Yea, tandems are handy in soft ground and the extra weight but there are extra problems (as you have) and the extra cost. Are you done harvesting yet? If you can wait you can shop and or fix during the beautiful Wisconsin winter. You can call Hein and Son and see if they have one. They have one of every thing ever built (well maybe not but it sure seems like it). 574-633-4177. They don't always answer the phone and are only "open" Sunday/Monday but you can try them.
When I worked for Gehl of course we had Gehl running gears. I never worked on them but the tandem set under the 980 forage box (they called them bunk unloaders) test unit we had pulled/tracked VERY well.
How do you like the 970 box? Some guys didn't think they were as good as its predecessors. Probably why the 980 came out. I was disapointed when they started buying (H&S or Meyer) boxes toward the end. I passed a "Gehl Brothers" box for sale the other day. Uncle had a Lamco (Rex) box. Wore it out and kept going. Don't see to many of those around.
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