Seeders Pulling a Seeder on the Highway

[Believer]

I don't have any experience with this but I might buy an older 8' seeder and need to take it about 80 miles to a new home. I don't have a trailer wide enough. Is it reasonable to plan to tow it behind a truck? If so, what speed should I plan? What else do I need to know before I do something I shouldn't? Thanks.

 

[LoneCowboy]

rent a trailer.

 

[skipperbrown]

I wouldn't pull it faster than 10 mph so it would take 8 hours. I agree, rent, beg or borrow a suitable trailer.

 

[ZDB]

After pulling a 12' disc home 10 miles the other day at <10mph I agree, get a trailer. You won't damage your seeder and you don't need to worry about wheel bearings or all the other fun things associated with towing old used farm equipment.

 

[schmism]

most seeders are fairly light weight, you could probably side load it on a 8-10' utility trailer and figure out how not to have the toung stick way out the side.

 

[nomad]

I don't have a trailer wide enough. Is it reasonable to plan to tow it behind a truck?

You have a truck, right? No box on or trailer behind of truck? And, neither length nor width of truck box/trailer is more than 5'? 5' box/trailer will be enough to carry 8' seeder.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

The last drill I bought was 15' wide and I loaded it on my 16' utility trailer. Just load it over the side (if you have fenders like I did you just have to block the ramps up higher and then have a quick decent onto the trailer deck but a loader would be easier). We angled it on the deck and then just flagged the tounge that was still on. We set the tounge so it stuck over the passenger side and away from oncoming cars and other cars in multilane roads. Took it from Columbus, OH to Silver Creek, NY without any problems. Once we got it home we used our two loader tractors to lift it (this drill is a tad bulky for just one tractor) then pulled the trailer out from under it and set it back on the earth. Was very easy and harmless. So I know you can do it even easier with a 8' drill (is the 8' the drilling width or the overall drill width?)

 

[kthompson]

If the tires and bearings are in good shape you can pull it faster than 10 mph as any tractor road speed is faster than that, but load on trailer sideways and haul it. If there are any two lane older bridges they can get narrow and 80 miles is a long pull for such or to me it is.

Ask around there are private haulers who will do such for a low price. Before you buy, find out about price of tires for it. I looked at one a couple of years back and it had odd size tires that were very very costly and that was not the odd tread it was suppose to have.

 

[Peej]

I loaded mine sideways with tongue to the side on my 18x7 trailer. no problems. Rolled it up on 2 boards.

 

[Duffster]

I would tow it @ ~25mph