[AT] O/T - Trailering

[Grant Brians]

Well, as an active farmer my trailering days are most definitely not over,
but I have taken to occasionally having a local trucker haul for me. As I
mentioned earlier this year, when I moved the Cat D8 dozer I bought last
year and the Cat D6 I bought this year those were both hauled for me. In
both cases, there was no way that I could have justified the cost of
acquiring a truck and trailer that could have hauled either one. The D8
weighs around 57,000 pounds with the wide blade, dual cable rigs front and
back, roll cage and accessories! The D6 "only" weighs 24,000 pounds as it is
smaller and there is no dozer blade. The D8 had to be moved over a mountain
pass (~2200'), over 25 miles of winding and steep road, several miles of 1.5
lane road with cliffs on both sides and other impediments. With a 12' width,
that was a JOB and it was a very good thing that they are experienced
hauling for the forestry department....
     Saturday, I was hauling irrigation pipe from over on the coast (about
1/2 mile from the ocean on an area of high hills) and it started raining.
This was not fun finishing loading, but not bad. However I drove 45 mph all
the way back to the ranch except for where I went slower. I was not about to
let the slippery and muddy roads create an accident for me. I have never
encounteed an irrigation pipe trailer with brakes on it and that definitely
includes mine. Fortunately all of the slopes/grades on that drive were very
mild.
            Grant Brians
            Vegetable/Nuts/Fruit Farmer
            Hollister,California

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]On Behalf Of Mike Sloane
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 9:28 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] O/T - Trailering


About 10 years ago, I bought a Case 430CK from a guy who was moving to
FL. While I was loading the tractor onto my trailer, he kept tossing
"stuff" into the back of my dump truck - tire chains, binders, log
chains, vises, bottle jacks, three-point brush cutter, and other things
that he couldn't/wouldn't sell and didn't want to take with him. By the
time both of us were done, I was pretty well loaded and almost certainly
at or above the combined 10,000 gross weight that the old F350 mason
dump was rated for. It was only about 30 miles, but almost all of it was
fairly steep hills over state roads and interstate highway in fairly
heavy traffic. And, did I mention, the trailer had no brakes.

It was a long slow pull, with a lot of angry drivers stuck behind me
when I had to shift down to third at 35 to get up the steeper hills. And
I was holding my breath and hoping that I wouldn't have to stop going
down - I could feel the trailer pushing the truck.

But I got home safely, for which I was very thankful. Not too long after
that, one of the rear brake lines blew while I was plowing snow, and I
thought back to my ride home with all that weight.
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/case_430_ck/case_430_ck_coming.html>

I still have the Case tractor, but the truck and the trailer are gone -
my tractor hauling days are over. If I ever buy or sell another tractor,
I will hire someone else to do the hauling (and the worrying). :-)

Mike

On 10/24/2010 10:46 AM, Dennis Johnson wrote:
> I just read Grant;s message about trailer ing big tractors with
> little trucks. It reminded me that some years back, I got a J-D "D"
> from Kansas, and towed it to Tulsa Oklahoma using a 76 Toyota Hilux
> and a rented 2 axle trailer. Just to make it intereting, it started
> snowing as we were leaving Kansas. Made it OK, with a lot of strange
> stares as people passed.  Not sure I would recomend it to others, and
> it makes me thankful that I now have a Ram 3500 and lowboy gooseneck
> that does significantly better. I wish that I could find that tractor
> again. Had to sell it during 1 transfer. Regards, Dennis
>
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