Best pulling running gear?

Nick m · Apr 29, 2016

What do you guys recommend? I'm going to get
a couple in the 10 ton area to put under a
couple gravity boxes I have that the gears
are about whipped on. Eyeballing ez trails.
Good?bad?

farmerwithmutt · Apr 29, 2016

Ez trail are good but it depends on the front end same as a car. I bought one off a guy that never learned to read or write but that gear would go down the road as fast as your nerves could stand. He had the tongue with a shim while the tire had a v shaped tear in facing so that as you pulled forward it wouldn't catch. I also had 2 sears gears 1 would try and pass you going down hill and pull fine going up the other was the exact opposite pull fine down hill and try and pass you going up.

Fordfarmer · Apr 29, 2016

Everybody has their favorite. ... mine is EZTrail. I have nine of them now, and am down to only two of other brands. As long as the toe-in is set right, and the tie rod ends aren't worn out, they trail nicely. A couple of mine are old enough that they're blue- probably more than 40 years old..
H&S seems to be pretty good, but they are harder to back up than an EZTrail.

4520BW · Apr 29, 2016

1065a Deeres or DMI seem to be the best we have. On the big DMIs we use cement mixer tires.

MikeinKy · Apr 29, 2016

I have a John Deere that was made in 1950, stills pulls good at 50 mph.

chuck from neb · Apr 29, 2016

John Deere or westendorf

MPK · Apr 29, 2016

I have always had good luck with any wagon trailing straight as long as the toe in is set right and I keep the hitch and all the tierod parts tight.

brutus49DC · Apr 29, 2016

some good ones we have had were 45&47 Kewanee, 13T J&M, Westendorf's , Electrics, Wards lo-load and Northern Mfg.(Lindsay), older jd's had weak spindles and a Minnesota was hard to make trail good, EZ Trail went to smaller brgs. in if I remember the 5074 gears and killed their business around here

RodinNS · Apr 29, 2016

Horst.

Rod

big jt · Apr 30, 2016

Key thing is that all the joints are tight without any looseness. Of the heavy wagons I have (small in this area) my worst is a JD 1075 but it still is a good gear.

Mine in order is two DMI wagons which are integral with the gear. New Idea and the JD.

If you can move the tongue without affecting the steering it will whip.

Proper toe adjustment helps also.

I have to agree with others on westendorf also.

Oh yeah the heavier the load the worse it will trail.

jt

Flemming · Apr 30, 2016

We also have old John Deere gears from the 50's and 60's. 1 953 and 3 963s. Have pulled doubles at 50+ mph and they trail straight as an arrow.

rustred · May 1, 2016

now that is definitly false. the only wagon u can pull at highway speed is john deere wagon. international or massey harris or mcloeds wagons can hardly make 20 mph. they are all over the raod.

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