Yes you want the weight on the hitch. If you have a draw bar and towing a trailer that is bestDoes that mean, if you're using the 3pt, that you want to load the trailer hitch heavy? Since the 3pt floats up, would that reduce the potential for the hitch to raise up depending on terrain? Seems scary, in concept, to have the back of the trailer bottom out or make the ball/pintel carry the upward force of the trailer & load.
Bwahh hahh, you'll know when the load pushes you and you jack knife. Besides, how do you know how heavy the load is, the ball bearing rocks, etc. This is a fool's errand. Keep up on your life insurance.I've got a New Holland PowerStar 75. It's about 8,000 lbs counting the FEL. It's got 16.9R30s on the back. I'm able to add about 2,000 lbs with the front forks carrying a 275 gallon IBC tote for water weight and balance.
My question is, how heavy of a trailer can I tow using either the 3PH (~3,500 lbs capacity) or the draw bar itself. I'm not able to find anything concerning this rating online.
For planting and irrigating purposes, I'd really like to haul a trailer with dual 7,000 lb axles. I might even be able to carry more than one implement to the farm at a time. But I've never tried to pull a trailer with the tractor so I don't really know what I'm doing. Any help appreciated.
Note that I am not trying to tow the tractor ON the trailer, which I have no need for. Rather, I am hoping to tow the trailer WITH the tractor.
Bwahh hahh, you'll know when the load pushes you and you jack knife. Besides, how do you know how heavy the load is, the ball bearing rocks, etc. This is a fool's errand. Keep up on your life insurance.
Don't apply to me at all simply because I use my modified rear hay spear with a GN ball welded on the top and the 3PH is always at full elevation when pulling the GN loaded. I rarely use the drawbar for pulling anything other than drawbar pulled implements like round balers and disc mowers. Even my Kuhn Gyro-rake is 3 point mounted which I much prefer because I can lift it at the end of a windrow and not leave a curved tail of forage that I have to 'chase' with the baler.
I like to keep my windrows straight always. Makes for easier round bailing.
In the UK we can gross at 24 tonnes (52910 lbs) on the road with an agricultural tractor with coupled brakes, I think it can go to 26 with air brakes but I think your question is what your tractor will handle easily off road in which case 14000 lbs should be no problem.I've got a New Holland PowerStar 75. It's about 8,000 lbs counting the FEL. It's got 16.9R30s on the back. I'm able to add about 2,000 lbs with the front forks carrying a 275 gallon IBC tote for water weight and balance.
My question is, how heavy of a trailer can I tow using either the 3PH (~3,500 lbs capacity) or the draw bar itself. I'm not able to find anything concerning this rating online.
For planting and irrigating purposes, I'd really like to haul a trailer with dual 7,000 lb axles. I might even be able to carry more than one implement to the farm at a time. But I've never tried to pull a trailer with the tractor so I don't really know what I'm doing. Any help appreciated.
Note that I am not trying to tow the tractor ON the trailer, which I have no need for. Rather, I am hoping to tow the trailer WITH the tractor.
Op meandered a bit, so it might not have been clear, but I believe they were asking about on-road use:I think your question is what your tractor will handle easily off road in which case 14000 lbs should be no problem.
My interpretation is they're loading several implements onto the trailer to tow on-road to the farm, rather than carrying the implements on the 3-point, one at a time.I'd really like to haul a trailer with dual 7,000 lb axles. I might even be able to carry more than one implement to the farm at a time. But I've never tried to pull a trailer with the tractor so I don't really know what I'm doing. Any help appreciated.
This is about a tractor. An 8k# tractor pulling a trailer. Please follow the thread and keep on pretending.Hysteria much? A tow vehicle can easily handle a trailer 3x its weight if it has a trailer brake controller. The new diesel pickups are rated for trailers with a gvw over 4x their weight, and that's at highway speeds.
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