Unloading a new PM 209 - any ideas how?

[julie Graf]

1. With trailer in garage, detach from tractor, and let tail end rest on shop floor.
2. Use come along to assist you in slowly lowering the planer by sliding it down the trailer onto floor.

i have used this technique a number of times - with a 20"planer, table saw, ect and it works surprisingly well. seemed very safe and in control.

we put the planer on a mobile base before we tilted the bed. also, we used a jack to slowly lower the tail end of the trailer, so it didn't crash to the floor.

it was just me and my parter (the strongman).

[Dick Strauss]

Nathan,
Did you try taking the truck tire pressure down for added surface area? I've used this trick many times for mud. The same trick can be used for your tractor.

MY BIL fills a spreader with liquid and mounts it on the back when has a heavy front load to keep the tractor from tipping (back ballast to offset the front ballast).


Good luck,
Dick

[Nathan Conner]

Holy CROW. It's in the shop after 9 hours of work. Winching and lifting with an engine hoist (great advice guys) out of the truck and then using the tractor and a little trailer (which is in pieces, now) on top of a field full of MDF for traction, I got near enough the door that I could winch off the trailer and into the shop.

Not much rust damage after the overnight stint. I'll clean it up, take some more photos of the mess, and fill in the story in case anyone cares.

Thanks a LOT, guys. Great advice all around.

I think I need some slee(*snore*)

[John-Paul Murphy]

Congratulations glad it all worked out. look forward to the photos