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Topic: Towing an F Gleaner
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Subject: Towing an F Gleaner
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 3:35pm
I need to get an F and an F2 that’s 4 miles from home. Has anyone towed a Gleaner behind a pickup?

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Thanks & God Bless

Dennis



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Posted By: nickia
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 3:47pm
yes it was a gear drive pulled with a tractor if its a hydro disconnect the final drive couplers


Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 4:01pm
How did you connect the combine to the tractor?

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Thanks & God Bless

Dennis


Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 5:41pm
Shifting the gear transmission into neutral is good enough for that short distance and at a SLOW speed. Your issue is how to steer it and how to make brakes work.


Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 6:28pm
No worries. We pulled an N6 and an N7 backward. Undo the drive lines and hook up hoses to the steering cylinder and you can steer a remote from the tractor. It will help you get out on the road and turn the wheels straight and drive home. We sandwiched the rear axle at the ends with some heavy angle iron. From these, we used 2 - 3" x 3" x 12' long angle irons. This made us a wide "A" frame and sandwiched the drawbar. Pulled the N7 about 30 miles.  

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Posted By: bradley6874
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 7:14pm
When the n6 burnt up local tow guy stuck his axel lift under the steer axel time he got it hooked up we had drive couplers off he said he was surprised it didn’t start hopping till he hit 50 mph so he slowed down to 45

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Posted By: cabinhollow
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 8:15pm
Originally posted by bradley6874 bradley6874 wrote:

When the n6 burnt up local tow guy stuck his axel lift under the steer axel time he got it hooked up we had drive couplers off he said he was surprised it didn’t start hopping till he hit 50 mph so he slowed down to 45


Yes, the big fat flotation type tires will start hopping at 45-50 mph.
But, get up to 60+ mph and they will stand up tall, for a smooth ride.
So the next time, just tell the tow guy to drive a little faster.


Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 8:58pm
Originally posted by cabinhollow cabinhollow wrote:

Originally posted by bradley6874 bradley6874 wrote:

When the n6 burnt up local tow guy stuck his axel lift under the steer axel time he got it hooked up we had drive couplers off he said he was surprised it didn’t start hopping till he hit 50 mph so he slowed down to 45


Yes, the big fat flotation type tires will start hopping at 45-50 mph.
But, get up to 60+ mph and they will stand up tall, for a smooth ride.
So the next time, just tell the tow guy to drive a little faster.
I know a guy who had 4 Ben Pearson cotton strippers back in the '70s-'80s, and he pulled them backwards behind 3/4-ton pickups at 60 mph when he was doing custom work. Went from Western Oklahoma to the Corpus Christi area, and worked his way back north then. 


Posted By: nickia
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 9:35pm
log chain steers hard pulled from the front



Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 9:46pm
I towed a M3 35 miles, removed rear axed, slid heavy pipe in hole, hooked to 3point and took down road with 7050.


Posted By: Stateliner1
Date Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 6:16pm
Used a car towing dolly on steering axle behind a tractor to move one three miles.


Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 9:45am
Thanks for the info!

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Thanks & God Bless

Dennis



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