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    Posted: 06 Feb 2015 at 3:51pm
Depending on how much you will need to move it, with a wheel attached to the  the lifter , you may be able to push it.  I have 4 wheel dollies from Harbor Freight that I move my old cars around on , with two pusher people, and it is not hard.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 05 Feb 2015 at 11:54am
Does anyone know if the Trailer Valet mounting bracket will interfere with the brackets for a Fastway E-2 WDH installed on a 179?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jan 2015 at 8:15am
Guys,
Thanks for all of you input. I don't think it is worth the risk of damaging the trans in my John Deere. It may be over kill, but I think I will go with the trailer valet.
Thanks again!!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jan 2015 at 8:00am
Originally posted by techntrek

My John Deere 318 could get my much-heavier popup going w/o a problem - but stopping was a problem if I wasn't really careful.  I was worried about damaging the hydrostatic transmission, too.  Never tried the pod even though it is lighter because it is so low to the ground.

You could wire a brake controler to  your tractor. You would have to hand activate it as there is no break light on a tractor. Big smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2015 at 8:52pm
    I am thinking too it would do harm to the transmission. With our r-pod model 171 I would easily push it around our driveway by  hand. But you need a good swiveling trailer jack caster wheel I found the Bal brand worked best with the three caster wheels that I tried. The other two were very difficult to swivel when turning direction.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2015 at 7:29pm
My John Deere 318 could get my much-heavier popup going w/o a problem - but stopping was a problem if I wasn't really careful.  I was worried about damaging the hydrostatic transmission, too.  Never tried the pod even though it is lighter because it is so low to the ground.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2015 at 12:29pm
Welcome Grandpa Hiker, it's not so much the horse power of the engine as the weight of the tractor that you are using. My 107 Cub Cadet with a 10 horse engine had almost as much power as my 3200 has but weighed 400 pounds less. The 3200 Cub had 23 horses that would pull the POD easily around the yard unless the grass was damp. Both tractors were shaft drive to the hydrostats, no belts or clutches to slip.   Goose
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2015 at 11:40am
Should be no problem. I have moved ours on our not so level drive with my Cub Cadet. it's a little bigger, 27hp, but I didn't feel for a moment that it was going to get away from me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Jan 2015 at 10:20am
I currently have a Rockwood model 1950 popup which weighs a little under 1,900 pounds loaded. At home I easily move it around on my almost level paved driveway with my 22 hp John Deere yard mower. 

I will be picking up my 179 pod late March. Do you think I will be able to move it around with my John Deere or do I need to be looking at something like a trailer valet?







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