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Towing a Vermeer baler?

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mud

03-05-2007 12:16:33

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We've found a nice Vermeer 605F baler.

Only trouble is it's 300 miles away.

Anything we should about towing one, other than greasing the bearings and checking the tires?

Thanks -

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Karl1870

03-06-2007 20:40:41

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

We pulled a 605F Vermeer from Hoisington KS to Bertha MN about 800 miles behind a 98 Dodge PU. We just put it in 5th gear and let the Cummins do the rest. The baler came with hwy tires as new standard equipment but you want to make sure they are in good enough shape to take sustained 65-70mph. Wheel bearings must be checked and make certain your PU hitch is strong enough for the substantial tongue weight. When it bounces it will stress it so re-check everything if you are going any distance. If you have a DuraMax take out the baler belts for less wind resistance. Good luck, that is a good baler.

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wayne from wi

03-06-2007 20:23:36

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

I bought a 504SI Vermeer baler and towed it 220+ miles home. The tires on mine were implement ribbed highway speed rated. It was a used baler, but only 2 years old at the time. Was this common for Vermeer, or had somebody replaced the originals?

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Don-Wi

03-07-2007 00:06:20

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to wayne from wi, 03-06-2007 20:23:36

my gut tells me that those were airplane tires if they were rated for highway use. I've never seen an actual implement tire rated for over 25 MPH. That still doesn't stop me from going over the limit once in a while though, just gotta be smart about doing it.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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504balerguy

03-06-2007 15:17:27

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

Make sure you have good tires and wheel bearings. I would also put the magnetic light on that some one else mentioned. I would pull it.

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Mike in Houston

03-06-2007 06:16:39

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

I pulled my first round baler home about 50 miles. I stayed on "back roads" so I could drive slower without someone wanting to shoot me. The thing that I remember the most from that trip was the baler bounced a lot. It had normal round baler tires, what I call implement tires and they had the correct air pressure. If I were going to pull one 300 miles, I'd try to find a way to get those tires off and get some other type of tire on it. Don't know if you'll have this problem or not. take care,
mee

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johns48jdb

03-06-2007 04:36:44

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

if you look at the writting on the side of the ires it may say not for highway use. do not exceed 20 or 30 miles an hour. put it on a trailer. just a plain bumper hitch will do, but if you ever pull a goose neck trailer you'll never want to pull anything else. if your going to do round bales you will probably want a nice goose neck trailer to haul the bales on any way. sounds like a good excuse for a new toy. a friend has one and he made up a 3 pt hitch that he could use to pull the trailer around with using a tractor. i think he had to add some front end weights to it though.

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Don-Wi

03-06-2007 00:09:37

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

Definately get a set of magnetic trailer lights if you don't have them already. I see them at Harbor freight and at Fleet Farm, so they're getting to be common. When you hang them, try to have them on top of something, not haning off the side unless tied on with a string too. I busted one set of lights when one side came off an empty wagon that way.

I also highly recommend for any and all towing with farm implements and wagons and anything else that doesn't have a ball hitch, a shock-absorbing reciever hitch. I got mine for $40 from Fleet Farm and it's saved me a lot of bouncing around in the cab while pulling heavy loads and anything that normally shimmies and shakes a lot. I also like what one of the other guys said to use washers or something to take out any slack if possible, and use the biggest pin you can get in the hole (1" on most truck receivers)

I always have 7/8 and 3/4" pins in my truck, but I can grab a 1" if it's much bigger than that...

Donovan from Wisconsin

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Kanuck

03-05-2007 21:32:53

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

Hauled a Vermeer baler home after a sale and found it trailered along quite well. Was a little disappointed when i got it home though. Seems the wind caught hold of the twine and was pulling it out of the twine box. After rolling up what seemed like two miles of twine, i wished i had removed the twine BEFORE hauling the baler home. lol

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Jerry D in NC

03-05-2007 18:22:10

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

Measure it. I bet that you can get it to hang on an 8ft wide Goose Neck. Take a small tractor and pull it on that trailer and haul it home.

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kyhayman

03-05-2007 18:20:43

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

I trailered mine when I got it. It was only about 80 miles but I can imagine the beating of a baler on the hitch on my back for that long a trip.

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paul

03-05-2007 15:16:04

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

I brought mine home 97 miles. Worked good. You want a SMV sign if you are under 30 mph, shouldn't have it on if you are over that. You should be well over that. Don't think it took me much over 2 hours to make the trip.

--->Paul

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onefarmer

03-05-2007 12:32:16

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to mud, 03-05-2007 12:16:33

I pulled a round baler from AL to MI last fall. Bearings yes. In addition I'd take along a set of wheels with some kind of truck tire on them. This would be better for the higher speeds. Use the originals for spares. I put on a set of magnetic taillights so I had brake and turn signals. SMV sign for visability.

Stay on blacktop roads as much as possible. The joints in the cement hiways make the baler bounce and jerk to much for me. I put washers on the hitch pin to take up the gap and as big of a pin as the holes will allow, makes for less slop to reduce the jerking there. On the blacktop it really pulled smooth

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jjbmn

03-05-2007 15:05:08

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to onefarmer, 03-05-2007 12:32:16

I always pull the belts out when i pull the bailers on long trips, they pull twice as eazy.

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KEH

03-05-2007 18:46:23

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to jjbmn, 03-05-2007 15:05:08

Install safety chains to keep the highway patrol happy. Pump tires up to at least 50 pounds.

KEH

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TimS in Mo

03-05-2007 20:17:56

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Re: Towing a Vermeer baler? in reply to KEH , 03-05-2007 18:46:23

I pulled a vermeer 605h home from Salina KS to Kearney, MO last fall, I stuck some magnetic lights on it for the after dark portion of the trip, and it pulled fine.

I stayed off the interstate ( except for about a 5 mile stretch by Ft Riley to save me an hour detour north around the fort ) and stuck to the US highways as they frown on farm implements going down the interstates...

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