Pull-type stackwagon and a truck?

sixtyninegmc · May 4, 2013

Anybody ever seen or setup themselves a truck to pull a NH stackwagon? Snow is still on the ground around here (not normal!), so some scheming is being done. Currently pulling the 4020 off the discbine to pull the stackwagon, which is a pain to change PTO shafts, and the biggest time killer with the pull type is the slow road speed. I`m thinking a medium duty truck can be had much cheaper than another tractor, and I get mirrors wide enough to help back the wagon up to the stack, and controls could be rigged fairly easy in the cab. Think run the PTO with a hydraulic motor, so the PTO shaft could be put back on and run it with a tractor if need be. How crazy am I? A self propelled is on the list, but this would make what I have work a lot better for the time being, my outlying leased fields would be a lot less headache.

showcrop · May 5, 2013

I bet you would be ahead buying a self propelled and selling the pull unit. Think about what you won't be getting done while you are fine tuning the truck.

retired farmer · May 5, 2013

It can be done but I don't think you would be pleased with the results. My boss got into the Unimog truck idea a few years back. Wanted to use them instead of tractors. I won't hardly drive them unless I am forced to. Yes, they go down the road a little faster than a tractor, but you can't see out the back, or the right side.

sixtyninegmc · May 5, 2013

I agree that it would be nowhere near a SP model for productivity, but I can get the truck for free.....which right there probably means it is a bad idea. Road travel is so slow from any more than a mile out, I have thought about dropping the wagon in the field, hooking the truck on, take it to the barn, hook up another tractor, dump, and take it back with the truck. I really do need a SP!

Erik Ks farmer · May 5, 2013

If there is any way you can make it work, just can the idea of the truck and get an sp. By the time you adapt the truck and get the brakes up and get it running good you'll have a fair chunk of change tied up. Then you won't be happy with it. I've bought junk and made it work but always ended up doing what I should have done a couple years later. Yes it worked and no I could not afford to do it right in the beginning but it would have saved me a lot of $$ and sweat to go the right route the first time.

sixtyninegmc · May 5, 2013

Biggest reason I wouldn`t mind the cost of getting a truck put together, is I have a need for a yard/field tractor for hostleing semi trailers around while the road tractor is making deliverys. I guess I may still try if a truck falls in my lap and I have time to futz with it, maybe not. Not like I don`t have enough other things to do :roll:

Part Time Pete · May 6, 2013

The farmer I worked for in high school adapted a 225 slant 6 to an oliver pto clutch assembly (I don't remember how he made that transition - it was a long time ago), and put it in the back of a pick up.
He used it to haul corn silage from the remote fields, so he could run the self unloading wagons with it still hooked to the truck.
Probably a lot of work though

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