Okay, This Time Ya Can Hollar At Me Fer Sure

Allan in NE · Jul 12, 2009

Stayed in the field until way after dark last night because I wanted to get done.

By the time I got the tractor fueled and moved home it was pitch black. After going back to retrieve my pickup, drove my little "machinery mover" on the trailer and came 15 miles to the house at 65mph.

No, I didn't tie it down. Just set the parking brake and it was still on there when I got home.
:>)

Allan

super99 · Jul 12, 2009

Some guys are just lucky! If I tried that, I wouldn't have gotten a mile before it jumped off and ran away. Chris

Allan in NE · Jul 12, 2009

Hi Bud,

Ya, but when yer tired and cranky, ya do silly stuff. I noticed it did bounce around a lot. :>)

Allan

RBnSC · Jul 12, 2009

My nephew tried that with his uncles 4 wheeler didn't think it was necessary. Made it about 50 ft. But that was in the back of a pickup truck. His Uncle didn't see any humor in it.
Ron

Allan in NE · Jul 12, 2009

I used to haul the little stinker in the back of the pickup, but in this flat country, it is so darned hard to find a hole to load and unload.

Started using this little mower trailer and it works fairly well because of the built in "loading ramp". :>)

Allan

TGIN · Jul 12, 2009

A little twine out of the round baler would hold that down .

Allan in NE · Jul 12, 2009

See there,

Again, I just wasn't thinkin'. :>)

Allan

GeneMO · Jul 12, 2009

I didn't know there was a working 3 wheeler left in the country.

Gene

TGIN · Jul 12, 2009

Ya know what happen last time ya told em you did nt chain somthin down !! I got yelled at fer backin ya !

RBnSC · Jul 12, 2009

My brother and I built a trailer specifically to haul 4 wheelers. We built it so you could haul 4 sideways and we made the tongue long so you can carry one in the back of the pickup with the tailgate down. Works real good.
Ron

Allan in NE · Jul 12, 2009

I'm all by myself out here in the boonies and that little feller saves the day when it comes time to move to a different field.

I run the wheels off of 'er this time of year.

Allan

jeff outwest · Jul 12, 2009

People tend to forget that gravity does work. I get tired of the law makers trying to protect us from ourselves. Common Sense is out of style which is way too bad. Allan I would have worried more about driving machinery down the road after dark. With all the idiots on the roads these days, moving machinery down the highway is an "extreme sport". But then again it all depends on your area?? Common Sense again.

Allan in NE · Jul 12, 2009

Yeah,

Out in this country, the only traffic is two jackrabbits and and baby deer now and then.

I usually go "underneith" the eagles and hawks and over the top of the snakes. :>)

Allan

John M · Jul 12, 2009

Big Red?

Allan in NE · Jul 12, 2009

Hi ya John,

Yeah, I think that's what it's called. Picked it up on a farm sale awhile back.

Had to put a battery in the joker, but other than that it just runs like a little bandit.

Do you know which position of the fuel shutoff is "run" and which is "reserve"? One of these days I'm gonna get stuck out in the middle of nowhere with no fuel. :>(

Allan

IaGary · Jul 12, 2009

I use one of those when combining corn.

I lower the corn head to the ground, drive the 3 wheeler on the head. Raise it up and when I get to the field i can lower the head , drive it off and go get the tractor and wagons.

Got a little tow bar on it also to pull behind what ever. Get where going unhook and go back.

The're handy little buggers.

Gary

Allan in NE · Jul 12, 2009

Hey!

Can ya get me a picture of the tow bar? Really need one of those at times.

Would save a heck of a lot of running back and forth too.

Allan

IaGary · Jul 12, 2009

Sure, it just clamps around the front fork tube on each side. It's got hinges so you lift it up to the handle bars and strap it up with a tarp strap when not needed.

Works better than towing any 4 wheel impliment cause it turns the front wheel where you want it to go while towing.

The clamps stay on the forks all the time and the two pins that are the hinge get pulled if you want to remove it from the 3 wheeler.

Gary

Billy NY · Jul 12, 2009

Seems to be a fair amount of those around, lot of em turn up in good shape or kind of unused from ones I have seen, I guess they lost popularity when their 4 wheeled cousin's started taking over.

I suppose you will get used to turning with one of those, few times I was ever on one with 3 wheels, that was my biggest problem, learning to turn with it.

Talk about handy, nice that it's small and simple to work on, I use a little Suzuki LT 125, yeah it's tiny, 2wd and no suspension, I assume the forks on yours move, but the back probably bounces the same, your tire air pressure is the suspension, so adjust acccordingly and ride the same, too much and you will bounce. The coolest thing about this little one is that I can weave my way through young woods, and areas you could not drive a bigger one, get stuck, you can lift it up, and it goes just about anywhere like a 4wd, best thing is that I can put it across the deck of my Rhino rotary mower, something goes wrong, I've got a ride back up the hill or if I don't have it on the deck, just walk back and get it, can carry one tank of fuel for the tractor, tools/parts etc. real handy thing to own, especially with your layout.

John M · Jul 12, 2009

Mine didnt have a reserve on it.

teddy52food · Jul 12, 2009

I bought a 125 back in 83 & the kids wife & I put on over 15,000 miles. Then the engine was put in a 4 wheeler & is still running. It has been rerung a few times but never bored.

Billy NY · Jul 12, 2009

yes, these 4 strokes will go a long time, this one was surplused from a big job in the mid-late 80's at Ft. Drum, was used to get around the site, not many miles on it, just change the oil, she needs brakes, but sure is a nice thing to have and small enough to be real handy, like I mentioned, strap er down right on the deck of the brush hog.

Bob Kerr · Jul 12, 2009

Sometimes you just get lucky! I have a buddy around these parts that lost 2 4 wheelers and 3 lawnmowers last year and all were tied down. his 4 wheeler which is his pride and joy rolled off the trailer backwards and went out into a swampy mucky hole down in the river bottoms not far from his house, bad thing is he had nice clothes on as he just got off work and picked it up from the shop. He had the worst luck with tie down straps i ever saw.

kopeck · Jul 12, 2009

I have to think you folks just have a lot better roads then we do. I bet you couldn't make it a mile with out that thing moving. I might not fall off but it sure would bounce around.

Just remember, strapping it down is not as much for you but the person behind you...

K

Dan Swanson · Jul 12, 2009

When I saw the picture with it on the trailer I thought it looked like the one we had. That used to be the in-laws. Hated to see it go at the sale last October, but I couldn't buy everything. Any how, I have four boys that put a "million" miles on that thing, and just like a typical Honda just change the oil and run it forever. If I had the book for it I would give it to you, but I don't, sorry. On the fuel selector valve, when the "handle" of the valve is 180 degrees from the on, off or reserve position that is what you have. For my four wheeler, I made an adjustable "L" shaped thing from a 2" hitch and some 2" square tubing that mounts to the floor of my trailer and then latches on to a 2" ball on the 4 wheeler. Pull a single pin and its off thr trailer. I drive the ATV up against the front of the trailer and then put this device on and the thing goes nowhere. Later Dan

Anonymous-0 · Jul 12, 2009

I have a cousin who farm by himself 30 miles North of Havre. He has a 4 wheeler with a tow bar. Every vehicle, pickup, tractors, combine, sprayer has a place to tow it. Some of his fields are 12 miles apart. I sometimes think it gets towed more than driven. Bud

Ed in Northern VA · Jul 12, 2009

Go ahead and come clean... you had a piece of chewing gum under the front tire.

onefarmer · Jul 13, 2009

Allan, on mine handle down is run and handle up is reserve

Old Roy · Jul 13, 2009

probable have to have one built on this order only wider.
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Iowa_tire_guy · Jul 13, 2009

(quoted from post at 05:49:19 07/12/09) I use one of those when combining corn.

Got a little tow bar on it also to pull behind what ever. Get where going unhook and go back.

The're handy little buggers.

Gary

We had a neighbor who built a towbar for his. All went well until he forgot to put it in neutral one time. Shucked the tranny by the time he got to the field.

We also had a neighbor who hauled a horse around in the back of his pickup without stockracks on. Pour horse.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 14, 2009

I replaced the rope holding the back end of my boat to the trailer with a pretty red strap.After two months in the sun a pull on the strap broke it.Im back to the rope.

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