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You'd probably load it on a trailer sideways, & fold up or remove the hitch. You've got 8-10' of trailer width. For towing you WANT the weight on the hitch & the longer the better, much better than neutral or tail-heavy. Getting the pin & hitch pretty solid is a good idea, and many put a chain or cable on the right side of the implement & draw it tight to the hitch pin. This puts a tiny bit of angle into the machine behind you, & takes up any slack or side-wobble sway, which can be really really bad on implements with short hitches or lots of side-wobble or negative tounge weight. I took a 14' field cultivator home behind a pickup 110 miles on a state highway, with negative weight & a bit of wobble - was slow & not fun but I was in farm country on flat roads so most people are understanding as long as I am too. Took the round baler home this fall also 100 miles, but that was a breeze, went 45 mph the whole way, no problems no wobble. Also brought a 20' 3-point planter home on a tractor for 35 miles, that was nervewracking but I stayed on the small roads and no blind hills, wife drove the pickup ahead (made it legal in my state) to watch for troubles, gravel where I could - but one stretch of state highway with guard posts on both sides for 2 miles, NOT fun with crazy drivers. The worst was my disk, 15 miles home, tail heavy, very short wheel base, and the hitch parts were all loose & wobbly. Best I could do was 12 mph, got to 15 once & thought it would swng around & lead me down the road. Best was the grain auger, with that long wheel base never even knew it was there, 60 miles home & the snow didn't even fall out of the rims it ran so smooth. Be prepared. --->Paul
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