Storing and moving attachments

[roth2000]

So I plan to store my attachments and tractor indoors but with limited space I would need to move some of the attachments I have by hand. Any suggestions on the best way to go about it. I was thinking some sort of dolly/cart that I could set them on and then push out of the way. Looking for ideas and thanks in advance.

 

[Diggin It]

Dollies and carts are pretty common, but you need a solid smooth floor. They won't help on a dirt floor like in most sheds and pole buildings unless they have big wheels.

I'm considering some kind of hoist, but haven't figured out just what yet.

 

[jeff9366]

One thousand suggestions:

platform dolly | eBay

pallets with castors | eBay

pallets rolling | eBay

 

[Wagtail]

I have all (well, except my ballast roller & the drag harrow) of my FEL and 3PH implements on wheeled pallets. I made them up myself using heavy duty castors from one of our big hardware 'box stores' (as you'd call them).

My shed has a reinforced poured concrete slab floor... In the second picture there is a 'slasher' in the back, then the tiller, the 4in1 bucket followed by the fertiliser spreader. My landscape rake, also on it's wheeled pallet is also around the other side of the tractor. I just (single handedly) slide them apart and then slide them into position for hook-up. Easy-peasy.

 

[coolbrze]

I have all (well, except my ballast roller & the drag harrow) of my FEL and 3PH implements on wheeled pallets. I made them up myself using heavy duty castors from one of our big hardware 'box stores' (as you'd call them).

My shed has a reinforced poured concrete slab floor... In the second picture there is a 'slasher' in the back, then the tiller, the 4in1 bucket followed by the fertiliser spreader. My landscape rake, also on it's wheeled pallet is also around the other side of the tractor. I just (single handedly) slide them apart and then slide them into position for hook-up. Easy-peasy.

That's awesome, prob. makes hooking up simple since you can easily maneuver the attachment...

 

[Wagtail]

That's awesome, prob. makes hooking up simple since you can easily maneuver the attachment...

Yep! The castors are all 360 degree rotating type for extra manoeuvrability.

 

[ddbackhoe]

I have all (well, except my ballast roller & the drag harrow) of my FEL and 3PH implements on wheeled pallets.

Olaf is the shed protector, mascot, scarecrow?

 

[Diggin It]

Pallets are what I have in mind, but I'll have to find a way to suspend/lift them to move. I'm thinking a couple of 1 ton chainfalls since I can get them for $30 or so from HF. At least I could lift and rotate to position, and maybe swing a couple of feet.

 

[rbtjr]

+1 about putting attachments on dollies with 360-degree casters. And, generally speaking, the larger the diameter of the casters, the easier it is to roll the dolly and attachment. An alternative we have seen on TBN is to put attachments on pallets and store them on stout industrial-style shelving.

 

[oosik]

I wish I had a covered concrete floor - but that is not the case and never will be. SOOOO - I store anything with moving parts under cover and those things with no moving parts are out in the orchard. My tractor - grapple - chipper & rear blade are in a stall of my carport, under cover. The moldboard plow - LPGS - disk harrow - FEL bucket - ROBB are out there - all lined up - each on its own pallet.

 

[mikester]

So I plan to store my attachments and tractor indoors but with limited space I would need to move some of the attachments I have by hand. Any suggestions on the best way to go about it. I was thinking some sort of dolly/cart that I could set them on and then push out of the way. Looking for ideas and thanks in advance.

If you have the height and reach get industrial pallet racking and go vertical.

 

[oosik]

Industrial shelving is nice - be very careful if you go this way. Even Class 1 implements can be pretty darn heavy.

 

[Diggin It]

I wish I had a covered concrete floor - but that is not the case and never will be. SOOOO - I store anything with moving parts under cover and those things with no moving parts are out in the orchard. My tractor - grapple - chipper & rear blade are in a stall of my carport, under cover. The moldboard plow - LPGS - disk harrow - FEL bucket - ROBB are out there - all lined up - each on its own pallet.

That'll be me. I did some concrete inside an existing shed because the floor kept getting muddy .... long story. But I'll never have the fancy floored, heated and cooled 60 x 80 3 story custom built 'sheds' with overhead cranes many talk about here.

 

[Budweiser John]

I have Dolly’s for all my 3PH attachments and the only advice is, the bigger the caster the better.
I,be also found ‘hard wheels’ hold up better than pneumatic as pneumatic wheels tend to go flat
With heavy stuff sitting on them from season to season.

B. John

 

[oosik]

There are a few guys here on TBN that could set up the Indy 500 in their barn. Structure is so large - Catherine Bach (Daisy Duke) stands at the front door - handing out road maps. The barns are so large - they have their own zip code and you can get inside weather reports off the internet. The structure is so large - the design engineer had to make allowances for the curvature of earth on the barn design. Hey - I'm just gettin warmed up here. Ha, ha, ha

 

[TerryR]

See this thread for some other ideas about dollies.

 

[TheMan419]

I use the wood mover dollies sold at hf. They claim 1000 lb capacity. Then I build whatever platform I need on top of them out of 2x6 to fit the implement in question.

 

[shooterdon]

I use the cheap furniture dollies from Harbor Freight for my snowmobiles and my snow plow. I bought my first tractor this year and I will be using them for my implements as well. They go on sale for $8 each. Each has 4 swivel casters.

 

[Xfaxman]

On one section of the pallet rack, I put the first shelf up a little higher than the other sections so I could store 5 attachments on dollies under it.

The first two, the 4' box blade and the dual receiver hitch:

#3, the 3 point adapter:

#4, the tree puller:

#5, the tilt-tach: