Pulling with the Drawbar

[Caretaker]

Off on a tangent here - someone made reference to tracter hop, which I've had the pleasure of experiencing! I recall reading a discussion in one of the JD "how-to" books about the causes. cures. etc. It occurrs the me that tractor hop would be cured by shock absorbers - anyone ever heard anything about that? Does anyone know if any compact tractors come with shock absorbers? I suspect the large machines might...

[Bird]

Caretaker, don't forget that a shock absorber works with springs (or some kind of suspension) and helps prevent wheel hop on car type suspensions; no place to put one on a tractor since tires, wheels, axles, etc. is one solid assembly with no suspension.

The only way I know to stop wheel hop on a tractor is what mdewald said to do.

Bird<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by Bird on 12/27/00 11:56 AM.</FONT></P>