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weighting tractors

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Dave

09-09-2003 10:34:27




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Just wondering what your personal experiences are reguarding how to weight your tractor. We pull in the stock 6000# to 8500# with a IH 400, with the hitch 20" high and 18" back from center of axle (which sounds like it is pretty much standard). Seems like we do the best when we keep the front end just barely on the groung at the end of the pull. If it gets up in the air much over 12", we aren't going much farther. I read on this board and watch some NTPA pulls and they talk about getting the front up in the air to get "all the weight on the rear end". Are their hitches that much different than what I am using? What are your thoughts on this matter? What are you the most successful with?

Thanks, Dave

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John B.

09-11-2003 00:41:27




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 Re: weighting tractors in reply to Dave, 09-09-2003 10:34:27  
Geting it up means just what you're doing. All the weight on the rear wheels but keeping the front tires very close to the ground so you don't lose your hitch height. Your on the right track. Lot's of records are OK but remember everytime you pull the track will be different. Moisture, compaction, how deep the track was worked, how many tractors pulled ahead of you ect. will make it ever changing. Best advise, watch the wheels of the weight transfer. They will tell you where the track is soft or hard.

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Ohio M Puller

09-09-2003 12:36:25




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 Re: weighting tractors in reply to Dave, 09-09-2003 10:34:27  
Dave,

Dave since you say you pull "stock" I will assume that you are not running with a large amount of power, stick it in 1st and pull back on the gas. Anyway, when I pulled a "stock" M I noticed that if the front end was more than 4" off the ground it was going to be a bad pull. So I think I understand where you are coming from, so I will share the same advice an old puller gave me to learn to keep my nose down. RECORD EVERYTHING!!! I have tablets of 3 years worth of pulls on track conditions, tire pressure, weight of tractor, temperture of the air, temp of the tractor, where I placed the weight on the tractor and where I was pulling at. Go to Wal-Mart in the hunting and fishing department and pick up a three gauge meter for the temp, altitude and berramiter. I keep all this written down so once I get to a pull and have walked the track up and down with my pocket knife I can reference back to it and see what I had did in the past and how I placed. Let me tell you it has helped me out alot. So take this advise for what it is worth and good luck pulling. One other thing no-one knows your tractor better than you do so don't let anyone tell you that you have the wrong hitch or weight brackets, all will work as long as you learn how to utilize them.

Ohio M Puller

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