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Re: Boat Launching with a Tractor
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Posted by Ludwig on July 23, 2002 at 07:22:52 from (216.41.47.36):
In Reply to: Boat Launching with a Tractor posted by Dante McLean on July 22, 2002 at 19:20:45:
Okay, you've gotten some good advice and some terrible. I'll try something completely different. First, your trailer and boat don't weigh all that much otherwise you'd be a lunatic to pull it behind a tracer right? The reason your tracer spins is two fold, #1 its front wheel drive and the weight on the back lifts the front wheels a little which doesn't help. #2 and this is the big one, the tires are really narrow. Compare the surface area of the tires on the Jeep to the tracer. The tracer has those little tires to help with gas mileage, but it kills you in sand. Next time try taking the tracer tires down to 4-5lbs of air pressure. I dunno if it'll be enough added surface area but it couldn't hurt. Okay, if you really want a tractor this as good an excuse as any. Theres NO REASON to have wheel weights or fluid filled tires unless you get a really small tractor like a Farmall Cub. Even a Farmall A is going to be big enough to pull that boat like its not even there. Keep the throttle position down low and go EASY on the clutch. As you probably know from the Tracer once you start to dig in sand you're done for. Its just like driving in snow, slow and easy wins every time. Now, which tractor? A cheap one! A Farmall Cub or Super A is going to be more expensive than a regular A or sometimes even an H. People really like them for mowing large areas. The Farmall A doesn't have hydralics so most people mowing will pass on them. The H is really too big for finish mowing and thus will also get passed on. Both would be fine choices for your mission and should have no problems in 2' of water.
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