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Using Chains

REMEMBER

  • If there are wind fairings, you will need to secure them so they don’t blow off (they are not designed to be pulled down the road backwards).
  • Some companies may have a policy not to tow tractors from the back.
  • You must tie the steering wheel (when towing it forward or backwards).
  • Tow lights and secondary attachment chains will need to be installed.

USING CHAINS

This is normally not the first choice, it would almost be like slinging the casualty.

To run the chains properly: come up under the axles over top of the frame and hook them together. (Do not hook into the frame. Go chain to chain and from the 5th wheel plate.) From there go down, under the axles and back to the cross bar and receivers.

Using a piece of aluminum or angle iron would be useful, as the chains come up wider than the actual frame rails.