Trailer options for tractor transport
J$hort
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Home made trailers and baggers?
Comments (24)***"A leaf blower pulls in a fairly large mass of leaves and discharges it as mulched leaves. The particulate is fairly concentrated in the discharge volume. The limitation is the volume of the bag."**** While the leaf blower/vacuum volume may be adequate for transporting leaves into the collection bag, you still have to accept a few facts. Leaves are fairly lightweight objects when dry, grass is heavy by comparison because is is water laden. The collection bag is often only a few inches from the blower impeller/chopper/shredder, so the leaf mulch only needs to be moved a few inches to the bag and then they fall out of the air stream. The trailer by comprison will have a long hose that runs up hill, and this means that the clippings will have to remain "airborne" in a weakening stream of air. The great distance of the hose will cause the air to lose velocity, and so the clippings will simply "drop out" and begin collecting along the length of the hose and quickly clog the hose. In order to carry that much weight of material, it will require much more power than is availed by a typical, handheld leaf blower/vac. The last thing to accept is the very slow rate at which a leak blower/vac actually collects the material. The leaf blower/vac normally picks up the leaves directly off the ground through the large diameter vacuum attachment tube. Think about how relatively slow the blower/vac moves in picking up leaves in an area of 100 square ft (10' X 10'). It pretty much will take someone around 15 to 20 minutes or more to vacuum 100 sq ft. Now consider how long it takes a lawn tractor with 46 inch cut deck to cover 100 sq ft. A 46 " deck only has to mow about 26 linear feet of lawn to reach the 100 square feet of area. A lawn tractor traveling at 1 MPH will mow 26 linear feet in about 1.5 SECONDS. Do you think that the leaf blower vac that typically takes 15 to 20 minutes to vacuum 100 sq ft.......will handle the material output of a machine that is producing a much heavier product from the same area in 1.5 seconds? The LIMITING factor is actually the rate at which the blower/vac can process the material and it cannot process fast enough to handle the volume that a lawn tracor can produce in 1.5 seconds....See MoreTransport a 8' maple in my pickup at freeway speeds?
Comments (7)I only had room to lay it on its side at about a 30ú angle from horizontal, with the top of the tree pointing towards the rear. I was concerned that a tarp flapping in the wind would cause more damage than with it off so I made the trip without a tarp. I tied some padding around the soil to hold it in. There were still a few leaves on the tree when I arrived and I saw no evidence of any damage to the tips of the branches. My speed was no faster than 55 mph and probably averaged about 45. I can only hope that there is no unseen damage but I should know in the spring if there was. Thanks for your opinion everyone....See Moreneeding a way to transport some furniture...
Comments (19)Sorry- my finger hit an extra '0'! It is 1000# VW's don't haul that amout, and they are not recommended to haul any weight at all according to my VW dealer- yes I have seen a couple with tiny trailers that must be hauling cotton balls! I should review my original post- I thought I put the info about what I was wanting to haul- maybe not. As sierraeast pointed out there are mountain passes (have to be careful when I drive with the horses with my Dodge Ram 3500 dually even then). And no, I can't use the truck as here in San Antonio the truck is a sitting duck to be stolen(three stolen from my condo complex this month- we don't have garages- though I doubt that would even stop a thief). I don't think the 'round trip' would work- just think- 1. It takes me 3 days each way. That is 6 days of driving, 4 nites in a motel, 4,000 miles of rental miles on the UHaul type rental, and gas for 4,000 miles. With all that-and I am disabled so driving is hard on me- I might as well hire a moving company... Anyway, I am waiting for a reply from UShip, and have called UHaul, (still no trucks available at this time). Still looking.......See MoreMotorcycle transportation
Comments (4)I use a a 4x8 trailor to carry my KX100 and two pitbikes. Its is definately crowded and took me a few test runs before I got it right, but it works well. Also, if I ever need to haul anything the trailor is extremely handy vs those motocycle only trailors. If you try to fit a DRZ250 in the back of your van, please take pictures and video the whole ordeal. Then post them here for our entertainment purposes. I am sure it will be somewhere near the funniest thing I have ever seen. Not trying to rag on your suggestion JD but the the idea makes me laugh. The seat height alone is about 3 ft on that bike. Then you have to worry about handle bars, they push the overall height to about 4ft....See Moreturnage (8a TX)
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