Trailering Cubs w/o damage?

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by Yosemite Sam

So you guys don't just throw a chain over the hood and ratchet it down?

We have a customer that has a Ford 8n and anytime he hauls it he just puts one rachet strap over the tranny and put the parking brake on, I'm waiting for the day it falls off the trailer.

[wm-webb]

It never ceases to amaze me, being passed by car pulling a big box store bolt together trailer with a 450# strap over the tractor tunnel.

[drglinski]

Originally Posted by olds45512

We have a customer that has a Ford 8n and anytime he hauls it he just puts one rachet strap over the tranny and put the parking brake on, I'm waiting for the day it falls off the trailer.

Call me a hauling noob, but I can't stand it when people don't know how to haul things, especially when they don't tie them down. The lawn care people are especially terrible for this.

[finsruskw]

For sure, and more and more I see 'em pulled over by local cops and DOT weigh boys for just that. They like to sit by 4 way stops and major highway intersections around Marion and Cedar Rapids and are stopping lotsa folks with 3/4 and 1 ton trucks that are pulling any kind of a flatbed trailer, loaded or empty.

I load 2 of my cubs crossways on the front of flatbed and use a two 2" straps on each one, over the axles, front and rear. Then one cub in the center ( 2 if they have no decks) between the wheel wells and another cross ways on the rear for a total of 5. Also I chock the wheels too w/some angled pieces of 4x4. If Ya cut 'em about 6" long w/a 90* angle on one end and a 45* on the other, and nail/screw 'em to the deck through the 45*, it works like a charm!

However, now I have the use of a 20' enclosed trailer and have to figure out something different.

[john hall]

Originally Posted by jimbob200521

I usually just chock the rear driver side wheel and go, idk what all this strap talk is about

I had a guy pass me on a 4 lane highway the other day that had stuck rocks behind the wheels for chock blocks--no chains or straps at all.

[edw]

when I was living on the farm we had one dealer that picked up one of our tractors. His truck had 3 foot high sides and he just pulled the tractor to the front endgate put in gear and set brake no tiedowns at all. That was the only time he ever hauled a tractor for us.
When I haul a riding mower etc I like to use 2 x'ed straps on front and back at least to hold both front to back and side to side

[Rguyer04]

When I haul mine I like to put 1 strap though the front axle and hook 2 off the rear hitch going to the sides. If I am going a really long distance I will throw a bigger strap across the tunnel. I also strap all attachments except the mower deck.

[olds45512]

Here's some pics of how I strap mine down.

[dgrapes59]

I ran across some heavy cast tie down brackets at the Portland show a few years ago, I bought a couple to try out. They had studs that were the same thread as the front mule drive and threaded right in, even had plastic washers that protected the paint. Wish I had purchased all he had! A friend had some at work that came with heavy machine parts, were threaded so I had to use the other mule drive holes with bolts from the inside, but worked slick on all my O's and narrow frames. I believe over-kill is better than making do when strapping down, it's the unexpected stop or turn that one should plan for. I use 4 ratchet straps per Cadet, X pull when possible. I also stop and check the load after I go a little in case something moved.

[jimbob200521]

I am all for safety but realistically we're strapping down a 800lb - 1000lb load, I have always done one strap "threaded" "weaved" (whatever) through the quick attach latches on the front hooked towards the back of the machine and another either over the tunnel cover or around the axle hooked in the opposite way. Also helps I don't drive like a mad man when I'm hauling a Cub, as well