Your towing rigs and trailers

[cutthroat]

I think my clearance is ok. I had the trailer and truck perpendicular and then some to each other just the other day and no hitting. Haven't got out and looked just how close it is.

 

[Mud Mechanik]

A couple of pics of My tow rig hauling some hay.

 

[foreman Etexas]

A couple of pics of My tow rig hauling some hay.

When you get a chance will you take pic of the bar setup holding your ramps. I need to do something like that to mine.

 

[Mud Mechanik]

Sure will, I will try and get them for ya tomorrow. I drilled the ramps and the sides of the trailer and bolted in some cat. 1, 3ph lift pins and then welded them in place. Drilled some flat bar out to hold them up. I can now haul 17 rolls on a 30 foot trailer.

 

[Xfaxman]

I think my clearance is ok. I had the trailer and truck perpendicular and then some to each other just the other day and no hitting. Haven't got out and looked just how close it is.

The clearance that I referred to, is over the tailgate. When the front of the truck goes down, the back comes up. If you drove across the terraced hay field were we used to live, the first terrace would dent your tailgate, then your truck would stop moving when the dovetail hit it, leaving the trailer axles in the air.

The same thing can happen on-road, like a steep driveway with a sharp breakover angle at the top.

This is the clearance on my rig.

And when it was new, 9/6/2006. :thumbsup:

 

[foreman Etexas]

Sure will, I will try and get them for ya tomorrow. I drilled the ramps and the sides of the trailer and bolted in some cat. 1, 3ph lift pins and then welded them in place. Drilled some flat bar out to hold them up. I can now haul 17 rolls on a 30 foot trailer.

Since I purchased my trailer I have run into so many times that I needed it to be another foot longer but if I atleast have a ramp setup like yours I can eliminate some of the headache

 

[Xfaxman]

Since I purchased my trailer I have run into so many times that I needed it to be another foot longer but if I atleast have a ramp setup like yours I can eliminate some of the headache

Mine came with chains, so you can adjust the angle of the ramps and a 4' popup dovetail.

 

[ultrarunner]

^^^ Interesting looking fence... combination of wood post and pipe... did you put it in?

 

[Xfaxman]

^^^ Interesting looking fence... combination of wood post and pipe... did you put it in?

Nope, too busy moving, had to keep the horses away from the house, barn and shop. We hired a local fence installer.

The rails are about 15' long and slide together,

 

[woody]

Very nice! That's a 20' PJ right? I've seen it in other posts? How has it been doing? Any complaints? Thinking about getting one. I like the deck over.

Did you ever get that deckover? I have been looking at one but just have not pulled the trigger. what I have been looking for would be like a rollback wrecker but on a trailer. may have to settle on a deckover tilt with a winch.

 

[ultrarunner]

Xfaxman.... thanks for the detailed pictures... first time I have seen this system with wood.

We are doing something similar with double metal pole posts for the horses...

 

[Xfaxman]

------------------ what I have been looking for would be like a rollback wrecker but on a trailer. may have to settle on a deckover tilt with a winch.

They make rollback trailers: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...4.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..5.4.3781.TAgHu_ePsow

 

[foreman Etexas]

The thing with chains is it would still allow the ramps to slack back into my sprayer boom where the solid mount would keep them in place. I do like that you can adjust the chain length. As long as I make the bar length long enough that the ramps set straight up I should be okay with what need to do. All the other times the ramps can just be folded down onto trailer,it gets over weight if I hauled two more bales anyways on the dovetail,where I usually just haul one that makes 12rolls on a 14K trailer.

 

[Traxxx]

Tow rig, trailer and picking up the tractor

 

[Parkanzky]

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Tow rig, trailer and picking up the tractor

It doesn't look like your loader arms or bucket are strapped down. When I haul my tractor, I put separate straps on the bucket/fork carrier and whatever is on the 3PH. Am I wasting my time with those four additional tie-downs?

 

[Traxxx]

I don't believe your wasting your time, I actually never thought about it. It does make sense.

 

[Old Junk Man]

It doesn't look like your loader arms or bucket are strapped down. When I haul my tractor, I put separate straps on the bucket/fork carrier and whatever is on the 3PH. Am I wasting my time with those four additional tie-downs?

There is no such thing as too many chains & boomers and straps on a load.

 

[Old Junk Man]

I use this 71 3/4 ton and tilt top trailer. I found some 6 hole split rims and mounted some very heavy 14ply tires on the trailer . they have 3750 pound weight limit per tire. the truck has a goose neck ball in the bed. I want to convert the trailer to goose neck. and install a winch up high in the neck. I have a big gooseneck cattle trailer with the stock rack removed that I sometimes use. however the tilt top is as handy as a pocket on a shirt.

 

[zing]

It amazes me to look at a 45 year old truck like that and not see any significant rust around the fenders and at the bottom of the doors, etc. Around here, even if you Rust Check it every year you are going to see corrosion within 10 years and if it is not protected anually it will be perforated long before that.

Good on you for keeping that old gal running.

 

[ultrarunner]

I've always liked the rollback trailers... only used one once and it was sweet.

For little stuff I use the tilt rail trailer and for big stuff... I use the PJ with hinged ramps on the back.