What do you move your trailer with?
As I watched the farm owner move our trailer into the shed with his John Deere 720 tractor, it got me thinking - for those of you that have your own land and/or storage space, what do you move your tr...
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Depends on the size of the trailer and the terrain its to be moved on. It rough getting back up into my trailer sheds.
A tractor model number or simply a tractor tells us nothing as they come from lightweight 600 lbs lawn tractors or a 1200 lbs garden tractor or a 18hp to 50 hp compact utility tractor that may weigh 2200 lbs to 6800 lbs.
Some tractors have a FEL and are big enough to move a 40' trailer and some are not.
Same with a trailer which can be a single axle light weight popup or a tri axle 15000 lb 40' model.
My 50 hp Farmtrac FT60 tractor weighs approx 6500-6800 lbs with the loader so it can move just about any size RV trailer with the 3 point or loader.
I use it to back my GN and bumper pull flatbed trailers into the shed. I use my truck to back the 11200 lb 5th wheel trailer in its shed.
I moved a 3400 lb bass boat with a 18 hp garden tractor on level surface. One time it was parked off my drive way surface. Let the hitch down on the ball and when I let the clutch out the front wheels went 3' off the ground. The only thing saving me from being crushed was a plate sticking out behind the rear wheels for that purpose. After that I left the trailers jack wheel lower as a safety catch.
A tractor model number or simply a tractor tells us nothing as they come from lightweight 600 lbs lawn tractors or a 1200 lbs garden tractor or a 18hp to 50 hp compact utility tractor that may weigh 2200 lbs to 6800 lbs.
Some tractors have a FEL and are big enough to move a 40' trailer and some are not.
Same with a trailer which can be a single axle light weight popup or a tri axle 15000 lb 40' model.
My 50 hp Farmtrac FT60 tractor weighs approx 6500-6800 lbs with the loader so it can move just about any size RV trailer with the 3 point or loader.
I use it to back my GN and bumper pull flatbed trailers into the shed. I use my truck to back the 11200 lb 5th wheel trailer in its shed.
I moved a 3400 lb bass boat with a 18 hp garden tractor on level surface. One time it was parked off my drive way surface. Let the hitch down on the ball and when I let the clutch out the front wheels went 3' off the ground. The only thing saving me from being crushed was a plate sticking out behind the rear wheels for that purpose. After that I left the trailers jack wheel lower as a safety catch.
