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central pa. | I purchased this trailer a few weeks ago and can not for the life of me figure out how to chain my skid steer to it. I previously had a deck over trailer and with the wider deck had no trouble chaining down. Always did one chain over top of boom right behind bucket mounting plate with one screw type binder. On the rear 2 short chains one on each side through factory tie down loops on loader to rail on trailer pulling back. With chain on front pulling forward and two on rear corners pulling back it always worked well. Now new trailer the bed is narrower. This makes no difference on tying rear of machine down but the front has me stumped. If I put a chain across loader boom just behind mount plate straight across it will not get tight with back chains pulling rearward. It is not possible to hook that front chain forward and get a binder on it because of going around corner of bucket being trailer bed is so narrow. On old deck over trailer bed was wider and could hook chain forward slightly and get binder on without interfering with corner of bucket. Any suggestions?
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WY, OK | Should be loop or loops on front of machine at the bottom. I've never chained a skidsteer down by the loader in my life. Lot of them also have notches cut into the frame side to hook a chain into. |
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Madison Co. Virginia | Would this work? Also could weld chain hooks in the bucket(useful for a lot of things) or wherever you want.
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Southeast PA | When we ran new holland LS and L series, they have the same handle loops that the deere does on the boom. We ran chains through them across to the other side and hook it down between the wheels and bucket.
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NE IA | nylon ratchet strap on the front, rated for 5000 lbs |
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Southeast Washington | Would turning the skid steer around make things line up better? Otherwise weld some more loops on where you need them. On my trailer they are lined up just right for my skid steer when I back it on. |
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Eastern Iowa | Technically bucket should be strapped separately, I believe. Hard to say with out seeing skid on trailer but I think backed on might be better for weight and tie down angles |
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SW South Dakota | We always back our bobcat on. That might help. Also, doesnt it have some kind of factory tie down points? I'd try using two chains if you have places to hook to. If you want to stay with one chain, would using two load binders work instead of one? |
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So. IL | I'm pretty sure you need 4 chains, 4 binders, and you also need to tie down any attachments to be dot. |
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| ekeller2 - 6/29/2018 22:39
I'm pretty sure you need 4 chains, 4 binders, and you also need to tie down any attachments to be dot.
the piece getting tied down, if over 10,000 need 4 chains 4 binders
unless your my neighbor ,he only needs one chain,
from the front of trailer to blade no binder |
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Greene County, Illinois | X3 legally. |
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| From what i can read, they need at minimum tied at 4 corners with tie downs whose combined working load limit equals at least 1/2 the weight of the machine. I can't find a single reg that requires chains and binders. You may need more than 4 tie downs to get to 1/2 the WLL of the ties. The $10 2" ratchet straps have a WLL of 3,333 lbs. 4 of those get you a load of 13,332.
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SW OH | DOT will nail you for chaining down the handles. Truck at work got a ticket for just that. Cop said those are handles, not tie downs.
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SW OH | If its under 10,000 pounds, it only requires 2 tie downs rated for half the weight plus one for any attachment.
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Leesburg, Ohio | Your statement about the front chain "won't get tight" makes no sense to me. Shorten the chain! tighten the binder! If you are saying the binder is too long for the distance from the stake pockets to the top of the boom, either run the binder across the top between the booms, or just take up the slack in the front chain, back the loader up until it is tight, and use binders on the rear chains. |
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NC ND | I like the picture shown or would push it thru that tube in the booms. Cousin keeps a short stick on his trailer for that purpose. |
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| If I chain mine down, track machine going short distance not on a highway, I back on and put a chain through that front tube, (use the binder pipe to push the chain through) and another chain through the back two loops that are formed into the back frame and reinforced from Deere, hauled it home from Nebraska this way stopped several times for fuel/snacks and no body ever complained |
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North Liberty and South Bend, Indiana | Work, yes. Ideal, not to me. Bucket has to be rulled out of the chain down equation. If bucket comes unattached that will allow chains to slide off. |
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North Liberty and South Bend, Indiana | I believe but would have to check in manual, that on a NH those are tie down points. The happen to double as handles. |
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Help me properly tie down my 326 D skid steer
