Re: How much in wagon can be safely pulled?

Posted by Joe Evans on August 24, 2004 at 05:59:05 from (209.41.233.230):

In Reply to: Re: How much in wagon can be safely pulled? posted by john d on August 23, 2004 at 18:37:49:

Amen to you. I saw this thread yesterday, but didn't get around to chipping in. You said EXACTLY what I was going to say. To me, pulling a big load was never that big of deal. Getting it stopped always made be a bit jerky. Think about it: you're asking a (two-wheel drive) tractor to hold back a load when the the drives are un-weighted, and the tires treads are asked to grip in the direction they were not designed to do.

We started farming with a too-light-in-the-butt Ford 9N. There were times when the little Ford went a-skatin' down a snotty grade with a load. I've also had similar experiences with Ferguson 35s and a Ferguson 202. Using these tractors with marginal downhill hold-back ability during my formative years was good training and experience albeit a bit risky.

I remember when I was 12 years old, Dad and I were helpng a neighbor make hay. We had two very full wagon loads ready to take back to the neighbor's barn--a trip of about 3 miles. I was told to get the neighbor's Ferguson 35 Diesel (how I loved that little tractor!) hooked up to one wagon. The neighbor was pondering hooking up two wagons to me, but was hesitant about doing that because of the size of the 35, me being only 12. Dad told him to "hitch 'em up. He'll get 'em there!"

Off I went. The 35's Perkins mill was up to the task. I had a couple of hills (on a paved road) to negotiate, but the little 35 hammered up them no problem using second-hi on the gear selection.

When I got to the neighbor's drive, I got real nervous about what lay before me: I had forgotten this drive was downhill, narrow and covered with gravel. Well, using the lessons Dad beat into my head, I geared down to first-hi, eased off the throttle and absolutely stayed off the brakes. The wagons pushed the little Ferguson a bit on the marbley stones, but I made it to port with little problem. Keep the drive wheels turning forward is the key.

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