Posted by Hugh MacKay on September 20, 2009 at 19:07:08 from (209.226.247.110):
In Reply to: Hauling a cub posted by Dave H (MI) on September 18, 2009 at 19:26:15:
Dave: I'm sure you will get along fine, most important item in moving tractors is having about 20% more trailer deck than length of tractor. Having the right tongue weight on the truck is most important. That one alone can make your trip pleasant or miserable. That one is true no matter how large or small the truck-trailer.
I've seen too little tongue weight jack knife bumper hitch trailers behind pickups. I was approaching a sawmill one day. Saw a guy leaving and coming my way with 8' trailer loaded with 12' lumber, too much weight behind. Soon as he hit highway it was pedal to the metal. Knowing what was going to happen I stopped. At about 45 mph he started fish tailing, and when he tried to stop he jack knifed. Had I not stopped, I believe he would have gone under my second trailer of B-train.
Tractors are great once you realize the load is not right. Providing trailer is long enough you can move tractor to transfer weight.
I was tempted to make another suggestion. When I lived in NS we had a hometown bussinessman, worked like hell all week. On Sat. he spent his day at the local welding shop, who also did car undercoating. One other thing he did was get saturated drunk while there. A young man with a Toyota Corolla came in asked the owner how much trouble it would be to undercoat his new car. Our friendly neighborhood drunk, piped up,"No problem, we just take lid off the bucket and dip it in." He made the guy so angry, the owner lost that business. I almost suggested bringing the Cub home in a wheel barrow.
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