[AT] Haybine road speed

[Carl Szabelski]

You may want to consider switching to car tires, if you can find some of
the correct size. They wouldn’t have to be new, just enough tread to make
you feel confident in them. Sometimes you can get decent used tires for
free on Craigslist. People don’t want to pay to dispose of them and they
offer them up for free.

Carl

On Monday, July 19, 2021, Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:

> Thanks for all the feedback.   Kept to the back roads except for a few to
> keep my travel time to something reasonable .    Kept cruise at 30 or 35
> depending on conditions and traveled late in the evening (just got back).
> So trip was utterly uneventful and hubs didn’t even get warm (though tires
> warmed up a bit).
>
> I would have taken a picture but it had gotten pretty dark by the time I
> got home.  Tomorrow I’ll have one.
>
> PS:  that 477’s offset is a bit biased to the right compared to the old
> 467 by a little but I think.  I had to really slow down and drop the right
> tire off the road on the narrowest of roads for oncoming traffic if I
> wanted my truck off the yellow paint.  For some reason it just feels like
> the 467’s transport hitch point was more centered.
>
> Spencer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Jul 19, 2021, at 5:22 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>
> 
>
> If the bearings are tapered roller then they are the same as your wheel
> bearings on a production car.  ( 1970)   The tires are limited to 25 to 30
> mph as per the manufacturer.  My old friend who delivered equipment all
> over the US for Livingston Has told me that when they get into New Mexico,
> they have to have regular tires on the wheels instead of Farm implement
> tires.  Implement tires are not rated for highway speeds.
> Cecil
> On 7/19/2021 2:49 PM, Carl Szabelski wrote:
>
> Heard of people towing at up to 45 mph. Don’t know how far they did this.
> I would say that if you have good tires and make sure the bearings are
> fully greased, you should be able to do better than the 25 mph rating. You
> may want to try running up and down your road at increasing speeds,
> stopping to check if the bearings start to get too hot.
>
> Carl
>
> On Monday, July 19, 2021, Jason <dejoodster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Grease the hubs. Drive 15 minutes and stop and carefully check to see if
>> the hubs are hot.  If not by then you should be ok.
>>
>> JMO
>>
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021, 2:06 PM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The manual of the 467 I used to own indicated 25 miles an hour as max
>>> speed. This new 477 Haybine I bought I assume would handle some higher
>>> speeds. What do you think the max road speed for a new Holland 477 might
>>> be?  35mph?
>>>
>>> Being able to go 35 miles an hour would cut more off the trip then just
>>> simply the difference in speed. It opens up a few other roads that are on a
>>> more direct route to my house and would probably save me 20 to 25 minutes.
>>>
>>> Spencer
>>>
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