Unloading The Delivery of Your Attachment

[WH401]

FarmPro... Pfft! No wonder you think a carry-all is useless. Try a real implement: King Kutter Carry All, Model CA | Scoops | Northern Tool + Equipment

"Pfft!" Get you eyes checked there buddy, you failed to read that I stated that both of those choices were the first two that popped up on a Google search. The Northern Tool option was no where to be seen and I don't care for the useless junk anyway. Real implement? King Kutter is just a glorified store brand implement, if you want true quality than buy a Wood's/Bushhog/Landpride.

So 1000 lb rating on that King Kutter right? Alright, so lets say you load it up with some 1000 lb piece of crap. Not only do you have to wrestle it on to the carry-all, but you have to wrestle it off. If you have fork's, you can pick it up much easier, and drop it off by dumping it. Even if you have a pallet on the forks than it will still be easier than a carry-all. Using the loader to move something is always going to be easier and more economical for you rather than fiddling with a carry-all. It might benefit someone who doesn't have a loader, but it's pointless for someone who does.

Work smarter, not harder.

 

[wedge40]

Not everybody is independently wealthy. So sometime we have to work "harder" because that's only what our budget will allow.

Wedge

 

[WH401]

Not everybody is independently wealthy. So sometime we have to work "harder" because that's only what our budget will allow.

Wedge

"Assumption is the mother of all f***ups", so unless you know someone personally, don't make accusation's that you know nothing about.




Wow, this thread's way off topic.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I don't have any hooks on my loader for attaching chains. I may look at getting a set of forks for the FEL and I think that I'll get the 3PH frame from TSC and make a box for adding weight in the back.

Dennis

Actually you don't need chain hooks on the bucket. You can just wrap a chain around the entire bucket. With my bucket I can also hook onto the back bucket lip.
I unload 1000# or so with just my mower on the back for ballast. Also, even though I have forks, a carry all is very handy for the price.

 

[Ford850]

My carryall is used more than any other attachment. I have a FEL, and a ballast, but I use the carryall for some of those duties as well as many many others. It stays on one of my tractors most of the time. For $100, it's hard to beat it, especially if you get the heavier ones from TSC that are rated at 1000 lbs.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Most motor carrier services will drop at a terminal if you don't have an adaquate loading dock or fork lift. There, they can load directly into pick-up trucks, on trailers, ect, where unloading is much easier for the "average Joe".

 

[Reg]

Go to buy youself 2 wratcheted heavy lift tie down straps (about $18 per strap from True Value). Run the straps through the 3 point lift gates on the implement, put the FEL over the implement and attach run the straps over the FEL and then wratchet it up. You want it so that the implement is suspended by about a foot under the FEL.

I've done this to put my 400 lb tiller on my trailer to take to the dealer and then to lift it off aftewards. Pretty easy.

Lots cheaper then pallet forks.

I like the idea of you lift, and they drive the truck out from underneith.

If you have a attachment that you can put on you're 3PH for ballast, that would be good.

Have a helper available to try to keep the lift from swinging into the front of the tractor. Don't let them get between the two.

Do everything very s l o w l y . . .

Larry

I think he has an eensie weensie tractor without enough lift to get the loader OVER the implements when they are on a full sized trailer.
Besides which, it isn't smart to have a loader that high anyway, though for lifting it might be OK if the trailer is then driven out from under it - a 3 or 4 ft lowering before moving.
Even then, swinging weight under a loader can be a SERIOUS stability issue.

 

[deereboy72]

well when i get my tractor im going to take off the bucket and put on the forks i ordered than remove the other implements i ordered using the pallet forks cause the other implements will probably be on a pallet

 

[The Haymaker]

It looks as though this may have gotten off topic, and I don't feel like reading all the middle stuff. Here's a little bit about the ltl industry from a guy who has dedicated 15 years of his life to bringing you your goodies.

Chances are, the implements you ordered will be delivered via an "ltl" carrier. Your two best options have already been listed here. Have the shipper either note "liftgate service" or "Hold for consignee pickup at destination terminal".

Liftgates are a nice thing, but nothing frustrates me more than showing up at a residence that a VW bug wouldn't fit into, and I'm here to deliver a 6' square crate with a 4' long liftgate (note the size disparity here?) attached to a 48' trailer. While most carriers will happily take the fee to show with a liftgate, chances are most will NOT leave half of their deliveries behind so that the run can be loaded on a pup trailer. Remember, the ltl carrier did not leave the barn that day just for you, he has 20 other customers who want their freight too. Don't mean to sound rude, but that's how this business works. It's why it runs you 200 in shipping via ltl, versus the 2 grand a dedicated would run.

Holding at the destination terminal is a win in many ways. It allows us to load your freight onto a 2' tall trailer for you to unload at your convenience, and keeps you from taking the day off on the day of delivery. It's rare we can make an appointment to a residence. We can give you a 4 hour window and that's about it. The carrier will allow you to leave the freight on their dock for a SHORT time, but they will charge you storage if you take more than a few days.

If no liftgate, a good trick for unloading heavy crates IF the driver will help you. Use two heavy planks as ramps against the lip on the back of the truck. Simply dig divots in the ground for the end of the planks to rest in, then stand a wooden pallet under the planks at the truck end, preferably leaning in slightly and resting against the truck. This is your safety. Throw sand on the planks. if the driver will help you muscle the equipment onto the ramp, it won't stop until it hits bottom.

Again, not to be rude, but remember that the ltl driver is most likely under intense pressure to deliver ALL of his days customers freight in a timely manner, so you will not be allowed to delay him more than 15 to 30 minutes without accruing charges. In the case of my company, our normal service is next day all of New England. There's no extra charge, that's just what we do. Buffalo to Calais, Maine, overnight. That includes bouncing between a couple of terminals before it gets to my truck, along with the other load of stops I need to make before 5pm. See why we hurry?

I hope this helped a little.

E

 

[IslandTractor]

I agree with Haymaker. I've had lots of implements delivered to the terminal and then I have gone to get them with a Uhaul trailer (the 5x9 open trailer is really a very solid device and a bargain at about $20/day). The guys at the trucking terminal are always nice about loading the equipment into the trailer with their forklift. To get it out depends on exactly what it is and how much it weighs. I lift most things out now with my loader but with my smaller tractor I sometimes could only barely lift a heavy implement off the trailer deck and I would then simply drive the trailer out from underneath the suspended load. I've also just pulled the load out the back of the trailer by skidding it out.

The other nice thing about going to the terminal is that you can do so at your convenience rather than hanging around at home for the trucking company hoping there is no big delay. It is also cheaper than home delivery even without the liftgate service.