North to Alaska
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What is the weight and specs of the tractor?
Can’t give advice until we have that information
Can’t give advice until we have that information
sandman2234
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- Jacksonville, Florida
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- JD2555 and a few Allis Chalmers and now one Kubota
I have a friend who lives in Le Clair, IA who travels in a company pickup truck that just called me saying he was heading down near Auburn, Al and did I need anything hauled. I had not expected a call so soon, since he just delivered a pair of 1966 Chevy small block engines to KY where another friend met him and hauled them to TN where they await the next step of the journey to get to me. While I might meet up with him around Auburn for dinner, my schedule is too unpredictable for me to have him haul something unless I know of a place where I can store it until I can get to it. In your case, you could have had him drop it at a mini storage place until you could go after it. He doesn't charge me (or anyone else) for hauling, it just gets him a lot of very appreciative friends! We try to make sure he gets something for his efforts, simply because we don't want to lose that resource!
A network of friends with FEL tractors and room to store stuff out back for a little while is huge! I need to find someone who can unload and reload a trailer if two guys meet in the middle with loads around Columbia, SC because the guy in TN has a bunch of my stuff and I have a trailer load of his stuff that needs to go to him. Neither of us has time for a complete trip complete round trip but we could meet in the middle and swap loads and both be home for dinner that night.
David from jax
A network of friends with FEL tractors and room to store stuff out back for a little while is huge! I need to find someone who can unload and reload a trailer if two guys meet in the middle with loads around Columbia, SC because the guy in TN has a bunch of my stuff and I have a trailer load of his stuff that needs to go to him. Neither of us has time for a complete trip complete round trip but we could meet in the middle and swap loads and both be home for dinner that night.
David from jax
David, thanks so much for the offer. Sounds like you have great friends! We are still negotiating with the seller. We are in our 70's and the days of having hauling adventures are less and less fun. I'll keep you posted. You are very kind. Sue
Thanks, in our younger days we did do our own hauling. Just not sure we're up for it now that we're older. Also, don't know if we can negotiate a good price. Appreciate the suggestion. ...Sue
RayIN
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- 2002 MF 451
Don't give up on yourselves; I bought a 52HP tractor with FEL and forks and 6' bucket last summer and hauled it myself. I'm 82; it just took longer to load, chain, than 20 years ago.
Little Red Tractor
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Agreed. Those small tires are not friendly at highway speeds. It might make one long distance trip...might not.
aircommuter
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- coulterville,ca
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- case 570lxt, JCB 1550B, Gradall 534c, Hyster C612B,Ford 445A
You can do it. I am 76 and don’t hesitate to use my 14K deck over trailer for moving stuff around. Harbor Freight has a new heavier built trailer now. Might check the specs.