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Re: What\'s the biggest thing you have moved with a BX
I agree. I would not have tried this on any kind of hill, because that would have added a lot of strain to the whole system. I only had to move the camper over flat terrain which is pretty easy to do. I did not have the throttle up much to move, since I wanted to keep it slow (see lesson below). There was no noticable strain on the engine.
Since I bought the camper used, I didn't have an accurate tongue weight. When I first tried to lift the hitch, the idea was that I'd raise the ball just to the height of the socket and then I'd slowly crank the camper jack up. That way I'd be applying the weight gradually to the tractor to make sure it was going to go OK.
Well, when I tried to raise the 3pt. I was looking behind me and not watching how far I was pulling the lever and all of a sudden, whump, up goes the 3pt and up goes the camper real fast. It took the camper jack up off the ground a few inches with no ill effect. So I figured I could handle the weight.
Lesson learned:
1) Always lower the throttle when I need to do something slow.
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I agree. I would not have tried this on any kind of hill, because that would have added a lot of strain to the whole system. I only had to move the camper over flat terrain which is pretty easy to do. I did not have the throttle up much to move, since I wanted to keep it slow (see lesson below). There was no noticable strain on the engine.
Since I bought the camper used, I didn't have an accurate tongue weight. When I first tried to lift the hitch, the idea was that I'd raise the ball just to the height of the socket and then I'd slowly crank the camper jack up. That way I'd be applying the weight gradually to the tractor to make sure it was going to go OK.
Well, when I tried to raise the 3pt. I was looking behind me and not watching how far I was pulling the lever and all of a sudden, whump, up goes the 3pt and up goes the camper real fast. It took the camper jack up off the ground a few inches with no ill effect. So I figured I could handle the weight.
Lesson learned:
1) Always lower the throttle when I need to do something slow.
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