Re: Ferguson TEA TrailerTips???

Posted by novice on December 22, 2004 at 07:41:30 from (129.230.248.1):

In Reply to: Ferguson TEA TrailerTips??? posted by Peter(Ottawa) on December 16, 2004 at 06:21:06:

Even though you may be used to driving on Canadian snow, I would wait for better weather and reduce the risk of jacknifing, going off the road, or sliding through a stop sign. If it's wintery, will you be using the tractor right away anyhow-maybe so? There will be some interaction between the truck brakes and the trailer brakes where the truck and trailer tend to fight one another which would be aggravated by slippery roads, especially if there are lots of hills to contend with. Would not even consider it with trailer that did not have it's own brakes or with a two wheel drive truck up hills. I load my 20 ft tandem axle with the tractor's back axle about a foot behind the trailers rear axle. That gives enough tounge wt for proper balance. About 2/3 of the tractor is in front of the axles. There is also a good article on this site about tractor trailering, search the links on the left side of the page--I think its under "Articles". I always carry two spares for my trailer with the thinking that if I run over something with one tire, likely the one behind it will too. I've run a short distance on three tires but I wont do it again. I had two spares from an F-250 I took with me but when I had the flat, found the center hole too small to go onto the trailer. Be sure to cover the muffler in case it rains or if you have a turbo and tie down anything that could flap around in the wind (seat covers, battery box lids, side panels,etc). I use the breakover boomers and chains cause I find the ratchet type twist the chain some even if you keep em lubed. I do zip tie the boomers down with 2 zip ties each so they cant pop open and try to place them on drivers side where I can see em. I run the chains down through the pocket and around the corner and back up and hook em. That way if they come loose, they will hang on the hook rather than flop around--Erik

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