mounting a gravity wagon

[johnwayne360]

picked up what i think is a 400 bu dakon wagon on a consignment sale. Pulled it home at 50 mph, so im happy. Except it unloads on the wrong side. So i need to turn it around. Trying to figure out a ballpark what the wagon weighs. Have an 1835 case skidloader and a caseih 75 loader tractor. It should be enough to lift it. or not?

 

[JMS/.MN]

A typical 250 bu box like J&M, etc., with 8-10 ton gear, weighs about 2200 lbs. Weighed a 325 bu box/10 ton gear this fall at 2580 lbs. I just switched about 10 wagons this fall, using the 5240e Gehl skidloader, which is rated maybe 2100 lbs. Used a 4 foot pallet fork. Reach was good, but had to use posts on the forks on a couple. I used to have a 4625 Gehl, rated at 1350, which could barely lift double that.

I"d use both the skidloader and loader tractor, run chains underneath the box, and lift on both sides. Then switch the running gear end-for-end.

 

[urbancase]

the other year I got rid of a 250 bu j&m wagon and I used a 1845c skid steer it lifted it but was getting on the edge of being front heavy, I think mine is 1800 pound lift. I think the loader would do it but unsure on the lift of that model or lift each side with one then turn the gear I think you would be ok. good luck.

 

[DoubleR]

Mine was a smaller box.

I got four 50 gallon drums with the top still on and two long 4x6's. I lifted one end at a time and held it up with two drums and 4x6. Then the other end I did the same. Pulled the gear out, backed the new gear under it, then lifted one end at a time and stet the box on the new gear.

I was just wondering how you would get the gear out with a tractor on each end lifting the box. Guess you could pull the gear out and under sideways with a third tractor.

 

[Dave H (MI)]

There is a very technical way to calculate if a loader tractor has the capacity to lift the weight of a given object. You start the tractor and position it with the loader under the object, then attempt to raise the loader. If it contacts the object and stops dead, the object is too heavy. If the rear tires come off the ground, the object is definitely too heavy. If the loader lifts the object and the tractor moves but the power steering no longer functions, you are at your limit and need to go to plan B...not moving the tractor but instead moving the running gear. In all other situations, the weight is within specs.

Only slightly being a smart a**....that's actually how I do it.

 

[Don-Wi]

Lift it up high enough, you can wiggle the running gear out the side really easy. I swapped gears under hay wagons a couple years ago using 2 loaders, one in front one in back.Worked great.

Donovan from Wisconsin

 

[johnwayne360]

I didnt think the 95 would do it. but it did. My friend had a pallet fork with some long extensions, just drove up to it, picked it up and turned it around. Took less than an hour. Way easier than my plan. Which involved two people and two loaders. So all is good.

 

[Mike Aylward]

I bought a gravity wagon a few years ago that dumped on the wrong side. I switched it with nothing but a handyman jack and a comealong. Pull the box almost all the way off but let it rest on the rear bolster. Place a handyman jack under the box to hold it up. Pull the running gear away from the box, turn it around, and run it back under the raised box. Use the comealong to pull the box back onto the running gear. It wasn't too bad of a job. Mike