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Like people saying you should never use the 3 point draw bar to pull stuff?
That's all I pull with because it raises the tree off the ground preventing snags.
Drawbar pulling question
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That's all I pull with because it raises the tree off the ground preventing snags.
Egon
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The ones shown seemed to be a little deficient in the sturdy column!
jonsstihl
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especially with the size of the tractor they are on, maybe if it was a bx.
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I would agree w this.
They would have to be built accordingly.
a fel goes a log way to mitigate front end lift when pulling.
bhesco
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I haven't been able to find this via Google searches and don't have all of the data to plug into the formulas. 4x4 Massey Ferguson 1840M HST (39+ hp) with fluid-filled rear R4 tires with loader with say 1,000+ pounds in the bucket and good traction, what's a ballpark figure of how many lbs of force I can put on a cable from the drawbar? 1,000 lbs, 2,000, 3,000? Knowing that helps with what level of mechanical advantage I need and how much rigging gear to buy. thx.
Also, if I can get the cable pull low enough to pull with the backhoe on (and below the axle height), that would be additional weight over the rear tires for traction.
btw, the rest of the story is I'm getting tired of pulling out oak trees utilizing 5 ton come-along's, which won't scale well when I'm clearing 3/4 acre of trees for a garden in the next year (variety of types and sizes). I place a chain 20' high in the tree and cut some of the major roots and bada-bing, the weight of the tree itself does much of the work. My hope is with the tractor and a better mechanical advantage system, I will have to cut less roots (but will dig around them) and I can set up a system to take out more trees in far less time (and with more roots removed)
Also, if I can get the cable pull low enough to pull with the backhoe on (and below the axle height), that would be additional weight over the rear tires for traction.
btw, the rest of the story is I'm getting tired of pulling out oak trees utilizing 5 ton come-along's, which won't scale well when I'm clearing 3/4 acre of trees for a garden in the next year (variety of types and sizes). I place a chain 20' high in the tree and cut some of the major roots and bada-bing, the weight of the tree itself does much of the work. My hope is with the tractor and a better mechanical advantage system, I will have to cut less roots (but will dig around them) and I can set up a system to take out more trees in far less time (and with more roots removed)
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Short of not having a Nebraska drawbar pull listed for the particular tractor or the inputs necessary to begin to ball park via formula, I do know a Mahindra 8560 w loaded tires, fel and 4wd has about a 7200 lb DB pull.
After that, it's a ball park crap shoot.
This is a tractor that weighs in at about 7200 lbs w 4wd. Add fel and loaded tires and you're about 2500-3000 lbs more.
If one extrapolates abit, then your looking at approximately a tractor able to pull almost 75% of it's weight on dirt.
I think I'd rent a dozer for your clearing job.
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oosik
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I'll just bet that nobodies Owners Manual will give an estimate of drawbar pull. Too many unknowns involved. Mine gives everything EXCEPT max drawbar pull. I would say that all four wheels will be digging or breaking ground and that will be the max drawbar pull. It will be different every time you use the drawbar to pull anything.
bhesco
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thx. according to the specs, that's about double the hp of mine, will be curious what smaller tractors can pull. That yours is that much is encouraging though, hoping to see at least 3,000 lbs or more and then apply enough mechanical advantage to use only half of that, so as not to abuse the tractor. I'm a firm believer in having more than you need so you don't break things. I couldn't justify a 8560 though
jaxs
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(A) Googling,U-tubing and internet buds are not substituts for inexperience. Chances are the people you find lurking on those places know less than you and will give advice that get's you in over your head.
(B) The ONLY ballast that should be on tractor for traction is wheel weights/liquid in tires and front suitcase weights. Heavy pulling while fel or hoe is mounted can and will severally damage tractor as in break,bend and warp things. Having both on tractor is asking for trouble. That you don't realize that by simply looking at it is scary at best.
(C) I suggest you get 3-4 snatch blocks,3-4 short chains w/hooks,a long cable with hooks and duplicate the way come-a-longs multiply force. You will learn more about mechanical advantge than you could ever hope to surffing the net. Here's a simple but effective set up to get you started. You will figure out more as you experience how they work.
NEVER hook cable back on itself because it will ruin and/or break it. Throw a short chain around tree then hook cable to chain. Connect high on tree as you have been doing then go to base of another tree with cable through snatch block. Cable from snatch block to drawbar and tug away. That arrangement give's max traction but no mechanical advantage. To give 40 horse tractor 80 horse muscles,anchor cable at base of a tree to high on subject tree,through snatch then back to base (or a secound base) through snatch then to drawbar. Unless trees used as anchors are to be removed eventually,protect bark with tire tread or the like. Good luck and I leave you with words my mechanical mentor told me. You can propel a train with a lawn mower engine using gears.
