Tractor Wagon Train ... Pics of last weekends haul.

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ccwhite

ccwhite

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Did the wagon train the first time out of necessity. Snow got deep enough that I couldn't pull the wagons around with the ATVs. The tractor just handled it. I got the front loader since then and it makes a huge difference. Anyway I like doing it this way for now. I am building a bigger wagon for the tractor then my boys can each tow one of these little wagons with their ATVs.
 

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Nice tractor....I wouldn't want to try and back that train up!
 
Jack Straw said:
Nice tractor....I wouldn't want to try and back that train up!
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Wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it, but knew a guy who could back up two loaded hay wagons off the road and up a barn bridge into the barn. With false modesty he said it wasn't that hard if the linkages were tight and he had a big tractor with power steering.
 
ewdudley said:
Jack Straw said:
Nice tractor....I wouldn't want to try and back that train up!
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Wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it, but knew a guy who could back up two loaded hay wagons off the road and up a barn bridge into the barn. With false modesty he said it wasn't that hard if the linkages were tight and he had a big tractor with power steering.
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Oh I believe that, some farmers can do almost anything, considering they spend 1/2 their life on a tractor!
 
I like it. I always try to maximize the load to increase my time efficiency and fuel efficiency. I only have a riding mower with a small trailer. I am trying to find a ball/hitch that I can mount to mower so I can tow a larger utility wagon around. Not sure how much a 14hp can tow, but I'll find out!
 
stejus said:
Not sure how much a 14hp can tow, but I'll find out!
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It ain't the HP. Its the tractor and the gearing. If you have a lawn tractor, keep the loads reasonable. A garden tractor with chains is a different critter:
 

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With the tractor and loader that big I almost think its silly to even bother with the trailers.

I'd give my left nut for a tractor like that.
 
Or a hitch on the front of the tractor.



ewdudley said:
Jack Straw said:
Nice tractor....I wouldn't want to try and back that train up!
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Wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it, but knew a guy who could back up two loaded hay wagons off the road and up a barn bridge into the barn. With false modesty he said it wasn't that hard if the linkages were tight and he had a big tractor with power steering.
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mayhem said:
With the tractor and loader that big I almost think its silly to even bother with the trailers.

I'd give my left nut for a tractor like that.
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I can get more wood in each trailer than in the loader. So as seen in these pics I was hauling more than a pickup load (so more than half a cord) in each trip into the woods with the tractor. I think that with the trailer that I'm building (which is still a small trailer) and the loader I'll be able to haul almost a cord with the tractor. Then I'll still have the kids each pull one of the trailers in these pics with their ATVs. Then We'll be hauling some wood.

It also helps that I split the wood at the house. We haul out unsplit rounds. I used to keep the splitter away from the house but would always have to come back for the wood that wouldn't fit in the wagons after splitting. Surprising how much difference there is.
 
Shadow&Flame; said:
You will wonder how in the world you lived without that loader...ha
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Already do!!! I swear it was the best purchase ever!! What I really need now is ballast in the rear tires (thinking rim guard). And I got the bucket with the skid steer quick attachment system so I can buy/make all sorts of attachments to go on in place of the bucket. Already making plans to build a jib boom.
 
ccwhite said:
I can get more wood in each trailer than in the loader.
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And the tongue weight keeps the rear wheels on the ground when the loader is full. Do you think a hydro version of your tractor is too big to be a lawn mower?
 
SolarAndWood said:
ccwhite said:
I can get more wood in each trailer than in the loader.
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And the tongue weight keeps the rear wheels on the ground when the loader is full. Do you think a hydro version of your tractor is too big to be a lawn mower?
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Tongue weight is barely enough. I worry about it when going downhill with the loader full.
I mow with this tractor. I have a Landpride 6 foot finishing mower that mounts on the 3 point hitch (I don't care for a belly mower personally). Does an awesome job and fast (72" cutting width makes short work of any mowing). Hydro version would do just as good I'm sure.
 
Cool thanks. I am looking at the 655-955 line to replace my old JD 5' front mow and 2 ton 4wd Ford/loader. Tough compromises to be made to get to one machine.
 
ccwhite said:
Tongue weight is barely enough. I worry about it when going downhill with the loader full.
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Downhill is bad enough, across the hill is what gets my pulse going. Oak is a straight uphill downhill only for me in a 5 foot bucket, pine I get away with on the sideslope but still keep the bucket low as it is close.
 
My ford came with a weight bucket on the 3 point and I filled it with cement blocks and so far has worked out.
 
ccwhite said:
Did the wagon train the first time out of necessity. Snow got deep enough that I couldn't pull the wagons around with the ATVs. The tractor just handled it. I got the front loader since then and it makes a huge difference. Anyway I like doing it this way for now. I am building a bigger wagon for the tractor then my boys can each tow one of these little wagons with their ATVs.
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I have no idea why but the minute I looked at the pictures my mind flashed back to one time we had finished picking corn and I had to get stuff back home. It was quite a sight to some folks. Here I was going down the road on a tractor. Behind me was a corn picker, two wagons loaded with corn and two empty wagons behind that. Twas nothing but some folks got some laughs from it.
 
Used to string 4 or 5 empties behind a JD 4440 and roll out to the hay fields. Towed 'em back 2 at a time loaded. Used to back 'em 2 at a time into a pole barn for overnight storage with a Farmall H. Not easy at all, lol. If memory serves, the linkages were anything but "tight". :lol:
 
Balancing loads isn't my problem... it's the soft dirt that gets me LOL
 

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woodmiser said:
it's the soft dirt that gets me LOL
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lol, I'll never live down the day that I had to put the old 410 in reverse and then claw up the hill with the hoe. Yep, happened in the lawn with the whole neighborhood watching. It's replacement has tracks.
 
woodmiser said:
Balancing loads isn't my problem... it's the soft dirt that gets me LOL
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:lol: :lol: At least with the back hoe you can still get out.
 
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