Re: transporting tractor?

Posted by Don Wadge on June 12, 2004 at 06:40:31 from (142.161.15.134):

In Reply to: transporting tractor? posted by Bob on June 12, 2004 at 01:46:04:

I used to haul them in gear many years ago until I reasond what is really happening. I've hauled a lot of tractors. Probably 2 - 300 or more. One haul many years ago I hauled home a JD AR which was stuck enough it wouldn't come loose by towing it, so we loaded it. I hauled it in gear and when I unloaded it at home I was using the clutch for a brake and the engine turned. I guess the constant movement back and forth on the trailer against the gears jarred it loose. I still hauled in gear for a while after that but then I got thinking that really the chains have to hold the tractor in position so whats the advantage to having the tractor in gear. I'll allow that if a chain came loose being in gear could be some advantage but if you're making stops like you think the tractor is chained down, it's going to roll anyway. On the topic of towing and chains, I always use one chain only in front of the tractor and one at the rear. I drop the hook through the pocket on the trailer and bring it back up and slide the hook down over the pocket from the top, then I put the load binder in the clear link section of the chain. If anything ever happened to the load binder the tractor could roll 2 or 3 feet but that's as far as its going. While I'm on it, I always put the load binders on the drivers side of the trailer as I can usually get a glimpse of them in my rear view mirror; and I always figure if the police are looking at your load as they go by they're less likely to bother you if they see a good properly attached and wired load binder.

On hauling tractors in gear. After that experience with the AR. If a tractor is stuck and I don't think that it has sat for a long time with an open exhaust I now put some WD40 in the cylinders and haul it in gear with the chains just a bit on the slack side so that the tractor can "jiggle" back and forth. I've had a few come unstuck on the way home.

I wouldn't criticize anyone for hauling a good tractor in gear. I just figure why do it unless there is a reason to. I would think it isn't an issue with the older tractors but you might want to think about it on a newer more delicately (shall we say) built tractor. Tractors are built for a steady pull. Just my thoughts.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Re: transporting tractor? JMS/MN 09:45:09 06/12/04 (8)
  • Re: Re: Re: transporting tractor? McBurr 10:43:44 06/12/04 (7)
    • Re: Re: Re: Re: transporting tractor? john in la 17:41:10 06/12/04 (4)
      • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: transporting tractor? Shane 17:53:40 06/12/04 (3)
        • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: transporting tractor? john in la 18:08:53 06/12/04 (2)
          • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: transporting tractor? Shane 09:14:00 06/13/04 (1)
            • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: transporting tract john in la 09:32:14 06/13/04 (0)
    • Re: Re: Re: Re: transporting tractor? JMS/MN 15:14:53 06/12/04 (0)
    • Re: Re: Re: Re: transporting tractor? Shane 13:29:52 06/12/04 (0)

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