Land drive trailer
- Thread starter cjcrofter
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Strungup52
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Local Limeys had 165s (I think) with powered axle limespreader trailers in the 60’s operating in North Lancashire. I seem to remember being told they used axles out of ex army Commer 4x4 trucks.
My Dad had to go try pull one back up a hillside when he went over a bank and just slid down the hill. They had to use the winch from the local timber merchant’s Matador in the end.
Powering a trailer axle is just a matter of getting diff gearing and tyre sizes matched up - maths.
My Dad had to go try pull one back up a hillside when he went over a bank and just slid down the hill. They had to use the winch from the local timber merchant’s Matador in the end.
Powering a trailer axle is just a matter of getting diff gearing and tyre sizes matched up - maths.
Yes wheel/ tyre size will be important . I suppose the trailer running slightly faster would be better than slightly slower.
And of course Wouldn't be used with pto engaged on a hard surface, would it , just like you dont with a 4wd tractor.
And of course Wouldn't be used with pto engaged on a hard surface, would it , just like you dont with a 4wd tractor.
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
Better with the trailer running slower than faster. If it's faster it pushes the tractor around and will lift the drawbar when going uphill. I've experienced a tanker with a driven axle that didn't have the gearing quite right.Yes wheel/ tyre size will be important . I suppose the trailer running slightly faster would be better than slightly slower.
And of course Wouldn't be used with pto engaged on a hard surface, would it , just like you dont with a 4wd tractor.
massey765
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- Location
- nr clitheroe lancs
aim for about 4% slower on the trailer.......wont matter if its a bit either way
startinghandle
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I do know someone used lime spreader in land drive with different tractor and there was a Big Bang after short distance because of different speed between spreader and tractor
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
I don’t know why Land drive is not on most things it’s a fantastic system , but cost I surpose , I would spread lime with out it myself .
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Used a home made one many years ago to cart cabbage in winter. That was on a 135.
It is a long time ago but my memory of the axle was a lorry axle rather than a tractor axle. If you put a tractor axle on aren't you going to need tractor wheels too?
It is a long time ago but my memory of the axle was a lorry axle rather than a tractor axle. If you put a tractor axle on aren't you going to need tractor wheels too?
Hilly
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- Location
- Scottish Borders.
Bedford running gear I think they used a lot ex army about all gone now but why they didn’t keep
It and improve it all I never know they dragg lime spreaders with 200hp that a mf65 could pull with land drive
A neighbour of mine has land drive trailers for taking turf off the bog. He has them on mf 135s and 35s. They have triple wheels on the tractors and trailers. The trailers are built on a mf 35/135 rear axle. He puts the tractor into land drive pto when he goes onto the bog and knocks it out of pto when he is on solid ground. Its amazing the load they can carry on soft ground.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I have seen old gravel trailers used for filling drain trenches with them, as the pto was driving the conveyor the issue was what happens at different speeds due to depth of the drain, the answer was put a car gearbox on the prop shaft and select gear to suit