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Posted by copey on Thursday, July 23, 2009 at 04:41:25 :
At 2 pm i was using my big tractor to take a tamdem wagon of hay to put in the big coverall building down the road> The tractor quit just after i made a left hand turn on the main road > the tractor and the trailer were in a bad spot traffic wise > i called my son "eddie the rat" and asked hin to bring the power wagon down > Eddie hooked up the chain to the front axle of the tractor and to the pintle hook of the power wagon > In first gear (high )range in the transfer case he pulled me 2 miles to the next turn of where the coverall building was so i could get the load of hay under cover before the rain > tractor 9640 pounds trailer pounds 3400 hay 12000 pounds apx >so about 25000 pounds more or less > "eddie " wanted to shift to second gear but when he was speeding up but the hydrostactic steering which wasnt working cause the tractor wasnt running only allowed a little bit of steering with out the engine now thats a power wagon for ya ~ Copey
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