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NCmau
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 Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 9:06 am Post subject: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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Richard G.
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 10:46 am Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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I do that with my 8N sometimes.
Gonna do it this evening when I put a trailer with fresh dug potatoes in my shop.
Richard in NW SC
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Ed S. (IL)
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:19 am Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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I put a front hitch receiver on my truck for the same reason!
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Caryc
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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I don't get how that works. If you steer the tractor to the right, the trailer goes to the left.
Do you just use it in reverse?
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stevob671
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 2:02 pm Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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Had one on our 8N- best way to push wagons in the barn!
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Btzj02
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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| CVPost-stevob671 wrote: | | (quoted from post at 15:02:20 08/11/20) Had one on our 8N- best way to push wagons in the barn! |
This summer is the first time I tried that with a hay wagon. It is definitely an art. It may take me a couple summers but I will figure it out!
JB
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Ed S. (IL)
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| Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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| Caryc wrote: | (quoted from post at 14:28:09 08/11/20)
I don't get how that works. If you steer the tractor to the right, the trailer goes to the left.
Do you just use it in reverse? |
Driving it "forward" takes about two tries to figure out - it comes pretty naturally. It's easier than backing a pickup with a single axle trailer, in fact.
In the pic, I'm driving the tractor in reverse to pull the loaded rack out of the field, but once I got to the barn, I drove it 'forward' into the shed to unload. Biggest challenge there was not being able to see around the load, which necessitated a few stops to hop off and make sure I was centered up on the door.
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ASEguy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:51 am Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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Nice looking truck Ed!
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ASEguy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:52 am Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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I like the dump feature.
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NCmau
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:24 am Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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| Caryc wrote: | (quoted from post at 22:28:09 08/11/20)
I don't get how that works. If you steer the tractor to the right, the trailer goes to the left.
Do you just use it in reverse? |
You drive forward or in reverse if you have a significant distance. Naturally you do not drive forward on the road, but if you want an easy and simple way to position a trailer that is the way to do it. You drive slow and comes easy and natural.
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NCmau
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 4:34 am Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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| CVPost-ASEguy wrote: | | (quoted from post at 11:52:41 08/12/20) I like the dump feature. |
Thanks. It is a simple gin-pole setup, just a two-speed winch and a drive shaft with no fancy hydraulics.... and it works great.
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JK-NY
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| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:24 am Post subject: Re: My neck loves front driven trailers |
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I would like to make a similar lift system on one of my firewood trailers . I believe I even have a winch here to use. As far as
backing up hitched to front bumper, I have been backing wagon loads of hay in that way for years. I have had people stop and watch,
they must think it is a lot harder to do than it is.
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