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Wasn't the hydraulic lift a wonderful improvement for drills?? I can't imagine why it took so many years for that to happen. Solved a huge amount of hassles and saved lots of time. We had a mid/late 60's JD drill, rubber tires, press wheels, and hand levers for lifting. What a pain in the butt! We moved this drill very long distances, so there was no choice but to line up the holes in the press wheels for the steel rods to slide through, so you could raise the press wheels to chain them up. Then the drill was terribly back-heavy. Plus, the disks never cleared the ground very much, so it was always so aggravating to move on gravel roads and lots of highways too. Best solution I've ever seen for moving any kind of drill like that or a steel wheel drill (plus all kinds of other things you can ever imagine) was the Donahue low-boy trailer we got. The wheels have cog that you unpin and let fall into slots on the inside of the hubs. This locks the wheels, and the trailer will pull forward off the undercarriage that will tilt, and then the trailer floor will be flat on the ground. The trailer's main frame is square box beams, so you only have about 4" or 5" to drive upon. Use some boards to shim that so it isn't so rough if you want. You don't need ramps, ditches, etc. When loaded and item secured, just back the trailer back up onto the undercarriage, release the cogs, and you're off. That's the end of problems moving a drill that won't raise high enough to clear the crown of the road, dealing with raising up press wheels, etc. If you can find a trailer like that, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. People used to haul 12 row planters on these kinds of trailers before the planters folded hydraulically. Good luck with the drill.
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