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DennisA (IL) 
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 Topic: Towing an F Gleaner
Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 3:35pm |
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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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nickia
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 3:47pm |
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yes it was a gear drive pulled with a tractor if its a hydro disconnect the final drive couplers
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DennisA (IL)
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 4:01pm |
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How did you connect the combine to the tractor?
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 5:41pm |
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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.
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 6:28pm |
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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: 11 Aug 2019 at 7:14pm |
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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: 11 Aug 2019 at 8:15pm |
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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.
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 8:58pm |
cabinhollow wrote:
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.
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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.
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 9:35pm |
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log chain steers hard pulled from the front
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MACK
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Posted: 11 Aug 2019 at 9:46pm |
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I towed a M3 35 miles, removed rear axed, slid heavy pipe in hole, hooked to 3point and took down road with 7050.
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Posted: 12 Aug 2019 at 6:16pm |
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Used a car towing dolly on steering axle behind a tractor to move one three miles.
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DennisA (IL)
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Posted: 13 Aug 2019 at 9:45am |
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Thanks for the info!
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