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I've been looking for a trailer of my own for awhile to haul my tractors on and my buddy might be able to get me a good deal on one its a deck over tilt deck but the deck is steel. The guy that owns it quit using it because it was to steep to get his forklift and such on will I have trouble getting my tractors on? Is there something I can do to it so it wouldn't be very slippery? I'd be haling a case 541, a ford 8n, and a Oliver 88 or anything else I would happen to purchase thanks I appreciate all input!
 
Get a winch and tow what ever onto the trailer. It only becomes treacherous when there is snow/ice on it.

A buddy of mine has one, he instead got a remote cable that allows him to operate the trailer as he puts his 60hp Kubota on it. They are slick trailers. You will like it alot.
 
The winch is the best idea. But regarding traction , we welded strips of expanded metal to the steel floor of a couple , that worked out good...
 
Get you a winch big enough to handle what ever you haul and get a wireless remote for it. The wireless remote will allow you to set on tractor and control winch.
 
If the pitch is not that much steeper than a dove tailed trailer, you could probably just weld some half inch rebar to the deck for traction. I also like Dalex's idea of expanded metal if it's heavy enough
 
Seams that many people here are ready to spend your hard earned money on winches and such. I have limited finances like you, and look for cheaper solutions . Bale thrower belting, or snowmobile tracks bolted to the ramp, or as sugested some rebar or extruded steel scraps welded on the ramp work well.
Loren, the Acg.
 
Tilt decks are not for everyone. Anything with steel wheels or tracks won't climb on the steel and slide around while tying down. You can bolt on some rough cut track boards if you think you are going to need the slick floor to scoop something like a mini barn or hog house. I have used rubber mats for traction and old tires under a crawler but didn't work to good when deck was wet. John
 
This won't solve the whole problem, but we roll on paint on steel floors, then put a generous amount of white sand on it while wet for added traction. For dovetails on cabovers, etc. we weld on expanded metal
 
He said the trailer is a steel floored tilt deck. If you bolt belting on it and its raining you will still have trouble because belting will be slippery. If you watch Harbor Freight you can get a 12,000 lb. winch for $299.00.
 
Really!!, how much time and money does it cost to fab up a proper deadman ancore tower for a winch on a tilt bed trailer and then buy wireing and battery to run it.
As the old Allen Jackson song sugests, "We can do it Sonney, All it takes is time and money"
Loren
 
Most of your new tilt beds are designed to handle a winch. Loading a tractor on a tilt bed that's wet is asking for trouble but not bad with a winch. I know of a guy that got rid of a tilt bed less than a year old for that reason and bought a deck over with ramps.
 
Steel or wood, sometime you just can t climb a tilt bed. If the price is right, buy it and add a set of ramps.
 

Old belt like Loren says. Any place with conveyors like quarries have lots hanging around. Snowmobile tracks have the cogs on the inside, so they are not so good.
 
We use a HF 12000 # winch which does all our tractors, the heaviest being a Farmall F-20 and then an M. It works just great. If you need more power you can use a snatch block on the machine and fasten the cable to the front of trailer to pull 24000 pounds. Henry
 
Thank you for all the ideas! Hopefully I can get a deal worked out on it if it turns out it doesn't it work for me I can always trade it for one that does or sell it is what I decided and I will use some of these ideas if I get it.
 
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