Re: Re: Boat Launching with a Tractor

Posted by G-MAN on July 23, 2002 at 10:41:15 from (206.106.139.74):

In Reply to: Re: Boat Launching with a Tractor posted by Ludwig on July 23, 2002 at 07:22:52:

Good post Ludwig. I too was wondering why anyone would want a tractor with wheel weights and or calcium to pull out a boat/trailer that weighs only 800 lbs or so. A good sized garden tractor should be able to do that, let alone a small farm tractor, since you're not going to need anywhere near 800 lbs of drawbar pull to do it. Keep it light, keep it simple, air down the rear tires or better yet, put duals on it, and go easy on the throttle and clutch, just like Ludwig posted. I'm not much of a Ford fan, but this seems like it would be the perfect job for an 8N. You could make a cross bar with a hitch ball in the middle of it to go between the lift arms - you wouldn't even have to get off the tractor to hook up the trailer. Just back up, pick up the trailer on the hitch, reach behind you to latch the hitch and you're on your way. I've seen running 8Ns/9Ns go for as little as $500 and you can buy a decent one for aroun $1200 or so. They're light, easy to get on and off, fairly powerful, and easy to work on. Just don't back the thing in the water up to the tops of the rear tires and you should be fine. Most of those old tractors have half water in the rear end anyway.

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