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Better buy a trailer so you can haul it to all of you jobs. Must not be road ready.
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There's a John Deere dealer on RT.360 as you come into Tappahannock from Mechanicsville. I'd try them. There's also a cop that likes to set up radar right there where the speed limit goes from 60mph to 35mph and bust idiots pulling a boat to the Bay going 30 mph over at 4:30am the first day of the Rockfish opener, and the judge in Tappahannock is a HARD ass! Sounds like good random advice a person might have heard from a friend of a friend.  I forgot I had court and was 4 hours away and three hours from my allotted time. I made it 5 min early somehow. Went 90mph the whole way. The old man was hanging on to the "oh Jesus" handle the whole way yelling slow down!
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No way in hell I'm driving a tractor 62 miles at 25 mph on a 65 mph road. I'd light it on fire first.
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Some pretty funny suggestions here, Some good advice too. Moving a 12000# piece of equipment ain’t what I’d call a big deal. One ton pickup, tandem dual flat bed trailer is more than plenty. Down here it would be no trouble at all to find such a setup for $75-$100/hr. I pay $100/hr for a full size equipment hauling semi truck to move 40-50000# equipment. Call local septic system installer, excavation company, equipment dealer, etc...
Don’t road a 30 year old tractor 60 miles to save $400
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Hired Woody's Towing https://www.yellowpages.com/hanover-va/mip/woodys-garage-and-towing-12175963?lid=306374113$500 agreed upon price. He loader her on a 53' tilt (30 ton) trailer and pulled with a big Freightliner. He picked up a 11 am and ran I-95 vs. secondary roads... major Northbound traffic jam. Offloaded about 3 pm and headed home. Glad we agreed upon a price beforehand. He didn't need the big rig for this machine, "but many customers lie... you didn't. 12k was accurate"
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Good job. Now you get to play with it. Have fun.
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Good deal, did you have to hire an escort? Or was that just optional? I mean everybody needs a right seat cover don't they?
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Need pitchers of any escorts employed in the making of this adventure.
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Good choice, and exactly what I was suggesting. A professional towing service with the right equipment for the job, and adequate insurance in case of a decidedly unlikely mishap. My liability insurance on one big rig alone had a 2 MILLION dollar limit, and cost me close to $600.00 a month premium. When that one hit the road it had to earn its keep, and we priced it out accordingly. Some jackwagon with a half ton pickup and a flimsy bumper-pull utility trailer might have been able to do the job. If you chose to go that route, I'd like to get you into a high-stakes poker game- - - - -you'd probably also draw to an inside straight!
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There's a John Deere dealer on RT.360 as you come into Tappahannock from Mechanicsville. I'd try them. There's also a cop that likes to set up radar right there where the speed limit goes from 60mph to 35mph and bust idiots pulling a boat to the Bay going 30 mph over at 4:30am the first day of the Rockfish opener, and the judge in Tappahannock is a HARD ass! If he gets that thing over 35mph driving it, I wanna see it!
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