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Josh LaFrance 09-11-2009 08:45:11 158.106.52.10 3884 Report to Moderator	My FIL was just given a 1927 Farmall Regular. We got new rear tires on it last weekend but need to get it home. About a 20 miles trip. We measured the width and it appears to be about 8'9". Seems like it would be impossible to get it on a trailer with exposed wheel wells. Do we need to find a trailer with an over the axles bed? Weight is only about 4k. [Reply]   [Send Email]
T_Bone 10-12-2009 08:22:43 64.57.205.153 4008 Report to Moderator	Re: Trailering a Farmall Regular in reply to Josh LaFrance, 09-11-2009 08:45:11   Hi Josh, I agree, if it's running drive it home. If not then a straight tow bar made from 4x2x 1/4 tube steel. Or the old tow chain/strap. Just keep your speed down, 20mph or so and take the back roads on either towing method. Or higher a tow truck with a dolly. They'll set the rear tires on dolley wheels then tow the front off ground. $200 should cover it. A trailer would be the last way I'd haul it for 20 miles. T_Bone   [Reply]   [No Email]
caterpillar guy 10-10-2009 07:38:58 172.162.22.124 3994 Report to Moderator	Re: Trailering a Farmall Regular in reply to Josh LaFrance, 09-11-2009 08:45:11   Well if the width you say is right it is an oversize load as it is more than 102" wide. So permits would be in order to be legal hauling this tractor, unless you can get the wheels to a narrower setting. The wheels will also be wide for most trucks and trailers. Now an RGN or (lowboy) would have outriggers for just this job already to go.   [Reply]   [Send Email]
John B. 09-25-2009 19:57:54 38.114.64.161 3959 Report to Moderator	Re: Trailering a Farmall Regular in reply to Josh LaFrance, 09-11-2009 08:45:11   I've read the posts below and I agree if you can find someone with a flatbed truck preferably a roll back will make it fast and simple. If the eninge runs you can weld a tongue together and bolt it to the front bolster and just tow it home with the engine running. With the engine running it would ensure that the transmission would be getting lubricated correctly while towing. Be sure to check the oil level. When tractors sit for years condensation builds up inside the transmission.   [Reply]   [No Email]
scot in pa 09-17-2009 20:37:07 12.171.162.28 3903 Report to Moderator	Re: Trailering a Farmall Regular in reply to Josh LaFrance, 09-11-2009 08:45:11   If your tires are exposed through the deck, and not beside the deck, you should be able to back it on and get it balanced right.   [Reply]   [No Email]
John M 09-15-2009 03:13:13 209.213.26.156 3897 Report to Moderator	Re: Trailering a Farmall Regular in reply to Josh LaFrance, 09-11-2009 08:45:11   If its running Id just drive it. If you cant find a trailer, call a local junkyard and ask how much for them to haul it home. I use a local junkyard as they arew cheaper than the towing services around here.   [Reply]   [No Email]
ScottyHOMEy 09-11-2009 09:15:37 64.222.221.145 3885 Report to Moderator	Re: Trailering a Farmall Regular in reply to Josh LaFrance, 09-11-2009 08:45:11   A deckover as you describe would be easiest/least bothersome. Fairly common in a gooseneck, but there are 10k deckover tagalongs around, often with a pintle hitch instead of a ball, but all doable. Are there any landscaping/light construction companies around that have trailers for moving their equipment that could do the move for you? That or rental outfit tht handles construction equipment might rent you a trailer that would do the trick.   [Reply]   [No Email]