transport tractor with 3 pt tiller up

buck_1one · #1 03/31/14, 10:44 AM

I have a need to start trailering my tractor around several times a week. I have a 3pt tiller on it. Due to the tiller hitting the tie down chains, I want to trailer it with the tiller in the up position.

Does anyone know if trailering the tractor with the 3pt in the up position will hurt anything?

Thanks,
Buck

simi-steading · #2 03/31/14, 10:51 AM

It shouldn't... but you can always chain it in the up position then lower the hyro to allow the chains to support the weight..

haypoint · #3 03/31/14, 11:04 AM

The 3PT hitch is held up by Hyd pressure. Hoses, fittings, control valves are all made to hold pressure. Most things eventually break. What pressure does that thousand pound tiller exert extended three feet out from the rear axle, bouncing down the road?
My tractor has a mechanical lock to hold the 3PT in the up position. You should be fine.

FarmboyBill · #4 03/31/14, 11:33 AM

Im guessing that it depends maybe on the smallness of the tractor.
But then again, with the tiller scaled down to meet the power requirements of a smaller tractor, It SHOULDNT? be a problem. Taker a GOOD look at your hoses.

simi-steading · #5 03/31/14, 11:46 AM

If nothing else, put blocks under it so when you drop it, the tiller won't rest on the chains..

It's one thing driving around with pressure running through the system.. It's another to have the power off and asking the hydro to support the weight wile you're bouncing down the road..

It should hold it, but it's hard on it.. If it doesn't hold it, then you got the issue of it dropping on your chains and maybe breaking them..

buck_1one · #6 04/01/14, 03:59 AM

I don't see any way of chaining the tiller up. I guess I'll have to see about some sort of blocking.

Jennifer L. · #7 04/01/14, 08:29 AM

True story. In 1967 my dad traded in the IH 460 for the Ford 5000. It was traded back to the dealership with some piece of equipment on the back that had a hydraulic cylinder. At the dealership they had it sitting in line with three new Fords, all cleaned up, everything sparkling, but they left the cylinder on the 460 under pressure. Well, you know what happened, a hose failed and all of those brand new tractors ended up with hydraulic oil all over them and they had to clean everything all over again.

I know that's not directly related to what you are asking, but my dad had a big laugh every time he told that story and you reminded me of it.

Thanks for the smile.

FarmboyBill · #8 04/01/14, 12:32 PM

Once, around 65 or 66, The Wathena Kansas Apple Growers Assn had the bright idea of loading 30bu bins with apples onto simis outside, instead of loading bu boxes on RR cars. They got me out on a tractor with front forks to do it. I had got the first tier of boxes on OK. As I was putting the second tier up, I had the forks all the way up when a hose burst, covering me with H oil. The forks slowly went down, and the bin fell to the ground spilling 30bu of apples.

palm farmer · #9 04/01/14, 04:47 PM

When I trailer tractor and implements we haul them up down and every which way, I have hauled the tiller down and never had any issues