Massey 65 field find -- going to try and get her running and working

[aczlan]

OUCH. I agree with LiveRoll that it looks like it could have used more tongue weight, I would have also tried to chain to the front axle (vs the loader) and get the chains going as close to a 45 in each direction (up/down and left/right in relation to the tractor) as possible

Aaron Z

 

[Cromagnum]

That looked exciting, and painful. Glad no one was hurt.

I rented a u-haul car trailer ($70) to pull my 2135 tractor home last month.

 

[TomSeller]

OUCH. I agree with LiveRoll that it looks like it could have used more tongue weight, I would have also tried to chain to the front axle (vs the loader) and get the chains going as close to a 45 in each direction (up/down and left/right in relation to the tractor) as possible

Aaron Z

Yeah, I like to back a loader tractor onto a trailer to get more weight on the truck. Upwards play on the hitch is dangerous. I also like to chain the axles with 4 SEPARATE binders. The load can't shift as much that way. Also tie the binder levers down just in case. Better safe than sorry.

 

[namyessam]

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Yeah, I like to back a loader tractor onto a trailer to get more weight on the truck. Upwards play on the hitch is dangerous. I also like to chain the axles with 4 SEPARATE binders. The load can't shift as much that way. Also tie the binder levers down just in case. Better safe than sorry.

Tie them down like this. I have read that many DOT,s have been cracking down on collectors hauling their tractors to shows and not having them properly secured with 4 separate chains. I know it's hard to see but note the ends of the binder handles are wired down to prevent them from coming loose. As eveyone else has said, Thankfully no one got hurt, It could have been alot worse.

 

[murphy1244]

That Tractor was not loaded right. You took the weight off the Hitch. Glad you lived thru it.

 

[aczlan]

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Tie them down like this. I have read that many DOT,s have been cracking down on collectors hauling their tractors to shows and not having them properly secured with 4 separate chains. I know it's hard to see but note the ends of the binder handles are wired down to prevent them from coming loose. As eveyone else has said, Thankfully no one got hurt, It could have been alot worse.

Excellent example.

Aaron Z

 

[namyessam]

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Tie them down like this. I have read that many DOT,s have been cracking down on collectors hauling their tractors to shows and not having them properly secured with 4 separate chains. I know it's hard to see but note the ends of the binder handles are wired down to prevent them from coming loose. As eveyone else has said, Thankfully no one got hurt, It could have been alot worse.

Here's another little trick I learned from someone that hauled alot of machinery. If your trailer has stake pockets, drop the end of the chain through the pocket and bring it around the top and hook it to the top of the pocket and not just hooked to the bottom of the pocket. If the chain comes loose for some reason the hook still stays fastened and doesn't just come unhooked from the trailer. It may be loose but its still better than not fastened. If you zoom up on this picture it is a better image of the binder handle wired down to prevent it from coming loose.
namyessam

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Thanks for sharing your learning experience.

I hauled our 265 MF with a very heavy bushhog mounted 15 miles to get it home with negative tongue and I never plan to do that again.

It was a heavy homemade backhoe trailer so I could not load it backwards so I drove like 35 MPH. It had the pintle hitch and I was towing with the F700 16' flat dump that is rated for 23,000 pounds so that helped.

 

[k0ua]

Here's another little trick I learned from someone that hauled alot of machinery. If your trailer has stake pockets, drop the end of the chain through the pocket and bring it around the top and hook it to the top of the pocket and not just hooked to the bottom of the pocket. If the chain comes loose for some reason the hook still stays fastened and doesn't just come unhooked from the trailer. It may be loose but its still better than not fastened. If you zoom up on this picture it is a better image of the binder handle wired down to prevent it from coming loose.
namyessam

Thanks for posting, I have learned some things here.

James K0UA

 

[TomSeller]

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Tie them down like this. I have read that many DOT,s have been cracking down on collectors hauling their tractors to shows and not having them properly secured with 4 separate chains. I know it's hard to see but note the ends of the binder handles are wired down to prevent them from coming loose. As eveyone else has said, Thankfully no one got hurt, It could have been alot worse.

Great pictures and exactly as I was talking about. Some people use one chain/binder on the rear and one up front. Your load often can slip sideways on you that way. People need to pull it exactly as you show, in four separate directions at as close to 45 degrees as possible. I use twine but stiff wire is perfect to hold the levers down. You don't often see truckers do that, but to a non professional hauler it can save you if your hook up slips and all of a sudden you have slack and the handle rotates down on a bumpy road. Also, one more VERY important point. After latching up, drive a few miles, pull over and re-tighten if necessary. The chains will have moved a little where you hitched sometimes. Every time I stop I recheck my binders.