[AT] towing tractors with a pickup

[Indiana Robinson]

(Steve W. said)
"I used to stay on the tractor to steer as the tricycle front didn't track
very well."

The tow bars I made for the M series Farmalls  attached to the accessory
front hitch plate. Since the M series front pedestal all pivots from the
front bolster shaft that gives the tow bar complete control over the
steering.
For a tractor with the shaft turning inside of the front pedestal with the
bearing at the bottom of the pedestal I would feel more comfortable using a
cart tow dolly than trying too tow from the mud scraper mounts.
I found a picture of a tractor tow dolly... The plate on the front hitch
frame is the loading ramp. The ones I recall just had a short ramp welded
on the back that cleared the ground about 4". I recall seeing one that had
spring suspension.
One of these will handle about any tricycle tractor.

On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 7:33 AM Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Seems like the final chapter of that little episode might have been the
> pickup truck getting rear-ended by the duals!
>
> SO
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 8:15 PM Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:
>
>> Ten or so years ago a guy a few miles away was going down a blacktop
>> road in road gear. He had a set of snap on duals ( the kind where the
>> outer set clamps onto the inner rim and not to the axle ). As he was
>> traveling, the inner wheel worked loose from the axle and came off the
>> tractor. Because the wheels were fastened together, they did not tip
>> over but continued down the road. Just at that time a pick-up was
>> passing the tractor. The duals were still turning and the lugs of the
>> tires caught the pick-up bumper and raised it in the air. The speed of
>> the pick-up and the turning duals caused the truck to go up over the
>> duals about ten feet in the air and about 60 feet ahead of the tires
>> landing on its wheels. The news report said no one was injured but I
>> would guess the pick-up driver needed new underwear.
>>       Greg Hass
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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