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 | F350Lawman
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 411 Goshen, NY 
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2003-09-18 64290
Well I went and bought a large clevis from JD so that i could haul my pintle hook equipped "manure wagon" with the tractor. I would guess it weighed at least 6000lbs.
The clevis/pintle hook setup worked well with a little slop but no real problems. The tractor pulled and stopped it effortlessly. tractor actually backs the trailer better than the truck due to the gearing. The only time you really felt the weight was when you braked and the tractor would rock from the weight. slamming the drawbar.
No ballast other than the FEL on the front and the trailer was weighted pretty even front to back. tongue weight must have been about 500lbs. or so.
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 | DRankin
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 5116 Northern Nevada 
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2003-09-18 64292
Talk about a load of horse $#!^ (!!)
You really know how to spread it buddy. ....
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| F350Lawman
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 411 Goshen, NY
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2003-09-18 64294
Funny I've been told that before :)
I really was impressed with the tractors towing ability. I think I used 5th gear, or as I call it 1st with the range selector in Hi. RPM's around 1500 and no lugging. ....
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 | Peters
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 3034 Northern AL
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2003-09-18 64295
I have pulled my equipment trailer to the barn a few times with 100 sixty or more pound bale. I never had any problems but used the ball on the tow bar. It is best to be in 4 wheel with the weight.
It is alot easier to manuver and I use the tractor with the equipment trailer a lot.
I never looked in the book. It just needed to be done. ....
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| F350Lawman
Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 411 Goshen, NY
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2003-09-18 64297
I used 4 wd with the exception of some tight backing when I would have been ripping up the turf.
I would lke to add a ball but I always have the clevis on so I need to rig something up. ....
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 | Art White
Join Date: Jan 2000 Posts: 6898 Waterville New York
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2003-09-19 64315
WE used to have a lot of fun with some of our used Cadets on of my favorites was the 149 model. We would hook them up to 130 hp farm tractors that weigh in about 13000 to 15000 lbs. You couldn't just trow the lever ahead but you had to have full throttle and make that hydro scream but not to much as you could just sit and spin. After a second or two it would start rolling, couldn't gain fast or you would again just spin. To see that little cadet garden tractor pull that tractor was something. The tractor operator had the control because a jab on the brakes quickly stopped both. ....
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