joshlee
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- Joined
- Jul 31, 2014
- Messages
- 623
- Location
- Beaver Springs, PA
- Tractor
- Power Trac PT1430 Year made 2016

Thanks JohnYou need to be careful with the park brake mechanism. The brake applies with spring pressure, so any deformation of the parts will render it inoperative. The frame for the wheel motors can hold way more than twice the lift capacity of the tractor, so no issue there.
I use nylon straps and use the tow pin on the rear and the steering cylinder pin bosses to pull toward the front. But that is just me.
Someone could strap it down there. A thought that came to mind would be to make 4 places on the trailer bed fitted with D-rings dedicated to putting short straps around that red part around the wheel motors, then tightened it down.When my PT-425 was shipped here they just chained it over the center tunnel. Which scraped all the paint off.So I repainted it and all is well now.
Looking at that picture, can you get the chain closer to the frame on the red part?
That hook sounds handyYep. I mounted a large hook with a retainer clip on the front shelf of the machine right in the center down there between the bottom of the FEL lift cylinders. I use that and the rear tow-pin to chain it to my trailer.
The hook has come in handy a few times for pulling things from the front when I didn't want to use the FEL arms. Being down low like that, the tractor won't pull up on it's nose since it's below the line of the front axles.