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Good morning, how is everyone doing?

I got a pretty specific question that needs answering, how do you get running gear home from far away. I want to make another flat rack, and subsequently, you typically need a set of running gear for that. I have a trailer that I could probably set it on and strap it down to, but I am not so sure this is the best idea. I am looking at ones that are about an hour and a half's drive away (going the speed limit... ish), so it would take a while to putter back with one going 15 miles an hour. The tires are also not in the best of condition with the ones that I am looking at, because I don't want to spend more than 400 bucks on something that will get used MAYBE 3 times a year.

So, do I use my trailer, or do I bite the bullet and just take my time on dry rotted tires.

I was thinking about screwing blocks to the deck of the trailer on both sides of each tire, just so it doesn't have much room to wiggle but i'm still not super thrilled about the idea of a wagon on a trailer.

I think I know what I wanna do, but I figured some of the older guys on here would know better than me LOL, thanks
 
I have hauled a lot of equipment home long distance on iffy tires. Some really nice trips down back roads. I have also put wagons on my 16' car hauler. Not sure what the problem is with that? Four chains or good straps should get her done. Taking it apart is an excellent idea too...if you can get it apart. Something as old as you are talking about could give you some issues plus getting it into the truck (heavy). My current favorite way is the trailer.
 
I'd boom it down good on a trailer and hit the road.

I pulled one about 30 miles with a pickup once, and I don't think I'd want to do it again.
 
I like to live dangerously, if there is no top on this
gear, just frame with four wheels, pull it home. Take
a jack, wheel wrench, and a spare tire, and a few
blocks of wood just in case. Not carrying any
weight, rolling along shouldnt be any trouble so
long as the wagon tongue isnt all bent and sloppy,
and the wagon tracks straight.
 
I was just concerned about the wagon rolling around a little bit, but I guess if it is strapped down right it can't move at all. Either way, would you rather have it on it's tires, or upside down? My fear is that even if it is strapped down well, if a tire leaks air fast enough then it would loosen up the wagon.
 
I brought a running gear home like that , slid the front wheels and axle in, then the rear axle with the pole still attached sticking up in the air.
 
I towed a running gear from Madison to Waukesha on the two
lanes and back roads. I could make 30-35 mph and I have a
lot of patience for a ride in the country. There was a fast little
car followed us out of one town and pasted us on the first
straight a way. The little car took the state highway and we
took the next side road cutting off 5 miles And presto after
the next town there was the same car passing again!!
 
The two I have brought home I just put on the flatbed with zero issue what so ever. Both were an hour drive mostly on interstates.

The first was missing a bed, forks dropped it right on the trailer. Second had a very bad bed, winched on, forked bed, then running gear off the trailer. Crank it down good like you would any other piece of
machinery. Easy as it gets.

Balers on the flatbed is a different story...
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Here's a thought no-one mentioned. If the tires are so poor they will not even make it with empty running gear, you are going to need to put new tires on it for your use. What's the
difference if you buy new tires before you pull it home or after you pull it home? Take jack and wrenches when you go get it. Then take the wheels to a nearby tire dealer and have them
mount new imp. tires. When you get home, half your new flat rack project is done.
 
I'm for hauling or dismantling and hauling
it. My dad bought a four wheel running gear
at an auction several years ago. A wheel
bearing went out on the way home. It was a
heck of a mess from what I was told. I
wasn't around then but the gears are still
in the junk pile. If it was closer I'd
just pull it but that sounds like a long
distance.
 
Dad towed a brand new Electric Wheel 8 ton gear and 150 bushel flare box home 20 miles at highway speeds.
The old Chevy 265-6 struggled but it and the new wagon made it home. I think the hoist rode in the back
of the truck.

I drove the Madison to Waukesha trip to/from work for 20+ years that Phil-Mar Farm's mentioned. There
really isn't a good state or county blacktop that parallels I-94. I would not have wanted to pull
anything over-size between those two towns.
 
I would not hesitate to haul one of those on my equipment trailer as long as it would fit front to back and side to side. Tractors have 4 wheels and weigh a lot more and are chained down and hauled all the time. Why not a light weight running gear?

Tim
 
I bought a new Idea hay mower in Mn. and I had to drive real slow with it behind me. Had I known how slow it forced me to drive, I may have paid to have it loaded into the truck. If time isn't an issue, tow it.
 
Don't drag it home. Load it and go speed limit. Think about the trucker going speed limit
and you around the corner or over a hill and maybe another truck in front of him and he
don't see you. he has to slam on the brakes or worse rearends you.

The other thing is if you have my kind of luck all tires will blow up before you get home.

I am all for hauling everything on a trailer and at speed limit. There is nothing worse than
a slow pock on todays highways. Horse and buggy days a over.
 
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