Tractor and lowloader hire ?

bk1991

looking to hire a tractor and loader for max two days . where in midlands or surrounding areas do self drive hire .short term ie two days max .. ?????
any ideas of price ?


bk1991

reilig

bk1991 wrote: »

looking to hire a tractor and loader for max two days . where in midlands or surrounding areas do self drive hire .short term ie two days max .. ?????
any ideas of price ?


bk1991

I thought you bought a fastrac or some other large 4wd last year?? Or were you just considering it?

bk1991

reilig wrote: »

I thought you bought a fastrac or some other large 4wd last year?? Or were you just considering it?

was considering and looking back it was better off . the reason i asking above question is that a mate of mine is looking to buy tractor and trailer and hes looking at tractors that are not near home ie more than 50miles away . And i will have the job of bringing them home so was thinking 50k tractor and lowloader . not a fear of driveing it home as hes looking at 60-70hp tractor with budget of €4000 .... so def be a 30k or slower ..


any opinions welcome .

bk1991

red menace

bk1991 wrote: »

was considering and looking back it was better off . the reason i asking above question is that a mate of mine is looking to buy tractor and trailer and hes looking at tractors that are not near home ie more than 50miles away . And i will have the job of bringing them home so was thinking 50k tractor and lowloader . not a fear of driveing it home as hes looking at 60-70hp tractor with budget of €4000 .... so def be a 30k or slower ..


any opinions welcome .

bk1991

Theres one for your mate

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/tractors/1886493?utm_source=AtomFeed&utm_medium=webfeed

and yes a low loader is the way to go

there is lot of haulage companies that might lift it cheaper for him, less of a pain in the hole all round

bk1991

red menace wrote: »

Theres one for your mate

http://www.donedeal.ie/for-sale/tractors/1886493?utm_source=AtomFeed&utm_medium=webfeed

and yes a low loader is the way to go

there is lot of haulage companies that might lift it cheaper for him, less of a pain in the hole all round

but if going down the tractor lowloader route is there any companies hireing for self drive ?

C0N0R

I'm sure if you approached any agri contractor that had the equiptment they would be happy to hire it out to you. Don't know what way insurance would work though....

aidanki

bk1991 wrote: »

was considering and looking back it was better off . the reason i asking above question is that a mate of mine is looking to buy tractor and trailer and hes looking at tractors that are not near home ie more than 50miles away . And i will have the job of bringing them home so was thinking 50k tractor and lowloader . not a fear of driveing it home as hes looking at 60-70hp tractor with budget of €4000 .... so def be a 30k or slower ..


any opinions welcome .

bk1991

drive it, by far the easiest way, back in 1988-89 a neighbour bought a Zetor Crystal 12145 around Tuam Galway and drove it home to N Kerry, total distance would be about 125miles, started at 7.30am arrived home 21.30, it wasn't a 40k Zetor either

if its a 30k tractor you won't be long, v slow if its a 20k tractor

blue5000

+1

If you drive it home you'll have a fair idea whats wrong with it when you get it home!

And you'll be able to work out how many mpg it's doing.;)

reilig

Just get a towing frame for it. Hook it to the back of a car and jeep and drive at 50k. Its easy to do.
I have a 12ft 6" x 6ft 6" trailer with ramps that can carry my MF168 after the jeep - no problem with it - just strap the tractor down.

bk1991 wrote: »

was considering and looking back it was better off . the reason i asking above question is that a mate of mine is looking to buy tractor and trailer and hes looking at tractors that are not near home ie more than 50miles away . And i will have the job of bringing them home so was thinking 50k tractor and lowloader . not a fear of driveing it home as hes looking at 60-70hp tractor with budget of €4000 .... so def be a 30k or slower ..


any opinions welcome .

bk1991

newmug

reilig wrote: »

Just get a towing frame for it. Hook it to the back of a car and jeep and drive at 50k. Its easy to do.
I have a 12ft 6" x 6ft 6" trailer with ramps that can carry my MF168 after the jeep - no problem with it - just strap the tractor down.

:eek: Jaysus there'd be fair weight behind the jeep!

vanderbadger

newmug wrote: »

:eek: Jaysus there'd be fair weight behind the jeep!

pulled a welger 220 behind the jeep, scary trip, hopefully will never again have to do it. the jeep was on its ass

reilig

newmug wrote: »

:eek: Jaysus there'd be fair weight behind the jeep!

Its about 3 ton. the trailer is rated to carry 3.5 ton.

newmug

reilig wrote: »

Its about 3 ton. the trailer is rated to carry 3.5 ton.

Yea but 3 tonne plus the weight of the trailer = heavier than the jeep = feckall stopping power!

reilig

newmug wrote: »

Yea but 3 tonne plus the weight of the trailer = heavier than the jeep = feckall stopping power!

No, the trailer is rated to carry 3.5 ton. It has brakes. There isn't a bother on it with 3.5ton and little weight on the jeep because most of the downward force of the weight is on the wheels rather than on the hitch.

aidanki

newmug wrote: »

:eek: Jaysus there'd be fair weight behind the jeep!

was going home one evening and met a man with a landcruiser and a tri axle car trailer with a Ford 7610 4wd super Q on board. as per the 7610 manual a 4wd 7610 is 4tonne weight!

what would a tri axle car trailer be rated to carry

reilig

aidanki wrote: »

was going home one evening and met a man with a landcruiser and a tri axle car trailer with a Ford 7610 4wd super Q on board. as per the 7610 manual a 4wd 7610 is 4tonne weight!

what would a tri axle car trailer be rated to carry

Most Likely 3.5 ton. The landcruiser wouldn't be rated to pull much more than 3 ton anyway.

pajero12

Look at it this way
Tractor and Low Loader:80k down,80k back=over 3 hours

Jeep or Car Down:1 hour. Tractor back up:2 hours = 3 hours

Save yourself the money and drive it yourself!

bk1991

with his budget of 4000-5000k€ for a tractor with loader ... it will most likly be 20-30k and in average condition dont fancy driven it a distance .

had the triaxel 16ftx6ft trailer back in winter but sold it .it was only rated at 3.5ton anyway ..


bk1991

timogen

Op why would you need to hire the tractor for 2 days it could be done in one. but tell your friend to get in touch with a haulage company with a lowloader much quicker and should be around the same price.
Give us an indication of were it has to travel from and to?

bk1991

timogen wrote: »

Op why would you need to hire the tractor for 2 days it could be done in one. but tell your friend to get in touch with a haulage company with a lowloader much quicker and should be around the same price.
Give us an indication of were it has to travel from and to?

well if hireing at all between toing and frowing it will take at least half a day and then i when we have it in yard i could definitaly find a days work drawing timber that has been cut on our other land 10miles away ....
indication of travel would be from midlands to . he is looking at tractors all over .sligo,cork,wexford,kerry etc :(:(

bk1991

pajero12

Seeing as your in the Midlands, Longford Tool Hire has a Claas for hire! Don't know about a lowloader!

timogen

bk1991 wrote: »

well if hireing at all between toing and frowing it will take at least half a day and then i when we have it in yard i could definitaly find a days work drawing timber that has been cut on our other land 10miles away ....
indication of travel would be from midlands to . he is looking at tractors all over .sligo,cork,wexford,kerry etc :(:(

bk1991

That makes no sence.your mate is going to buy a tractor and trailor,yet hire one out to do work for you.
The truck and lowloader is the way to go and will be cheaper for your friend.
A lowloader isn't for drawing timber:rolleyes:

bk1991

timogen wrote: »

That makes no sence.your mate is going to buy a tractor and trailor,yet hire one out to do work for you.
The truck and lowloader is the way to go and will be cheaper for your friend.
A lowloader isn't for drawing timber:rolleyes:

mate is buying smal tractor and trailer .My job is get it home .and the timber is in 25ft + so could use bring home wthout cutting if had it ....
but driveing home or me getting lowloader+tractor hire or me hireing haulage guy ...i think il pick ether lory or tractor route not driveing route ..

maidhc

If you have bought a tractor to do work, and it will fail after a few hours at max RPM then the sooner you know about it the better. My view anyway.

... Insure it and drive it home if it is anyway road worthy. I drove a 1968 Ford 4000 most of that journey the day I bought it. It didn't knock a stir out of it.

timogen

bk1991 wrote: »

mate is buying smal tractor and trailer .My job is get it home .and the timber is in 25ft + so could use bring home wthout cutting if had it ....
but driveing home or me getting lowloader+tractor hire or me hireing haulage guy ...i think il pick ether lory or tractor route not driveing route ..

Are you paying for the hire of the unit or your mate,your mate surely has a licence to drive the tractor or why would he be buying it, then why would he pay for you to have your timber hauled?
Or why would you pay to collect a tractor for him,one of ye will be a nice bit out of pocket out to do the other a favour.It doesn't make sence.your either a very generous friend or your ripping him off.
If its from distance your friend needs a lorry were as you need a tractor to go through fields.
I drove a lowloader on both tractor and truck for a living and the amount of damage that gets done to lowloaders by using them for what they werent designed with forks going through the timber floor and the like.
the usual tractor lowloader lenght is about 8metres or 24feet went ramps are up on a tri-axle.

dar31

twin beacons

newmug

maidhc wrote: »

If you have bought a tractor to do work, and it will fail after a few hours at max RPM then the sooner you know about it the better. My view anyway.

... Insure it and drive it home if it is anyway road worthy. I drove a 1968 Ford 4000 most of that journey the day I bought it. It didn't knock a stir out of it.

Good in theroy, but if there was a problem that the seller didnt tell you about, like a cracked head, you could end up blowing your engine completely. Better to get her home and discover the probs as you're restoring it. Buyer beware, no?

maidhc

newmug wrote: »

Good in theroy, but if there was a problem that the seller didnt tell you about, like a cracked head, you could end up blowing your engine completely. Better to get her home and discover the probs as you're restoring it. Buyer beware, no?

Who said anything about restoring? It is a work tractor!

newmug

maidhc wrote: »

Who said anything about restoring? It is a work tractor!

Fair enough! I just assumed it was for restoration! But do you see my point? If the seller didnt tell you something, and you didnt spot it, and next thing you had an expensive pile of scrap, what could you do? He'd say "sure YOU decided to drive it 60 miles flat out, fcuk off with yourself". Did that ever happen anyone on here?

maidhc

newmug wrote: »

Fair enough! I just assumed it was for restoration! But do you see my point? If the seller didnt tell you something, and you didnt spot it, and next thing you had an expensive pile of scrap, what could you do? He'd say "sure YOU decided to drive it 60 miles flat out, fcuk off with yourself". Did that ever happen anyone on here?

Unfortunately the law is such that caveat emptor applies, and once you drive out the gate in what ever manner you choose you are on your own. While I have bought a lot of stuff and driven it home successfully, including a 30 year old Capri from Northern England that had been laid up for months, the risk is there completely.

I agree though, you would need to be mindful of oil levels, inevitable leaks, and probably it would be best not to thrash it until you are at least within striking distance.