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Re: Large 4 wheel farm wagons
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Posted by RodInNS on March 25, 2006 at 15:12:53 from (142.177.97.237):
In Reply to: Large 4 wheel farm wagons posted by Jonfarmer on March 25, 2006 at 10:24:25:
I've run a train with a 12 ton tandem and a 10 ton running gear hauling silage bales. Probably close to 20 ton. I pull them with a Ford 7710, turned to 100+ hp, and ballasted to about 12600#, with FWA. That has no trouble on the road. I wouldn't run on a steep hill in a field. Roads are no problem though. You just use common sense and gears. I've also hauled that train with a Ford 3930 FWA. 45HP, ballasted to about 8000# with a loader. Hauled probably close to 14000#. That's what I've done. I don't recomend it to anyone else, and I certainly wouldn't allow any hired help to do it with my gear, but I'm quite comftorable hauling those combinations myself, withing limits. However, both those units were loaded to the max that the tractors could hold in poor footing. That's about the only time I ever got a bit worried on a tractor. You need to bear in mind that 20 ton is the maximum allowable weight on those running gears. They generally go with a good deal less. The tires seldom stand up to the maximum loading. As a general rule though, I would think that a 150 Hp tractor would be safe with that wagon fully loaded. You can't give a be all, end all rating for every situation where nothing bad would happen. I would think there are peolpe out there who could take a 400 HP articulated job and have a bad accident with that load. It depends on the operators ability, and a good deal of common sense. For what it's worth.... Rod
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