Moving a Down Truck

I have a Peterbilt 362 down at the end of my driveway, and I would like it to be up in the garage. It does not run currently, and I believe it would take significant effort to get it to a condition where I could drive it up. The rearmost drive axle brakes are seized and the inner-dual rims won't come off the drum. The other axles roll. To get it off of the lowboy, the driver chained it to his tractor and drug it off into the grass for me.

I tried dragging it with my compact tractor (35hp New Holland) which has moved some pretty heavy stuff, but I think that the rear axle being seized up is causing some consternation there. Also, I wouldn't be able to push it into the shop without rigging something up (height mis-match).

Would a skid steer be strong enough to pick up the rear end and walk this thing up a slight incline and up a little more of an incline into the shop? Maybe 800 feet altogether.

I've also thought about calling a wrecker with a wheel lift to hook to the rear axle and back up while I steer the cabover, but I'm not sure if the stinger can pick up a rear axle (I've only ever seen them pick up the front).

Any thoughts or opinions welcome.

 

Any idea what weight-rating I should look for?

 

Agree. That's why this is still sitting out front of the house. I did jack the cab part-way up, but it felt a little dicey so I let it back down. Not trying to get squished. The mechanism for the lock is like a 1" square hole that mates to a 3/4" square nipple looking thing. A hard target to hit, and if you miss it I feel like Optimus Prime mode will be engaged. Going to wait until I have some sort of safety in place (chain, likely)

I'm going to get a larger bottle jack and see about getting the rear axle up in the air more. If I can get those rear axle inner-duals off it should roll just fine. May just let the air out of them and let them lightly drag on the ground as I pull it. The airbags look shot, but I might cap the air lines to the rearmost bags and put some air in there and see what happens. Who knows, just because it's ugly doesn't mean it is completely shot out.

I can pull it front-wise up the driveway, but the last 30 feet into the garage is on an incline, so I'll have to figure that out. I can't tow it in because it's a one-in-one-out garage, and I don't want that tractor stuck there in front of the truck for who knows how long. I have this hay spear attachment for the three-point on the tractor, maybe if I take the spears off it will sit out far enough I can use it with an old tire to push the truck up into the garage with the rearmost crossmember at the back of the frame.

The telehandler is a good option, but it's going to be somewhere around $1000 for a large enough one for a one-day rental (plus delivery). The place close to me doesn't stock them, and the one about 50 miles away would need to deliver it and such. Almost wonder if I can save a little by just having the driver hang out with me for like 20 minutes while I do this, and then taking the lift directly back. I'm assuming if I attach the TH to the back of the thing I would be able to steer it from the TH, so I wouldn't necessarily need someone in the drivers seat.

I just called a towing company with a rotator, he indicated he could probably do it for $400 so I'm going to have him come by and take a look tomorrow. Not sure if he would pick it up with the boom, or with the stinger, but I'll report back tomorrow with what happens!