I dont see these very often in central texas but wanted to ask a few questions before embarking on this journey.
I want to build one of those hitches that can bolt to the front of my tractor to hook it onto the rear of my pickup, say with a 2" ball.
It would have to pivot up and out of the way when not in use. The idea is : I need a cheap and easy way to get my tractor about 4 miles down the road from time to time. my trailers always seem to have horse hay on them.
I have seen them before, and never really understood why the towed vehicle doesn't "turn and run off the road" since no stabilizers go to tie-rods or anything.
So, questions are:
what could I consider top speed would be for my old wore-out MF 65 in tow behind the truck? 25 mph? would be nice as it would make it a one man operation to move the tractor.
My tractor has very worn tierod joints and other steering "looseness". Am I an idiot for thinking this will work?
If you recommend me build it, any pre-warnings? what mistakes can you lure me away from?
pictures?
I want to build one of those hitches that can bolt to the front of my tractor to hook it onto the rear of my pickup, say with a 2" ball.
It would have to pivot up and out of the way when not in use. The idea is : I need a cheap and easy way to get my tractor about 4 miles down the road from time to time. my trailers always seem to have horse hay on them.
I have seen them before, and never really understood why the towed vehicle doesn't "turn and run off the road" since no stabilizers go to tie-rods or anything.
So, questions are:
what could I consider top speed would be for my old wore-out MF 65 in tow behind the truck? 25 mph? would be nice as it would make it a one man operation to move the tractor.
My tractor has very worn tierod joints and other steering "looseness". Am I an idiot for thinking this will work?
If you recommend me build it, any pre-warnings? what mistakes can you lure me away from?
pictures?