Transporting a bush hog

[ironpen]

I need to move a bush hog about 30 miles. It is 110 inches wide and weighs 1600 pounds. Any ideas on how I could get it moved?? I am really stumped!! It does not have pneumatic tires. It has a hydraulic lift on the back tires...i.e. it is not a three point attachment.

 

[4570Man]

Is there anyway you could load it on a trailer. If you could get two tractors you could lift it up then back under it.

 

[TripleR]

Does it have the rubber composite tires or foamed aircraft tires, ours has the aircraft type and was towed behind a pickup about sixty miles when it was delivered.

 

[Hill Farmer]

Set it on a trailer with a front end loader, boom it down and take off.
I'm guessing it's wider than it is long, turn it sideways on the trailer. Or just pull it with the tractor, shouldn't take more than 2-3 hours.

 

[dusty3030]

Rollback wrecker. Pull it up side ways with the winch, remove tongue and pto shaft.

 

[ironpen]

I has rubber composite tires. My front end loader MIGHT pick it up.....but there is no FEL Where it's going. If I used the rollback wrecker...how would I get it off at the destination??

 

[dusty3030]

I has rubber composite tires. My front end loader MIGHT pick it up.....but there is no FEL Where it's going. If I used the rollback wrecker...how would I get it off at the destination??

Gravity, winch has power out too. Raise bed up and lower it back down with the winch.

 

[kebo]

Gravity, winch has power out too. Raise bed up and lower it back down with the winch.

Or, do like I've done before... get a tow strap (or chain) and attach one end to a tree, the other end to the bush hog and have the driver drive forward slowly as the bush hog slides off the flat bed wrecker (with the bed angled down, of course, and just barely above the ground).

 

[TripleR]

Compare the price of new tires vs roll back then go from there.

 

[Turbys_1700]

Personally I would hire a roll back. I just bought a 4610 Ford tractor and had it hauled 120 miles round trip for around $1.50 per mile. That's cheaper than me getting a trailer to haul it plus the liability, possibility of break down, ETC...In my mind it is not worth it. I did haul a 6' bush hog on a loaned trailer 320 miles round trip. Got along fine but you never know when some nut is gonna cut off in front of you or the possibility of a blown tire. It happens.

 

[ironpen]

Thanks for the info. Still working on the solution.

 

[MESSMAKER]

Probably get a rollback for about $125. Not that much if it's a one time thing.

 

[ironpen]

I agree a rollback makes sense, still working on how to get it on and off without tearing up the bush hog

 

[dusty3030]

I agree a rollback makes sense, still working on how to get it on and off without tearing up the bush hog

Boards - 2x4 runners

 

[Hill Farmer]

It's a brush hog, not a corvette. Maybe your over thinking this deal? Seems it should be pretty difficult to damage.

 

[LD1]

If there is no tractor where its going, how is it gonna get used?

I assume at some point there will be a tractor there. Is it possible to wait til then to move the cutter.

 

[zing]

Put a couple of 4x4 runners under it and then jack up one side and use wooden blocks or cinder blocks to block it up. Repeat on the other side. When it is high enough, back the trailer under it and lower it down to the deck with the jack, one side at a time. Repeat the same thing at the destination in reverse. Might take a half hour or so to load and unload. Make sure you don't have any appendages under it while jacking or lowering.

If you have a FEL to load it on the trailer, then you only have to do that at the destination.

 

[ironpen]

There is a tractor there, just no FEL.

 

[rutwad]

Hook it to your truck and pull it, but stay at 20 MPH or less.

Back it on rollback with tractor and leave at very rear. Hook to tractor to unload.

 

[rutwad]

Ironpen, I just realized you are in Montgomery. Where are you moving it to and from?