Moving a trailer by itself...

[waterbuoy]

I think the prices are Aus dollars though?

 

The 2500 unit looks to be man enoyugh for most jobs, and is available in UK for around £1,500

[dent]

If the front wheel is a caster arangment

Ine of these just drive up behind have a basic socket that it drives into then when finished reverse out and park up

Or just a drawbar on the front Lumag MD300 Mini Dumper Tracked Barrow German Quality Great Price | eBay

[dtms]

Quad bike or chainsaw winch but what are you going to be winching to ? Ground anchor ? And why does it have to be able to be pulled by horses ?

 

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[dent]

Also if they have a tractor on site if it has a pickup hitch all these ways are going to be mpre hassle than the tractor if it doesnt make an a frame for the 3pt linkage with a basic hook at the bottom reverse up lift three point linkage drive of its definitely going to be the least effort and easiest opption everything else suggested will take effort to setup

Generator would have to be lifted winch cables run out thoose caravan movers the jockey wheel would have to be moved powered axle the front wheel will have to be mooved for steering

[mick swb]

I had this Powrtouch Caravan Movers - The best-selling Caravan Mover fitted to a large twin wheel caravan. The caravan had to be turned hard to get it into the back yard and drive uphill over a curb never failed. It also drove itself of some very wet caravan sites.

 

Mick.

[Yournamehere]

Hi all, I'm trying to solve the following conundrum for a project I'm working on for a customer.

 

 

I thought of the following options:

Winch: run out cable, attach to anchor, winch along, remove/reposition anchor. £750

Pro's- Cheap, rugged, quiet

Con- cumbersome, slow, one direction only, no turning.

 

 

Obvs will depend on distances involved and length of cable involved but does it lend itself to having the cable fixed at both ends and then instead of winding up and storing the cable on the winch so that it has to unwound before it can be used again, you could wrap a loop or two of cable around the winch capstain and pull the trailer along the open length of cable.

 

Or have two winches, one each front and back so that as one hauls in the pays out.

 

I have never tried any of this

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[openspaceman]

A decent drill might do it, but wouldn't last long. They burn out fairly quickly if only used under full power.

 

 

That's more to do with them being operated near stall. The boats on the makita challenge drive round a 600m water course on one charge, though they tend to use 4 drills.

 

Its down to gearing and 50 metres will only require a few Watt hours.

[Daniël Bos]

Pulling with (any kind of) vehicles is not an option, it adds complication in use, and ties up a vehicle. Driving a vehicle there and back again daily is also not an option.

If it needs to be moved from one field to another, a vehicle will be used.

 

Adding a static engine of some sort is also not ideal. Engines in general are to be avoided if possible.

 

So, some sort of electric drive must be the way

 

A winch with anchor is too much hassle. A set long line for it to pull itself along from one end of the field to another would be easier in daily use but needs extra setup time when it needs to move along another line. There'll be 100 or so paths for it to travel along so fixed lines are also out.

 

Drills, I just don't think they'd be up to hauling the mass along 50m/day every day for years. It needs to be a rugged, lasting solution.

 

Electro-Hydraulics as mentioned earlier are still in the running, though I'm having trouble figuring out exactly what I'd need in terms of pump power, capacity, motor torque etc.

If setup well it should be unstoppable and last for many years.

 

But maybe a 1000w 240 motor with a reduction box, belt or chain drive to the single front wheel would be the best compromise between cost, power and functionality. I think it's possible to reduce the speed with gears to about 6mph, then use a pwm controller to turn down the speed some more if needed?