Recent content by rgraven

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    load fastening

    You said a mouthful...I had a drunk run a blind intersection 110mph into my trailer about 1AM 15 years ago-totalled a 40 ton lowboy and the 4020 on it. All the chains held but they guillotined 3 of the 4 tractor axles...7 major pieces of the tractor 350 ft out in a stubble field. Another time...
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    load fastening

    I've been hauling heavy equipment with DOT authority since 1970. The law on any wheeled or track vehicle over 10000 lbs is four grade 70 chains pulling four directions.. In the US they can be 5/16 or 3/8 as long as the total rating of the chains is 1/2 the total load...Canada you must use 3/8...
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    MM Power units

    It is a 605. I didn't know that they made them in gasoline-knew they made LP, natural gas and diesel, other than the fact that they were hellish good irrigation units I don't know a lot except keep the rpms stock(1500-1550) or they don't live long. I imagine the puller guys would love to get...
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    drove my MF180 diesel into the pond

    Look and see if the linkage from the shifter for hi/lo is moving as far as it should...try unhooking the clevis an the trans end and operating it . You can"t start a multi-power tractor by pulling it but you can"t hurt them by pulling either unless you had it in reverse or pulled it backwards...
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