Buying Advice Need a tractor to move my docks!

[legrandice]

I had thought of this idea as well, but I still need a tractor to move the dock sections around to work on them. The breakover angle on the ramp is also very sharp and the wheels would have to be very high so it does not bottom out.

I think looking at upgrading the trailer along with the tractor might be in order.

S219 has a good idea. If you didn't want to leave wheels on all the time you could get two axles made up with wheels. Roll them into the water, float the dock over the axles and roll it out. Kinda the same idea as the running gear but may be easier.

 

[legrandice]

I appreciate all of the feed back and ideas regarding my docks and trailer. I ended up purchasing the Mahindra Max 26XL. It fits into my shed, onto my trailer and lifts the docks with ease. We took the bucket off and used a 1" rod in it's place. This was perfect to pick the section off the snowmobile trailer and put them into the field. I used about 400lbs of counterweight and will be making a heavier one for the spring. The tractor felt very stable. So far we have 14 hours and are looking forward to getting some implements!

 

[Xfaxman]

:thumbsup: Thanks for the update.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Cool beans. Glad you found something that worked for you. Congrats.