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Re: How much in wagon can be safely pulled?
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Posted by G-MAN on August 23, 2004 at 16:53:20 from (67.52.48.10):
In Reply to: Re: How much in wagon can be safely pulled? posted by paul on August 23, 2004 at 13:25:44:
Two 600-bushel wagons behind one 4630-size MFWD tractor? That's insanity in my book, particularly in a hilly area. 75,000+ lbs rolling on eight tires behind a 20,000 lb tractor. Brakes or no brakes, that should be illegal, particularly when a semi with brakes on every axle and 18 wheels to carry the load can't gross anywhere near that much total weight. I also wonder about the reliability and capability of those built-in brake systems. Do they self-adjust or is the operator supposed to adjust them periodically? If they don't self-adjust, I can just imagine how many guys are running around with useless brakes on big wagons. Some people can't distinguish between "can" and "should", I guess. And FYI, the lawyers have now discovered farmers and the potential cash cow they represent when it comes to suing for damages. At a service school I went to last year they were telling us about a farmer that was driving down the road in his 4440 and was rear-ended by a kid in a Mustang. Nobody was killed, but the kid's family sued. Had he had a good SMV emblem on the tractor, he would have been blameless. Instead he had an old faded-out one, and it cost his insurance company a pretty penny, because he was "in the wrong". Just something to think about.
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