Re: Hauling a Farmall

Posted by Mike (WA) on August 09, 2005 at 07:49:34 from (209.213.153.126):

In Reply to: Re: Hauling a Farmall posted by Nebraska Cowman on August 09, 2005 at 04:23:38:

An easy way to balance the load correctly is to watch the trailer hitch as you drive forward- you want to get enough weight on the hitch so that it causes trailer tongue to go downward an inch or two (experiment to see how much tongue weight your setup needs to ride properly).

As far as number of tie-downs, I've always used one chain at each end- hook one side of trailer, thru a clevis or over the axle, then hook other side of trailer, with one binder, which takes up the slack in the whole chain. Chains are hooked forward and rearward of load so they are pulling against each other. Maybe that's not legal? Seems to the be the way the heavy haulers around here do it.

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