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How to get a planter across and old bridge

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I have the choice of buying an 8 row Kinze 2000 or an 8 row John Deere 7000 planter. Looks like the Kinze is much more modern and in better shape. Both are good planters and would work fine. The problem is the John Deere has a Yetter end transport attached to it. I need to get the planter across an old county dirt road bridge. The steel side rails might be a couple feet at the most high. The bridge is only 16 feet long. I subpose the bridge is 14 to 16 feet wide. It might be dangerous and illegal to cut the railings off. This bridge only serves our west 80 acres and another 80 acres a guy farms. The road past the bridge 500 feet has been closed. Any ideas on how to get the Kinze across since it doesn't end transport???? Skid ... ramp over the rails .... just buy the John Deere??? Any ideas appreciated.
 
Good point about the danger of torching- there"s a bridge by Chappaquidick that didn"t have rails.
 
Put pockets on the bridge and make the sides removable.

Friend did that to a bridge by him years ago and it does get a little traffic.
 
Put the Kinze on a flat bed truck! The railings are very likely structural, and cutting them off might not be either legal, or wise. JimN
 
I have a Kinze 8rn that I used a end transport from a IH cult.Redid the mounts to bolt on the frame.I would go with the Kinze planter if it has the drive tire that rides on the trans port wheel when lowered.The stalks won't run the drive chains off if planting into standing cornstalks,the pop is right on the end so it is easy to get to.
 
I'm not following? Does the Deere end transport or not? If the Deere has an end transport it should easily fit over a 16' bridge in transport. Are you saying the Kinze doesn't ? In that case a planter trailer seems to be your solution.
 
I don't know if I'd want to torch the rails or not, as said that might weaken the bridge. The trailer would be the best, but if that is not do able could you find some 16' rail road bridge timbers. I wouldn't want to pack them too much but you could set them on the bridge, put a tape to them and set them where you could drive real slow over them. That should get it up a foot or so and that might get it up high enough. Just an idea, good luck.

Dave
 
One of the local farmers had to cross a one lane bridge with his equipment. He lacked about a foot being able to raise the equipment high enough to clear the railing. He wrote a letter to the state explaining the problem and asking permission to cut the top horizontal rail off, leaving the rails below it. Everyone was surprized when they gave him the OK. I cut them off for him, but I made him give me a copy of the letter granting permission before I started.

Paul
 
Neighbor had that problem when I was a kid, he built a skid or sled, 2, 6x6s and some rough cut lumber. The whole thing was about 10 inches high, and he would pull the planter on the sled fold the tongue up pull the sled across the bridge and unload on the other side. it worked pretty slick.
 
Find a couple of old gas tanks from old gas stations and bury them next to the old bridge a lot of townships are doing this bacause they are so cheap .
 
you complete moron these tanks have been removed by licensed contractors cleaned before removeal from the ground and had the ends cut out .there are thousands of them used for culverts nationwide idiot
 
When I was a kid the bridge over the irrigation ditch was only about 14 ft. wide and we had all 8 row 30" equipment. My dad went to the count and proposed to make 1 railing fold down on hinges with pins to remove easily. came to the bridge stopped let the railing down, cross, pin the railing back up and all was good. We made the hinges and stuff from old junk farm equipment out in the back of the yard. This was not a busy road however, so if the road gets a lot of use count may not like it. This was in the late 1970's.
Steve
 
Watch a rerun of the Dukes of Hazzard. Those boys crossed the same creek every week and didn't even have a bridge!
 
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