New to me 616

We just bought 6 acres of wooded property with quite a bit of road frontage that I will want to keep neatly cut, plus all the other fun stuff a small tractor can do. We found an AC616 pretty close to us, 80 miles, it's a 616 but has a new 22hp predator engine installed, has a receiver hitch draw bar and a cutting deck that has an OAW of 72" (not sure of cut width) anyway went and paid $1000 down and I want to go pick it up Sunday and pay the $800 balance. I'm trying to source a trailer that will allow me to move it without removing the deck. I know OAL is 83", width is 48", and it weighs 1500+ pounds.
Can anyone tell me what the wheel base is center to center of the tires, from the pictures I took it looks like front and rear tires track pretty much the same. I have 1 4X8 flatbed trailer that I would like to mod and make it purpose built just for this machine.
Any help is much appreciated.

I hauled a 620 without the deck in the back of a chevy 2500 short bed truck. Had it backed in.
A little history for you.
That tractor belonged to a friend of mine in
N.Georgia. He sold it to a man by Chipley Fl. then it went to the guy in Crestview. The stripes were put on after it was sold a couple months ago in Chipley.
My friend can tell you all the ins and outs of the tractor as well as other history on it. He did a few mods on it while owning it. I can put you in contact with him if you would like.
He may chime in as he is on the forum from time to time.

Edited by irlbeck A-C'S - 17 Aug 2016 at 7:38am

I know about the rear PTO, he has a new one, I think he's selling the takeoff part, I seen that as well. I do industrial maintenance so if there is a way to figure it out, I will. Problem using the rear PTO is finding implements that run 2000rpm.
I just made a 47.5x 96" frame, I work 12hr night shifts, I do fix some stuff on my shift, but I'm here mainly to start everything for the day shift. Full access to tools and materials, I will get my spring hangers and tongue finished between tonight and tomorrows shift, and any other details can be addressed at home, with the ole Lincoln tomb-stone.
My new "C' rated ST tires came today, so I'll mount them this weekend as well. I think my worse case would be not going Sunday, but my next day off is Wed.
I have picked up a shop manual, but it covers the Onan engines. I feel excited, like I'm getting into a new hobby!

I'll drink to that!!

From what I understand the onan engine that was in it was getting tired. Parts are getting hard
To get for the onan.
It would be nice to have the original engine though. The seller may not know about any issues with the onan.
Try talking to him about it and hopefully he will let the motor and the clutch go with it too. He's making a very good profit of it now. It wouldn't hurt to ask.
The predator engine was in it when he got it from the man by Chipley that's why I'm saying he may not know anything about the onan.


Edited by irlbeck A-C'S - 18 Aug 2016 at 8:31pm

I would take the horse trailer I bet you could just drop the rear ramp and drive it inside. I moved my uncles tractor with a snow blower with my stock trailer the other day. The stock trailer has a door that swings to one side so I jacked it up as much as I could then setup a couple of planks for a ramp I was able to load the tractor without having to remove the snow blower which had very little clearance.   The good thing about stock trailers is they are low.