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Larry Hardesty

06-23-2004 17:23:54

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I am moving and have an opportunity to use an enclosed 50 foot semi trailer to move my three tractors. I do not have a loading ramp. Any suggestions on how to safely load the tractors. Some folks have suggested digging a hole for the back wheels of the trailer and then using the dirt as ramp. Anyone with experience with this? It is four feet from the ground to the bed of the truck. Welcome all thoughts with a strong eye towards safety!! I have a 340 with loader, Farmall A with belly mower, and Cub 154 with belly mower. If I would build a ramp, how long of an incline should I have to make it safe?

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HoneyRancher

06-24-2004 16:32:59

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Re: Loading Tractors into Enclosed SemiTrailer in reply to Larry Hardesty, 06-23-2004 17:23:54

I moved a Kubota & several implements from Texas to Iowa via United Van Lines. They hired a flatbed tow truck and we drove the Kubota with an implement attached up the tilted bed of the tow truck, he raised the bed & flattened it out at the height of the moving van and I backed the tractor in, disconnected the implement and went back to get another one.

The only bad thing was the van driver let the tow truck go before I got the empty tractor loaded and I had to drive it up a fibreglas 10 foot long ramp rated for 5000 pounds. My tractor and loader weigh about 4500. The ramp was real scary because it was steep and flexed up and down (mostly down) when I drove the tractor up.

When we got to Iowa, we reversed the process except we kept the tow truck until the tractor was also on the ground.

The question of ventilating the truck never came up, maybe because the Kubota is a diesel. We also had a full load of household goods and didn't notice any problem.

Hope this helps.

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Freud

06-24-2004 12:05:30

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Re: Loading Tractors into Enclosed SemiTrailer in reply to Larry Hardesty, 06-23-2004 17:23:54

If you transport in a closed trailer you may also need to placard all four sides of the trailer with hazmat placards indicating the flammable liquid (gas) still in the tractors. This is a U.S. DOT regulation for transporting such. Good luck.

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Hugh MacKay

06-24-2004 03:28:32

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Re: Loading Tractors into Enclosed SemiTrailer in reply to Larry Hardesty, 06-23-2004 17:23:54

Larry: Going to take a good ramp to load those tractors with the belly mowers. Even then you will need to exercise care. When I moved I hired a mover with a flat deck with good ramps. I left cultivators and rear mounted equipment on my Super A and 130, basically so he wouldn't have as many pieces to deal with or loose. He managed to bust a few items up. I have a belly mower now, and it has much less clearence than cultivators. Probably easier to damage as well. I had hauled these tractors on my small trailer for years, to and from fields, never did any damage.

Also in that closed trailer keep ventilation air flow through trailer open. Possibility of gas fume build up apparently is real. I talked with a company that wouldn't move my tractors as their trailers didn't have ventilation.

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Larry Hardesty

06-24-2004 09:41:56

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Re: Re: Loading Tractors into Enclosed SemiTrailer in reply to Hugh MacKay, 06-24-2004 03:28:32

All good advice and I will keep it in mind. I did talk to the trucking firm about the gasoline issue and they did not see it as a problem. Hope they are right. The angle on the loading dock has to be pretty slight for the belly mowers, but at least they do go up and down, while the cultivators are fixed in a position. Thanks much.
Larry

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mikeinmo

06-23-2004 19:30:38

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Re: Loading Tractors into Enclosed SemiTrailer in reply to Larry Hardesty, 06-23-2004 17:23:54

Don't know where you are at but here in Missouri almost ever MoDot Highway Maintenance shed has a loading dock. They can't tell you it is OK to use it but they won't say anything either as long as you don't interfere with their activities. I know I have used the one down the road from me on several occasions. Maybe you can find something similar near you. Good Luck.

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Larry Hardesty

06-24-2004 09:43:29

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Re: Re: Loading Tractors into Enclosed SemiTrailer in reply to mikeinmo, 06-23-2004 19:30:38

There is a firm with a loading dock about five miles from me, and I can ask them. The problem is getting all my tractors and implements there...and coordinate it with the drive...who will want to get on the road. Thanks for the ideas.

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buck

06-23-2004 18:15:40

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Re: Loading Tractors into Enclosed SemiTrailer in reply to Larry Hardesty, 06-23-2004 17:23:54

Contact a local towing company and tell them your needs. Load tractor onto rollback, back up to trailer and drive tractor in. You may also have a freight company near that has a ramp that they will allow you to use. Anyway rental on the rollback will be less costly than constructing your own ramp and your insurance MAY pay the fee.

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Larry Hardesty

06-24-2004 09:44:52

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Re: Re: Loading Tractors into Enclosed SemiTrailer in reply to buck, 06-23-2004 18:15:40

THanks for the ideas. I will check with the local machinery dealer as well as an auto body shop I have done business with. Thanks

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john *.?-!.* cub owner

06-23-2004 19:35:30

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Re: Re: Loading Tractors into Enclosed SemiTrailer in reply to buck, 06-23-2004 18:15:40

Local machinery dealer probably has a similiar rig that may cost less to rent.

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