Re: Farmall B rescue mission is on!

Posted by Jim Becker on October 21, 2004 at 09:43:18 from (4.29.47.118):

In Reply to: Farmall B rescue mission is on! posted by Jeffer on October 21, 2004 at 05:32:15:

You are about right on the bare weight of the tractor. Keep in mind that a set of rear weights is good for about 300 pounds more. If the tires are loaded, it might add another 400 to 500, depending on mix and tire size. Several hundred more for the mower, again depending on what the mower itself is like. You could easily be in the 3,000 pound range total. I hope you have a full size truck.

Width of the tractor is probably the biggest problem. I have a car hauler (no sides) that is 6' 4" between the fenders, which are nearly 9" above the deck. A B with 9" tires set in as far as possible (wheels and disks both turned in, wheels inside the disks) will just fit between the fenders. Larger tires can not even be set this narrow because of clearance problems. So a B with 10" tires will need another 1" for the tires plus 4" for track setting (total 6' 9" minimum). I have hauled my B with 12.4" tires by pulling it on forward until the rear wheels reach the fenders. I only do that for the nearest local show (low speed trip) and question the sanity of even doing that.

I did a long distnce haul of that tractor once. I loaded it over the front corner of the trailer so the rear wheels ended up as close as possible to the front side of the fenders. I used an equalizing hitch and it handled fine. Interestingly enough, I lost 3 truck tires within about 300 miles on that trip. The tires were about 5 years old with about 28K miles on them. That was most likely the heaviest load the tires had ever hauled, but probably not excessive. One tire man that inspected them beleived they had either been over cured or under cured in the first place. The tires had all been from the same batch. By the way, the first tire I lost was a front, which propably wasn't carrying that much more weight than it did with the empty trailer.

So, plan on the worst case for weight, be ready to deal with the width question and be ready for surprises.

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