Transporting tedder

[SEMI-RETIRED]

I need to fetch a eight rotor Kuhn Tedder 40 miles back to home.
I have a 14 foot Ivor Williams flat bed trailer, is this an option,
Or will the trailer turn over on the first roundabout, presuming that it
Will fit on in the first place.

 

[icanshootwell]

If you have 50k tractor take that, would,t take that long.

 

[Tarw Coch]

I have seen large tedders transported on trailers so it can be done, they sit on trailer at ninety degrees to the direction of use.
Allthough I must admit they do look top heavy, not sure I’d want to transport one a long distance, allthough dealers obviously deliver them out on lorry’s but I’d be worried a trailer being much lighter could be pulled over.

For 40 miles I’d have no hesitation, I’d fetch it on the tractor.

 

[Oh Deere]

No problem on trailer
They are not nice to tie down

 

[Mur Huwcun]

No problem on trailer
They are not nice to tie down

Strap the wheels down, strap the headstock down, strap the whole frame down, chuck another few straps on just in case and still it will be rocking in your mirrors all the way home!!! Tedders and tine harrows are the worst, the hedgecutters!!!

 

[Dave W]

Just crack on I'd say.
That transport fine.
PM me if you want some tips on strapping it down. I'm not posting on here for all the experts to criticise.

 

[Ducati899]

Crack on,this travelled fine from bishops stortford back to Dorset

 

[Nearly]

Fetched a 6 rotor on a crew cab transit tipper. That looked a bit rocky in the wing mirrors!

 

[Tarw Coch]

If

Crack on,this travelled fine from bishops stortford back to Dorset View attachment 770952

what make of Tedder is that, what sort of a job does it do?

I went with a mate to collect a sprayer last year, I was a bit concerned before going about how to strap it down but it proved relatively straight forward and travelled well for over 200 miles, some of it on some quite twisty roads.

My advice to the OP or indeed anyone moving anything, take plenty of straps, better to have too many than not enough.

 

[Mark C]

Can you unfold one side ? Will lower the C of G somewhat. I did this bringing a 6 rotor back from Norfolk some years ago.

 

[ollie989898]

Crack on,this travelled fine from bishops stortford back to Dorset View attachment 770952

You have a toy addiction.

 

[icanshootwell]

Anything is possible.

 

[roscoe erf]

Just crack on I'd say.
That transport fine.
PM me if you want some tips on strapping it down. I'm not posting on here for all the experts to criticise.
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You don’t want to be doing it like that

 

[2wheels]

Anything is possible.

seems a lot of hassle to go to the scrappie.

 

[roscoe erf]

seems a lot of hassle to go to the scrappie.

Plenty of life in that bet he paid £50 at auction

 

[Ducati899]

You have a toy addiction.

[emoji23] you only get one chance in life.....[emoji1303]

 

[Hfd Cattle]

seems a lot of hassle to go to the scrappie.

Type of feeders I buy to go in off lying fields......they don't get pinched !

 

[2wheels]

Type of feeders I buy to go in off lying fields......they don't get pinched !

to yourself and roscoe i was joking. had stuff like that myself.

 

[ollie989898]

[emoji23] you only get one chance in life.....[emoji1303]

I'm gonna come down there for a day out, be like going to digger land, only better.

 

[Jim B]

I’d be going on a tractor.