Best way to secure this cab tractor?

Hello all,

Headed to pick up this tractor next week. Going to purchase 4-5 of the 3333lb work load straps with break strength of 10k. What is the best way to secure a cab tractor? Always went with 2 on open chassis tractor. One over center and one over implement but not sure on this. Thank you.


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I would just use 4, one at each corner.
Looks like it has good places to hook to
in front. And a drawbar in back. If you
have an extra one let the bucket down and
run another over it. Nice rigs! Above all
have fun.
 
(quoted from post at 20:05:22 06/22/19) I would just use 4, one at each corner.
Looks like it has good places to hook to
in front. And a drawbar in back. If you
have an extra one let the bucket down and
run another over it. Nice rigs! Above all
have fun.

Ok great that s exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.
 

Cab or open station makes no difference. What matters is over or under the 10,000 lb. break point which is impossible to tell without the make and model. If over, you are required to have two at the rear and two at the front. A clevis pinned into the drawbar is a legal hitch point for the rear. Your front bumper looks like a good front point but I can't say for sure. Another one is REQUIRED over the front loader. get some chafe protection sleeves to slip over your straps.
 
You can?t have too many straps or chains, and yes, any implement must have one too, loaders and backhoes must have one on them too.
It only takes a few minutes, I never tow with out four on a tractor, it?s just a good practice to be extra safe! Remember to cover the exhaust if it?s a
turbocharged engine!
 
(quoted from post at 11:52:55 06/23/19) You can?t have too many straps or chains, and yes, any implement must have one too, loaders and backhoes must have one on them too.
It only takes a few minutes, I never tow with out four on a tractor, it?s just a good practice to be extra safe! Remember to cover the exhaust if it?s a
turbocharged engine!

So didn t think about the exhaust. Good point. Is that due to spinning turbine from wind while not having lubrication?
 
The only thing about the 2 inch ratchet straps you
might have a hard time getting them tight enough If I
was going that route I?d put 3 in the Bach and 2 up
front plus one is required over the bucket
 
(quoted from post at 21:36:54 06/22/19)

What is the best way to secure a cab tractor? Always went with 2 on open chassis tractor. One over center and one over implement but not sure on this. Thank you.

Just open both cab doors, and run a strap through if it has worked in the past. :shock:
 

Well two issues with that. First there is only 1 door secondly the other door won t shut with strap in way. So no won t Work.
 
I'd buy 3/8" chains instead of straps. You choice of "Boomer" style load binders or ratchet binders is up
to you, I have lever type or "Boomers", a 4 ft pipe lets me get them good and tight. I bought two 20 ft
chains and four extra grab hooks and cut the chains in half, 10 ft chain is plenty long. Use a ratchet
strap on the loader bucket if you want too.

Best suggestion I've read on another forum is to, "Chain your load down so if you picked your trailer up,
turned it over and shook it your load would stay put."
 
5/16 G-70 transport chains. cross them front and rear. Each chain pulling the oppposite way. Snap over binders with a 4' cheater pipe to "sung" them down.
Strap over the bucket or another chain.
 
(quoted from post at 06:44:26 06/28/19) Law is one chain to each corner of tractor plus one on implement, front or rear.

Leroy, the law is a chain or strap in the front and one in the rear for under 10,000 and one for each corner for over 10,000 lbs. straps or chains make no difference. Then as you say one for each attachment whether front or rear.
 
The loader counts as an attachment and needs to be secured with its own chain or strap to be "legal."

If you don't pass any inspection stations, it's not likely that you will be stopped and inspected, hassled, and/or ticketed. Normal traffic patrol doesn't care about someone hauling something unless you are causing trouble. Since hauling your own stuff you are exempt from the rules because you are "non-commercial" so you can sail right by any inspection stations.

Use straps or chains, your choice. Two, four, or five is also your choice. It's all about how willing you are to roll the dice. Most likely you will make it from point A to point B with no issues and nobody hassling you.
 

FordManiac, You I hope that you will disregard Barnyard's advice. Rules on proper load securement come under State and Federal DOT, not YTDOT. You do not have the choice of how many straps or chains you use, you have to use at least the legal minimum. No one here can tell you how many that is since you have not divulged the weight of the tractor. You are not exempt from much of anything just because you are "hauling your own stuff". While not getting "stopped and inspected, hassled, and/or ticketed" is the main objective for many haulers, I expect that your main interest is really safety. None of us wants to run over some little old lady even though she may be in the wrong, because we can't stop our truck, or the load comes off.
 
showcrop, if I may direct your attention to the first post in the thread, and I quote:

Always went with 2 on open chassis tractor. One over center and one over implement but not sure on this.

OP clearly does not know/care what "legal" is, and when he "illegally" strapped his tractor down, the DOT cops did not come bursting from the bushes, tackle him to the ground, stand on his neck, and point a gun to his head. Also implied is that the equipment made it to its destinations safe and sound.

Threatening people with the DOT boogeyman doesn't work.
 
(quoted from post at 11:56:06 07/01/19) showcrop, if I may direct your attention to the first post in the thread, and I quote:

Always went with 2 on open chassis tractor. One over center and one over implement but not sure on this.

OP clearly does not know/care what "legal" is, and when he "illegally" strapped his tractor down, the DOT cops did not come bursting from the bushes, tackle him to the ground, stand on his neck, and point a gun to his head. Also implied is that the equipment made it to its destinations safe and sound.

Threatening people with the DOT boogeyman doesn't work.

That's entirely right Barnyard because most people look it up in the book and try to obey the law.
 

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