Joe Derba wins tractor pull!

The last module (upper north) was on a long 56' trailer, but only 12' wide. So we thought it would be easier than the first big one. Not so. Here's the truck trying to back it into our driveway.





And here's the problem...

We tried yesterday's trick: pulling the trailer sideways and back with the tractor chained to the hitch. No dice. The house is too heavy and stuck on the curb, and the truck doesn't have the traction it needs when there's no weight on its back wheels.




Next idea: use the crane to lift the back end of the house, lightening the load and lifting the wheels over the curb. Well, that just transferred more weight to the front skid, so it couldn't move at all.





Next we tried hooking Joe Derba's 4-wheeler and pulling with that, too. Seems like it might work, but in this attempt the two vehicles are working at cross purposes.








Finally, we get Derba's 4-wheeler and the truck pulling together, and the module skids off the curb, down the ramp, around the tree, and over the road into position. We backed it into the driveway, and were done with the hard part. Here's a quick movie of the operation (Windows format, about 4mb).