40' Shipping Container VS Ford 3000 ....

RedDawg · Apr 17, 2016

Had to move a 40' shipping container about 15 feet to get it out from under a power line. The original delivery truck couldn't get it as far back as needed.

It may not look like it but the move was slightly inclined. I used some black locust logs as rollers and some 3/4" plywood. At first we hooked up a couple of come-a-longs and inched it along a bit. Then I fired up the 3000 and took a shot at pushing it.

It moved easy. Reset the logs twice and it was done. Leveled it up and built a ramp to get it. Next job is venting it and painting it. Have to love the proper application of horsepower.....

Royse · Apr 17, 2016

From the pictures I think your delivery driver wasn't the best.
But it looks like you had the knowledge and resourcefulness to
get the job done. Good job! Those things make for great storage.

RedDawg · Apr 17, 2016

It was more a matter of the wet clay underneath. It was a side off-load trailer. He had to drop it and hope we could get him out. Heck, it took the 3000 and my dad's Ram 3500 to get him moving again. No chance of him repositioning it.

JWA · Apr 17, 2016

Good job. Is that a Fasco 1200 loader w/trip bucket that you have enlarged somewhat? I have one that I am planning to install on my 3000. Do you run it off the 3 point controls through the selector valve? If so, does it work fairly well? Thanks Bill.

Hobo,NC · Apr 17, 2016

My 3000 had a beat up Fasco 1200 on it when I brought the tractor. It worked OK other than it had been busted up and haftarsed repaired. I had to put a clutch in the tractor so took it off and never put it back on. It was ran off the tractor hydraulics with a optional remote valve. Those loaders are for lite duty work :wink:

http://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=548924&highlight=loader

Ultradog MN · Apr 18, 2016

Nice post.
Where there's a will (and a tractor) there's
a way.
I have a couple of old semi trailers I use
for storing junk. I plan to give one away to
someone who will move the other one a couple
of miles to my other property. I want to
back it up to a bank and and ramp up to it
so I can drive a tractor into it.
Have thought about buying one of those
containers as ramping up to it would be
easier but will use what I have.

RedDawg · Apr 18, 2016

(quoted from post at 18:19:16 04/17/16) Good job. Is that a Fasco 1200 loader w/trip bucket that you have enlarged somewhat? I have one that I am planning to install on my 3000. Do you run it off the 3 point controls through the selector valve? If so, does it work fairly well? Thanks Bill.

Yes, it's a Fasco 1200 loader. It originally came on my 1955 Ford 640. I swapped it over to the 3000 since it has PS. The same controls fit both tractors and mount right under the seat. I need to replace the lines though as they are bit stretched on the 3000. The entire loader sits further forward on the 3000 than the 640 but the frame of the loader accounted for different rear axle positions. Had to make a different front bracket as the one on the 640 wouldn't work.

The bucket is actually a modified feed trough. The original owner modified it to work on this loader.

The loader works great. There are times I wish I had an actuated bucket but not often. It worked great for this job. I had to level off the ground a bit as there was a little rise where we were pushing the container. And it pushed against the door sill plate and made that move a lot easier and faster.

I've only had this tractor a couple of years. Still learning to 'trust' it.

RedDawg · Apr 18, 2016

(quoted from post at 02:11:52 04/18/16) Nice post.
Where there's a will (and a tractor) there's
a way.
I have a couple of old semi trailers I use
for storing junk. I plan to give one away to
someone who will move the other one a couple
of miles to my other property. I want to
back it up to a bank and and ramp up to it
so I can drive a tractor into it.
Have thought about buying one of those
containers as ramping up to it would be
easier but will use what I have.

I did put my 640 in the first one of these I bought. But then I built a lean-to next to it and now just park both tractors under it. No one is at my 'farm' during the week but there are neighbors around and I have cameras properly positioned.

Of course my container is only about a cinder block off the ground but I use landscape timbers and cement blocks underneath them to carry any weight of a tractor or implement I'm getting up into it.

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