Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: Loading Dead Tractors
[ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by mj on February 18, 2004 at 08:31:45 from (216.52.32.234):
In Reply to: Loading Dead Tractors posted by SB in AR on February 18, 2004 at 06:04:44:
I have a 24' flat-deck bumper-pull trailer with the rear 4' drooped at an angle. I used a Wyeth 2 ton come-along (double-lined to a snatch block) until recently when I mounted an electric winch (Warn 4 ton, also double-lined to reduce amperage draw). The hand winch has loaded full-sized pickups and various tractors; the toughest being a VAC with 2 flats on the rear. It was slow but sure, the electric is, of course, faster and easier. I always block the trailer at the rearmost crossmember to keep it level when the load starts up the dovetail ramp and engage the tow vehicles' 4wd to have all four wheels locked with the transmission and emergency brake.
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
A Lifetime of Farm Machinery - by Joe Michaels. I am a mechanical engineer by profession, specializing in powerplant work. I worked as a machinist and engine erector, with time spent overseas. I have always had a love for machinery, and an appreciation for farming and farm machinery. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not a place one would associate with farms or farm machinery. I credit my parents for instilling a lot of good values, a respect for learning, a knowledge of various skills and a little knowledge of farming in me, amo
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1964 I-H 140 tractor with cultivators and sidedresser. Starts and runs good. Asking 2650. CALL RON AT 502-319-1952
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|