Transporting JD 4110

[tld]

What would be the best way to transport a JD 4110 with RFM, bucket, and box blade?
Total distance is approx 400 miles. All I have available is an Expedition and I don't think it would pull a tandem trailer with these implements.

Would a U Haul enclosed truck work?

 

[Diamondpilot]

Why not the Expedition? That little machine only weighs 1579# and even with a FEL, maybe 450#, a RFM at maybe 500#, and a box blade at 500# max you are not that heavy. By my math its 3029#. I would tow that with a Ranger. Expeditions have between 6,500# all the way up to 9,500# depending on engine and axle ratio. A tandem axle trailer 16-18' long usually weighs in at 2,000# or so and add another 100# for chains and tie downs and you are still only at 5129#.

The weighs I gave are accurate for the tractor and on the heavy side for the RFM and Box Blade. In reality they are probably around 300-350#.

Chris

 

[Renze]

I often tow that weight (about 1400 kg which makes 2 ton gross) with my Volvo.... I've pulled 2300kg at long distances at ease... Your Expedition is probably a 300kg heavier than my Volvo.
What can i say, some people need more safety margin than others, to be safe and/or feel at ease.
If you tow only twice a year you might not be at ease, but the more frequently towing driver will just sit back and relax.

 

[Baucom]

Even if you have loaded tires and allowing for a heavy trailer and chains/binders, that load is well under 3 tons. I'd tow that cross country with an Expedition. All normal precautions when towing do apply--make sure you have functioning trailer brakes, bind the load well, make sure everything is in good working order.

 

[kennyd]

I don't think the weight is going to be a problem, but rather room on the trailer...are you planning on doing this all in one trip? What size trailer do you have?

 

[Diamondpilot]

I haul my 28 Hp Jinma that weigh 5,300# with the FEL and Bush Hog on my 18' trailer all the time behind 1/2 ton trucks like my old F-150 and my current Nissan Titan. Heck, I even hauled it 250 miles once to the inlaws behind my wifes V8 Mercury Mountanieer.

Chris

 

[tld]

I don't think the weight is going to be a problem, but rather room on the trailer...are you planning on doing this all in one trip? What size trailer do you have?

That's part of the problem. I will have to rent a trailer. That's why I thought of a truck. I could get more things in it. Yes, all in one trip.

 

[LoneCowboy]

there are almost always no tie downs inside a rental truck.

just rent a car carrier trailer (uhaul), should be 16' long which would be plenty.

the expedition should pull it fine.

 

[kennyd]

there are almost always no tie downs inside a rental truck.

just rent a car carrier trailer (uhaul), should be 16' long which would be plenty.

the expedition should pull it fine.

I don't think 16' is going to be long enough since he has to move the RFM and box blade. I have a 4110 w/FEL and a 16' trailer, and there would not be room for both rear implements.

 

[Diamondpilot]

Put the box blade on the front of the trailer with the FEL and chains. Then pull the tractor on and rest the bucket on the box blade. Leave the finish mower on the 3 point and chain it all down.

Chris

 

[Farmwithjunk]

For the cost of renting a trailer, fueling the Expedition, and all other assorted issues, call a wrecker company. They'll haul tractors on rollbacks for a reasonable fee. They have insurance, along with safe and adaquate equipment. I've had tractors hauled by a local auto/truck wrecker company on numerous occasions.

 

[some zilch]

along with safe and adaquate equipment

the last thing i would call most roll-back trucks and their drivers are safe and adequate. i'm surprised most of these people can breathe on their own, let alone safetly drive a truck with another vehicle chained to the back. i cant tell you how many times ive seen one of these clowns flying down the road with a car on their deck being held by nothing but the winch cable. i will drive my tractor somewhere before i would ever let some rollback driver take it for me. i drive a heavy haul lowboy, and know how to safetly transport machinery, these guys dont........

FYI....u-haul trailer tend to be on the HEAVY side (like really heavy), so that they can take the abuse of rental customers. they also tend to only have 2 "tracks" to drive the vehicle on (no center, just decking for the tires), so be sure you tractor's tires will fall on these "tracks". my buddy has on old ex-uhaul car trailer, and you cannot fit a fullsize truck on the deck, its just not long enough, and nowhere near 16ft, maybe 12ft. also, u-haul will ask a ton questions about what the tow vehicle is, what is going on the trailer, how much weight, etc, and if it doesnt pass their computer generated formula, they wont let you rent it, and if you lie and get in an accident, they sue you.

i had to move once, and rented a 24ft budget van (international truck), and loaded an old toyota pickup in the van, screwed wood blocks to the vans wood floor as wheel chocks, and used ratchet straps attached the the "e-track" that runs along the sides of the van body to secure it. it rode great. i then also towed a fullsize dodge truck on a borrowed car trailer behind the van. it went well.

i would have no issue putting a small tractor in the back of a box van. these trucks are rented by businesses for the purpose of being loaded up and used commercially day in and day out.

 

[LoneCowboy]

Put the box blade on the front of the trailer with the FEL and chains. Then pull the tractor on and rest the bucket on the box blade. Leave the finish mower on the 3 point and chain it all down.

Chris

what he said, not rocket surgery.

 

[kebo]

I used to have a JD 750 and could haul it, a 4ft Landpride bush hog, and a 5ft box blade on a 16ft tandem axle landscape trailer behind a 4x4 F-150 with the Triton V8 with no trouble at all. The way I usually loaded it all was to back the tractor onto the trailer with the BB hooked up. I would then unhook the BB and drive the tractor off, and slide the BB around so it was longways with the trailer and right up against one of the sidewalls.
Then I would attach the bush hog and back it up onto the trailer with the tailwheel just hanging over the front wall of the trailer. This way, the heaviest part of the load (the tractor itself) was balanced pretty evenly over the tandem axles. I could then adjust the tongue weight by sliding the BB forward or rearward to gain or lose more tongue weight.
Bear in mind the 750 is a narrow tractor (maybe 50" at the widest point) and my landscaping trailer is 82" inside wall to wall. That helped alot, plus the fact that it has a full width drive on tailgate which allows me to drive the tractor onto the trailer in the middle, or to one side or the other.

I'm guessing the 4110 is about the same width as the 750 (or maybe less) and if so, I think you can get all that equipment onto a 83" x 16ft trailer with a drive on tailgate. If you back the tractor onto it, you might have to raise the bucket to close the drive on gate, or if you drive on with the bucket first the bucket might need to hang over the front of the trailer.