[AT] Transporting a Massey Ferguson 135 across country

Wed Sep 28 05:04:16 PDT 2016

 From experience I would take at least 4 spares.  If you purchase an old 
trailer rebuild the suspension, brakes and all wheel bearings.  Take 
spare bearings and seals. And keep it under 60 mph.

There will be some steep grades along the way.

On 9/27/2016 11:04 PM, Dean VP wrote:
> Scott,
>
> Make sure you check with trailer rental companies before making any
> decisions. Some maybe all rental trailers will rent a trailer to pull a car
> but will not allow a tractor to be pulled.  I would not recommend buying an
> old used trailer as you really don’t know what you willbne getting and
> probably would be facing tire issues as well. Many trailers of this type
> have ST tires on them and they are not worth the powder to blow them up.
> Many of the ST tires have a warranty of 3 years or 10,000 mile whichever
> comes first.  LT tires are much better.
>
> Dean VP
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6.
>
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> Subject: [AT] Transporting a Massey Ferguson 135 across country
>
> As our brand new house is nearing completion, we’re thinking there’s no
> better time to do what we’ve always thought about – moving out of this crazy
> tax-and-spend state!  We figure with a brand new house and freshly cleared
> land behind it (giving the kitchen window a really nice view of the newly
> cleared property) we’ll get top dollar for what we have here in NY, which
> will allow us to move to Arizona (maybe even without a mortgage), which is
> where we feel like we need to be for various reasons.  Not Phoenix (HOT),
> but Snowflake, up near Holbrook and Route 66, at 5,600 ft. altitude, and
> about 5,600 population, too.  Big change.
>
>   
>
> We figure we’ll rent a couple of the big U-Haul trucks (or Penske, or
> whatever’s cheapest) the biggest box trucks you can get without a CDL, and
> load up most of our things in those, but I’ll need to get my tractor out
> there somehow, and I don’t know what the best option for that will be.
>
>   
>
> Renting a trailer is an option, if I get a car hauler trailer, it will hold
> the tractor (and maybe one implement, like the mower, I hope.)  That would
> be around $700 for a one-way tow.  I could probably buy an old car hauler
> trailer or other dual axle flatbed trailer for around $800-1000.  To pull
> it, I’d use either my ’05 Sprinter, or maybe buy a pickup truck to pull it –
> but that might just be something like an old 1500 Silverado, not a ¾ ton or
> anything heavy duty like that.  I’d prefer to own a trailer to haul it with,
> vs renting, for taking it for repairs, or to do work at someone else’s
> property, so there’s a huge benefit to that, for not a lot more money.  But
> a rental trailer comes with company support, vs. sitting at the side of the
> road with a blowout or roasted bearing in my own trailer – who do I call
> then?
>
>   
>
> Another option would be to somehow get it into the back of one of the box
> trucks, I don’t know how possible or reasonable that is.
>
>   
>
> The tractor weighs about 3500 lbs., the mower another 900, I’ll be getting a
> 550 lbs box blade, maybe a back blade (200-300 lbs.??)  Because this is a
> vineyard model 135, it is very narrow, and would probably even just barely
> fit (lengthwise) in an 8 foot truck bed, with the right loading ramp (the
> width for sure would be fine, at about 50 inches.)  Here’s a vineyard model
> that sold at auction, same year as mine (but, ahem, a bit nicer…):
>
>   
>
> https://www.mecum.com/lots/GL0616-251644/massey-ferguson-135-vineyard/
>
>   
>
> So what should I do?  I’m afraid of selling, because I’ve always been sorry
> when I sold something I love as much as I love this tractor.  Sure, there
> are always other tractors, but if you sell your tractor, then buy another
> house, does the money really end up in another tractor, or just a nice
> granite countertop in the new house?  But that might be the best option, if
> moving it will end up too costly and maybe dangerous.  Because of where I
> live (where farms are going away, and people are leaving too, selling off
> what they have,) I think it is much easier and cheaper to find used
> implements here than in Arizona.  I can get a good 6 foot box blade for
> about $500 here, and I’ve looked online in AZ and it looked like a Woods or
> Bush Hog box blade would be closer to $800, just as an example.  I missed
> out on a really sturdy Gannon box for $300 or less, really kicking myself
> for that.  So selling here doesn’t automatically translate to buying there.
>
>   
>
> If you have any advice about hauling tractors, I’m all ears.  I may not
> follow your advice, but I’ll listen!  Also, any websites about this topic
> would be great, too.
>
>   
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott in Penfield NY
>
>
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