[AT] FW: towing tractors with a pickup

[Brad]

Sunday I saw a farmer pulling a large New Holland 4x4 tractor and hay 
bailer both through city roads. Guess it worked.

Brad

On 3/28/2019 8:11 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:jamesgpeck at hotmail.com>> wrote:
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>     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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