Loading a broken down tractor

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Got to load a JD 2940 on a gooseneck low boy. Tractor does not run. Would we be better off pushing it or hooking a chain on it and pulling it which would have to be from the side. Thanks
 
chain to it & pull it on. We've done it lots of times; it's the easiest quickest way.
 
Until I mounted a winch I pulled stuff on with a chain. The more you can jack knife the truck and trailer the straighter the pull.I used a coupla planks to keep the chain from catching. Picked up tractors by myself where I blocked the trailer and pulled them on with the truck.
 
I once helped winch one on using two come-alongs. Not fun, but it can be done.
Another time we pushed one on backwards using another tractor with a front end loader. Place the front edge of the bucket just above the front wheels. Takes a skilled loader operator or you can take out a radiator! Another way would be to put the front wheels right in the bucket and push it up that way. Also requires a certain amount of skill.
 
Just make sure the pulling tractor is heavier than the one you are pulling.

An auctioneer tried to pull a DC Case on to a trailer with a small IH tractor. The IH got half way up the ramp then the front end went up and the tractor took a sharp turn to the left. Almost rolled over.
 
A skidloader works great for moving tractors with the bucket- just scoop them up and go...very maneuverable. With hooks welded to the bucket, you can hook up a loose chain and push/pull as needed. I also carry a double-ended hitch, pinned to the trailer frame.
 
I've done it both ways. Scares the bajeebers out of me to be the one on the tractor being loaded either way. I bought an Oliver 70 narrow front from an old guy who was blind in one eye. He said no problem,he had a large block and tackle and could pull it right on with his 4 wheel drive pickup. We hooked it off center on my gooseneck trailer. He took off like his tail was on fire and was still picking up speed when I got to the top of the ramps. I was just about to bail off when he finally hit the brakes.
Then I bought a narrow front Oliver 66 that had to be loaded. The guy put a 4x4 in the bucket of his skid steer and put it against the drawbar on the tractor. I got about halfway up and the 4x4 slipped up under the PTO. I went backwards in a hurry.
I pushed a DC Case on a trailer last summer using my loader. That one wasn't too bad. It had rims,but no tires. I was able to get that one pretty much in the loader bucket on my FWA loader tractor. I kinda lifted and leveled while I was pushing it up the ramps. That one went right on.
If somebody is pulling one on with a tractor along side the trailer,it makes me real nervous. I'm afraid that pulling sideways like that,it will cause the one being pulled to slide sideways and right off.
 
Rich, you called up a not too fond memory: I loaded a dead U.S. Trac crawler/dozer (~4k#) by myself using 2 come-alongs onto a 16' low tag trailer and a 30-35' pull with ~90º turn to get to trailer. Was ~95ºF temperature and ~70% R.H. on the 4th of July 8-9 years ago. Spectators seemed to enjoy sight, I didn't. Trailer had winch installed 2 days later, now I just press the button.
 
that's why I like my 10,000 winch and cordless remote on the trailer, I steer, I winch, seems to go better that way!
 
I loaded a non running Cockshutt 570 super on a trailer with my little 540 Cockshutt by using a pulley on the 570 with on end of the cable connected to the trailer and the other on the 540, effectively doubling its pull. Loaded as easy as butter even thought the 570 with loaded tires was much heavier.
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I have loaded many many tractor that did not run. I have used the starter on some and do so with hold the starter button for 30 sec. and let off for a minute then do it again. Also have used a snatch block and a tractor pulling to the side to the trailer. Or the most common the winch I have mounted to the truck
 
Drug over 40 dead ones home and never liked to have help. I drug this one home from Oklahoma, I did have help after repairing the dorF diesel injector pump. I did have help and pulled it on with the dorF.

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Put your snatch block on the tractor you are pulling on and tie one cable en to the trailer front and the other to the tractor pulling it on. It will double the pull of the tractor pulling it on and be a lot safer for you.
 
Hiring a roll back with a winch.... seriously.... Thats like me thinking for a moment when I blew a brake line on my pickup. Well gee, I can grab 2 quarts of brake fluid and stop and add on my way to the shop. Save a wrecker bill. 17 miles to shop, $80 bucks... not worth dying and less than my insurance co pay for an ER visit. Same with moving the tractor. Even if its $500. Thats less than the damge of it going off the side..... much less the damage to you...
 

Twice I had a big one die out in a field away from home. I called a friend with a good sized excavator. I backed my trails up to it and he sat beside the trailer and pulled it up with a chain just swinging the hoe around.
 
agree with kyhayman 100 percent borrow a winch do it the right way or have it hauled by someone who does it correct.
 
when i got my te20 i used a chain hoist hoked to the front of the trailer to pull the tractor up the ramps onto the trailer. it was slow and a good arm workout (you have to pull that chain a lot to get a little movement) but doing it myself it worked good and was safe.
Dayn.
 
i would not pull it from the side, you will end up having to alternate sides to get the tractor all the way on and in the middle of the trailer side to side, as it will try to "walk" toward the side your pulling from, espcially if it has a flat or 2 on it, what kind of equipment is available where the tractor is located? if nothing else carefully push it on from the rear with another tractor or whatever is around and big enough for the job, if you have to pull it on jacknife the truck and pull it as close to the center of the trailer from the front as you can go slow and keep a sharp eye on things, this situation is where a cheap harbor freight winch mounted to the gooseneck frame will be worth many times its asking price
 

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