[AT] How not to load a tractor - or he's finally gone

[william.neff.powell at comcast.net]

Its always good when a plan comes together.... 

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From: David Bruce <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
> I had some timber cut here. It was a small plot (about 25 acres) and I
> used a small operation a friend had used before with no trouble. Things
> worked fine until last fall when he ran into a combination of money
> problems and broken equipment. He went to work for another logger and
> 
> left his equipment here over the winter - a small timber harvester, a
> small JD log skidder, a Ford Industrial tractor with a front end loader
> and a 24 foot equipment trailer.
> Finally a couple weeks ago he came back to get some of the equipment.
> They brought his bosses semi rig and his log skidder. Loaded the JD
> skidder and timber harvester - this was Friday - (using the bigger
> skidder to pull the equipment on the flat bed - his boss returned early
> Monday to get his skidder. Now down to the Ford and the trailer. The
> following Friday (last Friday) he and his bosses father returned with a
> three axle log truck to haul the tractor and trailer away. Then the fun
> began. Of course, the tractor never started. I towed the tractor up to
> the barn (loading site) with my JD 2010 diesel. I made the mistake of
> shutting down the JD while things were prepared for loading. Of course
> it doesn't start well when hot (vapor lock I think). Pulled out the MF
> 35 to pull start the JD. Then to loading the Ford on the trailer.
> Tried loading it with the JD and a chain - got about halfway (on the
> ramp) and the JD started spinning (of course no wench or come along).
> Finally we loaded by pulling with the MF and pushing on the forks of the
> loader on the Ford with the loader bucket on the JD.
> Then they chained everything down and started off with expired tags on
> the trailer. Since it was nearly dusk and the trailer light wiring
> wouldn't connect to the truck and the trailer tags were expired I'll bet
> they had some fun with THE MAN on the road.
> 
> David
> NW NC
> 
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