The long drive

The disk has a large harrow on the back and probably close to 300lb up force on the hitch-so the back of the truck was sitting up to start out.

It trailered real nice through the auction yard. Then we hit the highway...

As soon as I passed 9mph the disk (duals on each side) would start oscillating so hard side to side that I could actually hear the truck tires start to squeal. The only way to get it to stop was to bring the whole rig to a complete stop.

I ended up drive home 30 miles at 8mph or less. Simetimes it would hit a pothole and I would have to some to a complete stop to get her straight again.

4 hours later I was home, low on gas, tired, and cranky as heck. But at least me or no one else got hurt. I am sure that was NOT good for the Suburban driveline or frame and suspension-though she still drives fine.

I would have been better off to trailer a small tractor up there and pull it home with that instead of the truck.

Lesson learned here is before heading out get whatever you may be towing up to speed and see how it trailers.

You guys are depressin' me and it's too late to stop payment on the check! :>(

Allan

But, I'll have to add this: Stopped at a side road once to tighten up the come-along that was taking some of the slop out of the hitch. An old fellow in a pick up stoped to see if I needed any help. He understood the problem, said he had also been there and done that. As we were getting ready to take off again, I ask him to keep his fingers crossed for us, that we made it the rest of the way home. I sat down in the truck and my wife slapped me in the back of the head. She said "didn't you see he didn't have any fingers?" I hadn't, I was too busy trying to take more sway out of the hitch

We did get the disk home in one piece at about 15 mph. But some old farmer is undoubtedly still cursing me for being a wiseass.

Betcha he instead worried about you getting home with your load.....

The "stop & help" types are rare and getting rarer by the day, fingers or not.

Your comment didn�t even register with him, 'cause he knew you didn't say it deliberately to be mean.

Allan

Betcha he instead worried about you getting home with your load.....

The "stop & help" types are rare and getting rarer by the day, fingers or not.

Your comment didn�t even register with him, 'cause he knew you didn't say it deliberately to be mean.

Allan

Hmmm, I was getting ready to do the same thing this coming Sunday morning.

My outfit is not nearly as big as yours, only about 16', but maybe I should just take the darned tractor? I only have to drag it about 12 miles.

Allan

The come-along tip up above works well. The problem with this horrid sway:

1. Weight to the rear of the implement, pulling up on the hitch.

2. A short wheelbase.

3. Loose hitch that can wabble side to side.

A disk often has _all 3_ of those problems.

If you put a come-along from the far right side of the machine to the hitch pin & snug it up good, you take out all the wobble in the hitch area. This greatly reduces the side-slap that starts the wobble.

--->Paul

Hmmm, I was getting ready to do the same thing this coming Sunday morning.

My outfit is not nearly as big as yours, only about 16', but maybe I should just take the darned tractor? I only have to drag it about 12 miles.

Allan