How much would a 60hp tractor pull in relation to silage trailers? International 475 and Case 595 both 2wd.
60hp Pulling Weight
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john432
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- Carmarthenshire
Unless your on flat dry ground,not a big trailer, or you won't keep up with the forager!
Sheep
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- Northern Ireland
5/6 ton single axles.
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- Limousin, France
Back in the day 60hp would be on a 5 ton trailer.
Ford 3000 used to be on Weeks plus 40 model trailer.
Ford 3000 used to be on Weeks plus 40 model trailer.
michael N123
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Frazer 5 ton single axle would be about Right
john432
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- Carmarthenshire
When I tried to move a trailer with about 14 tonnes all up with a DB 990, realised how underpowered the older smaller tractors are for today's work, besides the gear changing to get some momentum. Things have moved on...
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- Limousin, France
Ford 5000 on a nh 717 fleet of little tractors and trailers, start at 8 refuel at dinner time again at tea time and hot coffee all day. Coffee on the transmission housing, so fudging hot it would almost burn your leg!
Exfarmer
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- Bury St Edmunds
We used to cart silage with 9 tonne AS trailers behind 55 HP DB 990's as the big tractor pulled the chopper. Did get a bit hairy tipping though. Put a leg on the back to try and take some of the weight as it tipped. you quickly learnt double de clutching to change on the hills.
Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
Our David Brown 996 is happy with 8 ton trailers. I'd rather have an 8 ton tandem axle than a 6 ton single axle on it. Long time since there was anything as small as a 4 or 5 ton trailer on it.
Never mind moving it, how did you stop it? No DBs I’ve got or had have ever had trailer brakes and dry drum brakes only just stop the tractor!
multi power
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- pembrokeshire
If you are on reasonable flat land a 60 hp tractor is fine on a 6/7/8 ton trailer
Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
The brakes on our 996 are as good as any other tractor of its era that I've driven, but I rarely use them. Trailer brakes on the spool valve or tipping pipe and the trailer will stop the tractor
Exfarmer
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- Bury St Edmunds
That is whats we had and certainly trailer brakes working off the spool soon had you pulled up, if you had the lever to brake rather than tip
Yes I’d forgotten about the tanker we had on the spool. Wasn’t much use for an emergency stop as you invariably couldn’t reach the lever in time!
Wellytrack
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I used to draw in with a 475 on a tandem Fraser of about 8 tons. It could pull it with ease.
I follow the harvester in low box though, and user the diff lock on hills as I didn't fancy a run to A&E
I follow the harvester in low box though, and user the diff lock on hills as I didn't fancy a run to A&E
Dman2
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- Durham, UK
used to lead with a Ford 4000 and 9 ton silage trailer when I first left college.
Seemed ok at the time, not flat land either.
Wouldn`t fancy it now though
Seemed ok at the time, not flat land either.
Wouldn`t fancy it now though
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- Ardrossan Ayrshire
10hp per ton of payload is a good guide, but I have hauled silage with a Jd 1950 (62hp?) and an 8 ton Marshall and as long as you kept the revs up it was fine.
glasshouse
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- lothians
But a 7 or 9 ton trailer will only have 5 ton of grass in it at max
glasshouse
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- lothians
Ih 475 will pull a 7 t trailer ok
I would like to put a spool activated brake on trailers to save the tractor brakes
I would like to put a spool activated brake on trailers to save the tractor brakes
TripleSix
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- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
We were moving fully loaded artic bulkers with a 2wd Zetor 80hp on a dolly, gotta be in the region of 35 ton on the hitch?
A bit of wheelspin setting off but I was amazed at it going up through the gears on level going...
A bit of wheelspin setting off but I was amazed at it going up through the gears on level going...