Rear Tractor Towing

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.

USING FORKS

When securing the back axle to the forks: Hook a chain around the cross bar and take it across and over the frame rail. Use a binder to tighten it down, creating the tractor to be locked down into the forks so it cannot move side-to-side, forwards, or backwards.

ONE SIDE AXLE CHAIN-UP

Look to where the suspension bolts to the frame. Hook that side up and it won’t fall down. (If you go to the opposite side, you will probably be buying an airbag.)

The J-hook goes under the suspension for the spring, (right at the bag). From there it comes up and hooks right into the frame and to an upside down hook to take the slack out.

REMEMBER

Do not let the bags hang and the shocks hold it up. The axle could fall down and rip the air bags out. To prevent this from happening, secure a chain behind the axle and up to the frame.