Tractor Talk Discussion Board |
Re: Mobile home tongue weight
[ Expand ] [ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by Bus Driver on November 24, 2005 at 05:54:20 from (66.226.36.55):
In Reply to: Mobile home tongue weight posted by Paul Janke on November 23, 2005 at 17:28:08:
I don't know the tongue weight, but it may be significant. Locally nothing wider than 14 is permitted. But the number of axles gives a clue to the overall weight. There must be an axle for each 6000# of weight of the unit. I once pulled 9 tons on a trailer with a 35hp tractor and the brakes would never have stopped it going downhill. So just as I topped each hill going up, I stopped and shifted to lower gear. Incidentially, the weight transferred to the tractor helps with traction, both pulling and stopping. Do not try to pull or stop more weight than about 75% of the tractor itself plus the weight transferred from the load onto the hitch.
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
Harvestin Hay: The Early Years (Part 2) - by Pat Browning. The summer of 1950 was the start of a new era in farming for our family. I was thirteen, and Kathy (my oldest sister) was seven. At this age, I believed tractor farming was the only way, hot stuff -- and given a chance I probably would have used the tractor, Dad's first, a 1936 Model "A" John Deere, to go bring in the cows! And I think Dad was ready for some automation too. And so it was that we acquired a good, used J. I. Case, wire tie hay baler. In addition to a person to drive th
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|