grain drill loading question?

[KJH]

Sold the drill for $500 guy mailed me a check will pick up in April, seeing if anyone has ideas on how to load? I plan to have our loader on one end, and then get a neighbor or friend over with a second one to have on it. Any one else have an idea on loading the drill. Its 14 feet long?

Thanks

Kyle

 

[KJH]

back of drill

 

[KJH]

back of drill

 

[CLW]

Is the tongue hard to take off? With both tractors on the same side of the drill put a chain on each wheel and lift it just higher than the trailer. Back the trailer under it and set it down. Adjust the drill to the center of the trailer. Tie it down and remove the tongue.

 

[KSTractor]

I picked ours up by the tongue and set it on the trailer with the tongue straight up.Anyone need another 1 about like this one only 12' low rubber tires?

 

[tim s]

2 loaders hooked 1/4 way in on each end with nylon straps would be a thought, then tilting the tongue up for transport..or chained to each wheel, but then the tongue weight would be heavy...a com-a-long from the end of the buckets towards the center down to the hitch frame may help balance it a bit too, slow and easy...

 

[Ray]

One loader will pick it up,not much weight there.
I pick those up with my 480E backoe with no
problem.Just let the tongue hang out on the right,(passenger side) and flag it.

 

[JLG]

I wonder what kind of trailer he's bringing? I have a 10' version of your drill. I loaded it on my equipment trailer by just setting up 2 ramps on the side of the trailer and backing the drill on with a tractor. I don't remember how I dealt wtih the trailer fenders, might have just backed over them. It must not have been too big of a deal because it doesn't stick out in my mind. The drill hitch stuck out from the deck a little, but not past the fenders.

 

[Tech 7]

Probably not going to help you in this case but we used to deliver drills with a tilt and load truck. We had two skids made up that you would place under the drills wheels,back the truck up to one end of the drill,tilt the deck and pull the drill on endwise with the winch. Sometimes had to use a plank to support the tongue jack, if it had a caster wheel that was a bonus. To unload you would need a tractor to pull the drill off the deck. Delivered several 21 run drills like this, Bob

 

[thurlow]

Loaded a somewhat newer model on a farm trailer dozens of times back in the '50s. We put the trailer off in a shallow road ditch and used a couple of 12 inch boards as ramps. Just backed it on with a tractor.

 

[Paul from MI]

Loaded mine by backing it up a couple of ramps onto my flat bed hay wagon. Hauled it home and took it off using the same ramps.
Paul

 

[Tx Jim]

Way back when I worked at a JD dealer I just put a chain around the box in the center of drill and picked up with one tractor and set them on/off trailer.

 

[JMS/.MN]

I"ve moved several- just hook the loader to the tongue, lift straight up and set it on its backside on the trailer....chain it down. Last one I sold to an Amish farmer- we tipped the tongue down and rolled it off the side, using planks and his horses. He wouldn"t drive his neighbor"s loader tractor. He said I could, but it didn"t start anyway.

 

[RonMC]

Sometimes, just calling a tow truck with an extendable boom is the easiest route. I did that to unload a one-way that I had loaded where a big J-D with loader was available to put it on the trailer by slinging it. Unloading with the truck boom was easy - he just lifted it clear of the trailer and I pulled it out from under. RonMC
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