sheepsfoot

[Big Bri]

So i have a chance to buy a Sheepsfoot and i'm wondering how big of one i could pull with my tractor. The one i'm looking at is a double roller. don't know how heavy it is but should find out tonight.
I have a Kubota MX5100. 4wd
Thanks for the help

 

[Bob Rooks]

Double drum sheepsfoot's come in a variety of sizes and weights. You could probably get away with one of the smaller ones.

 

[Big Bri]

Double drum sheepsfoot's come in a variety of sizes and weights. You could probably get away with one of the smaller ones.

Thanks for the reply, I still haven't gotten my return call on the size and weigh. i'm going to be building up a lot in the next couple of months (about a foot and a half) and thought it would be nice to buy this instead of renting.
Brian

 

[houston burt]

i have one thatwas a double some one cut down to one drum. the guys run a concrete company and were going to haul it off for scrap iron got it for cheap it is 6.5-7 foot wide and weight is about 1700-1800 pounds i think is what they told me

 

[Egon]

Some are filled with water for weight.

 

[powerstroke444e]

I would buy it and try but I would bet you end up only using one of the drums as I have pulled double drum rollers and they would push around dozers d5 or d6 on slopes.

 

[MMagis]

Powerstroke444e brings up a very important point. Pulling it is one thing, stopping it from pushing you down a hill is another.

 

[Big Bri]

Powerstroke444e brings up a very important point. Pulling it is one thing, stopping it from pushing you down a hill is another.

I'm lucky there as here in Louisiana. . . at least south LA we have no hills.any way the guy has never called me back so i guess i'll keep looking. he was asking 800 for a double roller sheepsfoot. i think it was about 7 to 8 ft wide.
Thanks for all the advice.
Brian

 

[powerstroke444e]

I have a small 3000lb smooth roller that I use all the time and would love to find a single roller sheeps foot as now I don't have the big toys but find I am wanting a small version of the big ones.

 

[Big Bri]

So i looked at another sheepfoot yesterday, just over 5' wide. i don't think Im going to buy this one because it needed some work. But looking at it and remembering some of your post about stoping it on a slope got me thinking about putting this thing on and off my trailer. I have a deck over goose so the ramps are pretty steep. I think pulling it up won't be a problem. Going down is what consurns me. Is this thing going to pull me off the trailer. . . Being short will it want to jack knife while backing down the ramp. Or am i over thinking this.
Thanks
Brian