Hauling thought for wide rear end F-20's

Posted by Pete L on January 13, 2004 at 19:12:10 from (24.236.157.238):

Wide rear end F-20's have problems being hauled on "standard" trailers due to their wheel width. This past spring, I had an opportunity to buy such a beast at a good price, but before hand, had to figure out how to haul it. The maximum width of the rear wheels were 8" wider than the interior width of my trailer fenders. We tossed around many ideas. What we ended up doing was to create a "deck width stretcher". I had several 3" thick planks that had been looking for a home for many years. I made about a 3' long x 8' wide platform screwed together with some heavy cleats. It bridges the rails of my trailer, and overhangs them to a maximum overall width of 8' wide. This platform has some cleats under neith that keeps it centered on the trailer, and is locked between two stake pockets with the same cleats. A couple 1/2" bolts thru the deck hold the whole thing in place. The tractor is driven up on the trailer with the rear wheels on this platform, stopping at the fenders, and then cinched down with binders. Now, on my trailer, it proved to be about 700# light on the tongue, as the hitch was riding on the wrong side of the ball. The front end of the trailer was counter-weighted with 10 70# sand bags, and trailer balance was achieved. We traveled nearly 500 miles without incident. Just thought I'd pass my experiences on.....

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