Drawbar trailer behind a tractor

[JMTHORNLEY]

Got a 30ft drawbar trailer with a 57mm hitch. Doesn't tow to badly as it is behind the tractors now as it is but never really had any real weight on it. I’m a bit worried that it’ll bully the N series with a full load of bales on. It’s a good trailer and rides brilliant, just wondering if anyone has any drawbar suggestions on what and how to change it as I want to put an agg hitch on there and tidy the front end up with some hay racks either end

 

[Speedstar]

On the flat you will be fine
On a hill with a wet road and you could be in trouble,you would be better with a center axle trailer with a smaller tractor up front

 

[Speedstar]

Got a 30ft drawbar trailer with a 57mm hitch. Doesn't tow to badly as it is behind the tractors now as it is but never really had any real weight on it. I’m a bit worried that it’ll bully the N series with a full load of bales on. It’s a good trailer and rides brilliant, just wondering if anyone has any drawbar suggestions on what and how to change it as I want to put an agg hitch on there and tidy the front end up with some hay racks either end

When you said drawbar trailer is it a A frame ?

 

[JMTHORNLEY]

Yep she’s on an A frame. Was just going to chop back on the chassis and weld in a direct replacement. Plenty of hills here and it never stops raining
The rear is a lift so was thinking of putting it on a flip switch in the cab and swapping over the axels so if and when needed could apply more weight to the tractor?

 

[Speedstar]

Yep she’s on an A frame. Was just going to chop back on the chassis and weld in a direct replacement. Plenty of hills here and it never stops raining
The rear is a lift so was thinking of putting it on a flip switch in the cab and swapping over the axels so if and when needed could apply more weight to the tractor?

Doing all that and you will be fine try and put about 1500kg of weight on your tractor drawbar

 

[Mark C]

If it's a bolt on VBG Hitch you could just swap it for a 50mm one. Im doing the same on a trailer I have just bought so we can use it on the wagon or behind a tractor. Bolt a big thick sheet of steel to the headboard to put some weight on the front. Putting the lift axle on the front is defo a good idea.