[AT] towing tractors with a pickup

[Cecil Bearden]

You could align it all day long, but with those balloon tires on the 
rear and Oklahoma's rough roads, it was a prescription for disaster.  
The tow bar was very heavy and hooked in the holes in the adjustable 
axle.  Tractors are unstable at more than 20mph.  I had a Moline G1000 
that would run 30mph, but when it got to bouncing you could not hold it 
in the road..  The short wheelbase combined with the big tires are just 
not something you tow at high speeds.

Cecil

On 3/27/2019 11:56 PM, James Peck wrote:
> Sounds like that wide front was out of alignment. Did the tow bar span the whole front axle?
>
> [Cecil Bearden] In 1962 my Dad towed our TO-35 Massey Ferguson 54 miles behind my Uncle's 58 Chevrolet Pickup.  Over 25 mph it world start bouncing and go all over the road and start jerking the pickup.  Sort of the tail wagging the dog...   When it went back to the farm we hauled it on a trailer.
>
> [ Brian VanDragt] My dad tows his truck behind the tractor, and scraper.  See attachment.
>
> [James Peck]  do not know at what speed I would tow a tractor with a tow bar. Looks a lot easier than loading it on a trailer for short distances.
>
> https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=3542
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