[AT] NH Haybine question

[Grant Brians]

I would see no problem at all pulling this machine behind your truck. 
These New Holland Haybines are easy to pull and the offset on the hitch 
is easy to work with. I have used a 9 foot model years ago and towing on 
the road was easy.
      I have shared this story many years ago on ATIS, but a piece bears 
repeating. Back in the mid 80's, I bought a 1968 Hesston PT-12 pull type 
mower conditioner. The width of this unit with the hitch full in not out 
is 15'10" wide. A standard California freeway lane is 14 feet wide. I 
towed this from North of San Francisco to our farm behind the 1971 F100 
pickup. All told I was on near 200 miles of freeways and a bit of 
streets and roads with the unit behind. 50 miles of the trip was in rush 
hour traffic. I exercised caution with the roadsigns and bridges, 
sometimes occupying two lanes.
      No problems except for the highway patrolman who pulled me over. 
He was sure it was not legal to pull the unit on a road let alone a 
limited access highway! After they called Sacramento because no one in 
the local office knew the Agriculture section of the vehicle code that 
states "Implements of husbandry can be transported on any road unless it 
is an interstate highway and the distance on the Interstate is more than 
50 miles", I was on my way again. The sad, sad part was that this was an 
area that at the time was rural and is still a MAJOR ag area....
      So just grease up the bearings, check the tires (ag tires are fine 
unless it is a REALLY hot day and you go too fast), put on a red flag 
and SMV if required in your state of NC and drive carefully. My 
experience is that even low speed ag tires are fine up to about 45mph on 
these types of trips unless the road is really bad. If so, simply drive 
slower. We pull trailers, harvesters, etc. at speeds up to 55mph unless 
it just feels wrong.
      On Saturday I was driving a load of Potatoes over the pass in a 
new to me old box truck with tall springs and I was driving 10-20mph 
slower than I would normally. Not because of the weight of the totes - 
about 9000#, but because the springs were taller, the pallets of 
Potatoes and Purple Carrots placed the center of gravity a little higher 
and it just did not feel right on those curves and grades to go any 
faster. That 2100' of elevation change on the road between ranches matters!
            Grant Brians - Hollister, California farmer of vegetables, 
herbs, nuts and fruit
On 7/3/2015 4:00 AM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> Thanks for the great replies.   I was hoping to ship it as well but the machine uses the same 8' wheel spacing as some of the bigger models.    So normal rollbacks and trailers won't handle it.   Rollbacks with the 102" bed would; but not every towing service even has them.
>
> Anyone have a clever solution for shipping?   The tongue does not look to be removable.   I could load sideways if it would.
>
> Spencer
>
>> On Jul 3, 2015, at 1:19, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>
>> Spencer, i don't know about the bushings, but I would seriously consider
>> U-ship for a 50 mile jog!
>>
>> Mike M
>>
>>> On 7/3/2015 12:06 AM, Steve W. wrote:
>>> Spencer Yost wrote:
>>>> I'm looking at a model 467(serial # 213729 if that matters), and was
>>>> wondering if the wheels use bushings or hubs.   Free parts manuals
>>>> online seem nonexistent for this model.  Just looking at it the
>>>> spindles say bushings but the hubs say maybe bearings.
>>>>
>>>> Obviously I'll check grease/pack them regardless before I drive it
>>>> the 50 miles to my house at 25mph but would like to know what to
>>>> expect.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance!
>>>>
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>>> Tapered roller bearings.
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