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Topic: farm wagon?

Posted By: rustyorange45
Subject: farm wagon?
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2018 at 10:54am

I bought an old grain wagon with a hoist yesterday and pulled it home, 80 mile trip. I was able to go 40 mph without it whipping too bad. None of the tires were the same size. They are 14 inch wheels on the wagon and I was thinking of going up to 15 inch wheels and 10 ply trailer tires size ST225/75R15. I will be using it behind my truck a lot and want to know how to minimize it whipping too much. My son will be using it to haul big round bales 12 miles from my place to his and I don't want him having problems along the way. Having all the tires the same size will help I think, but what else can I do to make it less prone to whipping? Thanks, Tim

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1953 WD45 WF/Model 90 Loader, Oxnard Rear Blade, 80R Mower, Model 209 Disc, WD Rear Mounted Scoop, Model 184 & 160 Rotary Mowers, 1952 CA NF/L306CA mower, 1953 CA WF/Model 8 Loader.

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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2018 at 11:10am

Usually the problem is looseness in the steering. I've noticed the wagons the veggie growers use have a turntable style front axle that just swivels on a pin. They say they tow much better but have never had any experience with them. Just a bit of play in the tongue can really allow a lot of movement. Don't think I'd want to haul bales over about 20 MPH in any event.

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Posted By: rustyorange45
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2018 at 12:05pm

The wagon will hold 2 bales end to end and he can dump them when gets there. I will see what I can do to tighten the steering on the wagon. Shims, pins, bolts, etc. I will also tell him to slow down. It is a Gehl 450 running gear with a Haul-Mor grain bed

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1953 WD45 WF/Model 90 Loader, Oxnard Rear Blade, 80R Mower, Model 209 Disc, WD Rear Mounted Scoop, Model 184 & 160 Rotary Mowers, 1952 CA NF/L306CA mower, 1953 CA WF/Model 8 Loader.

Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2018 at 1:10pm

The off sized tires might have created enough force against each other to take up the slack and make it tow good