[AT] towing tractors with a pickup

[Grant Brians]

Frank, I really like that dolly for tricycle tractors! It looks like one 
of those round tuit projects for me that we will keep just driving 
slowly or use the tilt trailer. I moved our Allis Chalmers HD-5 
bulldozer last year the two miles back and forth between ranches towing 
the 26' deck trailer with one of our JD6430's. That works well too.... 
Now it is time to got to farmers market, the vehicles are loaded and I 
am the last to leave.
               Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer
On 3/29/2019 6:57 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
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> (Steve W. said)
> "I used to stay on the tractor to steer as the tricycle front didn't 
> track
> very well."
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> 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 
> <mailto:soffiler at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Seems like the final chapter of that little episode might have
>     been the pickup truck getting rear-ended by the duals!
>
>     SO
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>     On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 8:15 PM Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com
>     <mailto:ghass at m3isp.com>> wrote:
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>         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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