[AT] FW: towing tractors with a pickup

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We pull started my D4 by towing with my pickup the other day. Does that count?
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Sent from myMail for Android Thursday, 28 March 2019, 08:12AM -07:00 from Indiana Robinson  robinson46176 at gmail.com :

>I have tow bars for both my Farmall Super M and my Super MTA. Very easy to make for them. 
>I have towed the Super M (has a loader and 3 point) to the mini-farm in the next county (about 15 miles) for work there. When I got there I had the truck loaded with needed tools and the loader and grader blade.
>One year I towed both tractors at one time to a tractor show at the county fairgrounds in town (only 3 miles). On that trip I caught the eye of a city police officer who followed me to the fairgrounds, looked over what I had and we had a friendly chat and he left. He said that he was just curious since he had never seen anything like that before and wondered where I was going.
>The downside to towing instead of trailering is dealing with rough pavement and the need for reduced speeds especially on rough pavement and lower speeds on main roads than other traffic. Obviously I would never tow on the interstate...  That would not be a friendly visit.  :-)
>The suspension on a trailer is a lot easier on a tractor than towing it.
>Years ago (mid 1950's) the local fertilizer business was towing a Farmall Super M and an anhydrous applicator using a little "cart" that held the front wheels of a tricycle tractor chained down. Back then they did a lot of custom application.
>Today the scary towing going on is fertilizer dealer employees pulling two full anhydrous nurse tank wagons behind a pickup running 50 MPH. That and the guys (and a few women) towing two 300 bushel hopper wagons at near highway speeds behind a stock 1/2 ton pickup.
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>On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 1:01 AM James Peck < jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Agco bought the Challenger line from Caterpillar in 2001. Your dads must be a 2001 or earlier.
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>>[Brian VanDragt] My dad tows his truck behind the tractor, and scraper.  See attachment.
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