How narrow can you make an M by dishing in the wheels?

Farmboy856 · Jul 29, 2010

I read with interest the posts a couple of days ago about how narrow you could make an M with the wheels dished out, but how narrow can you make one with the wheels dished in (with fenders removed) before the wheels touch something?

I've got a fellow interested in buying mine, but he wants to know the absolute minimum width trailer he could haul it on. Any help is appreciated.

rustyfarmall · Jul 29, 2010

(quoted from post at 08:46:34 07/29/10) I read with interest the posts a couple of days ago about how narrow you could make an M with the wheels dished out, but how narrow can you make one with the wheels dished in (with fenders removed) before the wheels touch something?

I've got a fellow interested in buying mine, but he wants to know the absolute minimum width trailer he could haul it on. Any help is appreciated.

If you dish in just one wheel, and have the other wheel SLID in on the axle as far as it will go, then that M WILL fit between the fenders of just about ANY trailer, BUT, and this is a BIG but, the trailer MUST be rated for a minimum of 10,000# to 14,000#. The vast majority of car trailers are rated ONLY for 7,000# including the weight of the trailer, which leaves only a cargo capacity of 5,000#, and your M in all likelyhood will weigh in at a minimum of 6,000#

Nebraska Kirk · Jul 29, 2010

(quoted from post at 09:46:34 07/29/10) I read with interest the posts a couple of days ago about how narrow you could make an M with the wheels dished out, but how narrow can you make one with the wheels dished in (with fenders removed) before the wheels touch something?

I've got a fellow interested in buying mine, but he wants to know the absolute minimum width trailer he could haul it on. Any help is appreciated.

I concur with Rusty. To answer your question, with both wheels dished in and slid all the way in, my book says 52 inches from center of tire to center of tire.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 29, 2010

I'm with Rusty. Even though I don't think most M's will weigh in much over 5000 lbs it is still too much for a car trailer. I've got a car trailer with two 3500 pound axels that I once hauled an H on. Never again. Tell the guy to do himself a favor and find someone with a deckover trailer or just hire it hauled.

Farmboy856 · Jul 29, 2010

Thanks for the replies---

I had warned him about the weight issue before I posted, and he claims he has an equipment trailer he hauls a trencher on that is a tandem axle bumper hitch that has a 10,000 lb GVW rating. The only problem is that it is only about 70" wide. I'll pass along what you fellows reported about the width. Thanks again.

mkirsch · Jul 29, 2010

A contractor with the City of Rochester, NY has a fleet of old Farmalls that they use to plow sidewalks. H's, M's, 300's, 400's, and so on.

They're really narrowed up, and they run chains. It looks like a real tight squeeze on the operator's platform.

Having walked down a freshly-plowed sidewalk after an M passed through, I would estimate the width to be between 60" and 66".

How narrow can you make an M by dishing in the wheels?

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