loading ramps. I bought select stuff which was pressure treated, and I have loaded the PT as well as our race car which tips the scales at ~2,500#. If your experience dictates otherwise, go with your gut---one less thing to worry about. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Hey MR, I see your snow blade hiding behind those buckets. Are you ready for ol' man winter? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I played musical attachments this evening, and shuffled my snow blade to the front of the shed, so I can attach and go. Watch, we'll continue to have unseasonable warm weather here through December, and I'll have to cut the grass. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[MossRoad]

Moved the mower to the rear of the garage Saturday, followed by the large bucket with the small bucket, forks, soil slicer and grapple claw(no, it's not done yet) all nested in the large bucket. Set the 48" brush hog on top of that after I installed new blades and chopped up the garden for the winter. Then attached the plow, backed into the garage and put on the trickle charger. All ready for winter!!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Now think about that for a moment. If you had a conventional tractor with 3PT hitch how long would it have taken to:

Attach a finish mower, drive into the yard and detach a finish mower.

Attach a bucket, drive into the yard and detach a bucket.

Attach a brush hog, drive into the yard and detach a brush hog.

Attach a snow plow, drive into the yard and detach a snow plow.

Attach a finish mower and mow the leaves in the yard, then drive back to the garage and detach a finish mower.

Attach a brush hog, drive into the yard to a tree and detach a brush hog.

Attach pallet forks, drive into the yard and tip up your brush hog against the tree to change the blades, then drive back to the garage and detach pallet forks.

Attach a brush hog and chop up your garden for the winter, then drive back to the garage and detach your brush hog.

Attach a bucket full of three other attachments and detach a bucket in your garage.

Attach a brush hog and set it on top of your other implements and detach a brush hog.

Attach a snow plow and back into the garage.

Smile that it only took me about two hours, half an hour of which was spent mowing leaves, 15 minutes changing brush hog blades, 15 minutes chopping the garden, 15 minutes talking to the neighbor, a half an hour watching the ND/Navy game off and on and only about 10 minutes changing all those implements soooo many times! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

toolz_not_toyz,

You are going to love that tractor once you get use to it!!!! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[RegL]

Not so fast boys. Last year I was field mowing in December. That hydro oil loves it when it's 35 degrees out there.

 

[toy]

Moss road when you said that you used the pallet forks to tilt the brush hog up against a tree to take the blades off, When I go to sharpen the blades on mine and clean out the underside of mine I think I am going to try pushing the hinge part of the brush hog where the quick attach is forward and putting two bolts in the extra holes to make it stationary and then hook the power trac to it that way I believe it will tilt it up enough to do the service job[naturally don't hook up the hoses to the brush hog when doing this] . I sencirely believe that would work but I might be sencirely wrong.

 

[toy]

I believe the longer trailer would be easier to back up than a short trailer,although a 9 foot trailer shouldn't be too bad. If backing up is a concern to you this tip might help, hold the bottom of the steering wheel when you are backing up as you are backing up move the steering wheel[holding at the bottom} in the direction you want the trailer to go. Hope all goes well with your delivery and hope you enjoy that new tool and all the attachments you got.

 

[MossRoad]

Yes, I've seen someone mention that with the finish mower. Just remember to not get under the thing while working on it. If something would fail to hold, like a hose burst, connection pops off, or a squirrel jumps on the joystick while you're under there, well, it would hurt at best. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

I use the forks to tip it up against a tree and then strap it to the tree so it won't fall on me. The ground is soft so the wheels will stick in, but if it was hard, they would need to be blocked or strapped to the tree as well.

I did roll the finish mower over my toes once when tipping it up. The lip jumped off the sidewalk and landed on edge across my toes. Ooooh, I hate when that happens! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif