Got Lucky Today

Anonymous-0 · Nov 29, 2008

I've been wanting a cutipacker for awhile and today I walked into a great deal. 50 bucks for a 7 ft double row cultipacker! It's old but looks complete/solid and anyhow I couldn't pass it up at that price. But now I have to get it moved to my place. It's sitting in a snow free field, but my place is under 2 ft of snow and my trailer is broke down and buried in the snow anyhow. So I was thinking of trying to take the cultipacker apart to move it in pieces. What will I run into in trying to get the axles/shafts off of the frame? Are they held on by a big nut like on a disc? No electric is available by the cultipacker site to help me power any tools.
Pete

johndeereman · Nov 29, 2008

heres an idea wait till it snows again then just drag it down the road(dont think the highway dept. will like it though)

cadet trooper · Nov 29, 2008

Can you borrow somone's Donahoe trailer for round bales?

JoshuaGA · Nov 29, 2008

I toted one home chained onto a set of hayforks on the back of the tractor.

JoshuaGA

Paul from MI · Nov 29, 2008

I think you might be OK with it in a good 3/4 ton truck, if you can get someone to load it for you. I know my single 7' isn't all that heavy. If you move it more than a mile or so on anything but a gravel road you may have law problems.
Paul

Anonymous-0 · Nov 29, 2008

I was a little thrown by your post. When a guy gets "lucky" it's usually for a different reason. LoL Dave

Janicholson · Nov 29, 2008

Ours had a cotterpin and washer holding it together. So I think it would be prett easy to pull apart. But they may not be all the same, JimN

T_Bone · Nov 30, 2008

Hi Pete,

You might try your local "hook" and see what they would charge for a back haul to your place.

I did one time for a piece of equipment and $200 latter it was home. The guy told me along as the load was not a automobile then there pricing was different, about $75hr, no mileage charge.

T_Bone

Leroy · Nov 30, 2008

Depends on the make and model, some the axles have a cap on that comes off to remove a pin to take out the axle: THE BEARINGS WILL FALL OUT WHEN YOU DO THAT; but you will probably have to remove the end pieces from the rest of the frame, at least have to jack up and suport the frame to take weight off axle or you cannot pull axle, then when you get it pulled enough to get one wheel out do it and keep on removing a wheel at a time as you can slide the axle farther with every wheel you get off. Now some packers will not have that end cap and you have to pull the end frame to get to the wheels. If you take it apart take a torch along and just cut all the bolts off and replace them as they are probably already loose in the hole and nut rusted tight.

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