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kmwaterboy's avatar
kmwaterboy
Explorer
Sep 11, 2013

hay wagon

While sitting here on the porch watching my neighbor across the road hauling hay, It occurred to me that if my tt had a steerable front axle like the hay wagon, or the truckers pulling tandem it would eliminate any tongue weight.Has this ever been tried on rv trailers?
  • hammer21661's avatar
    hammer21661
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2013
    yes they make a dolly looking thing that goes under a fifth wheel and hooks to the bumper hitch. good luck backing up.
  • texasclarks's avatar
    texasclarks
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2013
    It is called a Hitch Buddy and the company that used to make them is out of business. I ran across the thread last year while looking at Heartland Products with a friend of mine!
  • WyoTraveler's avatar
    WyoTraveler
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2013
    Does your neighbor pull that wagon with a horse? Those hay wagons are early 19th century. Today they use stack wagons. Frame built just like your TT. Tandem axle and 15% of the weight goes on the tractor.
  • fallsrider's avatar
    fallsrider
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2013
    I grew up on a small farm, and occasionally pulled a 4-wheel grain cart with a tractor. As mentioned, you could only use pull-thru sites, because you would never back it up.
  • nevadanick's avatar
    nevadanick
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2013
    I know that on here they are against pulling doubles but we used to pull 5 or 6 hay wagons at a time.




    Not on the interstate though.
  • robsouth's avatar
    robsouth
    Explorer II
    Sep 11, 2013
    fallsrider wrote:
    because you would never back it up.


    In the 1950's I watched my Dad back a loaded 8' wide 4 wheel hay trailer into a 12' barn door with an old John Deere many times. I never tried it, but it definitely can be done.
  • loulou57's avatar
    loulou57
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2013
    robsouth wrote:
    fallsrider wrote:
    because you would never back it up.


    In the 1950's I watched my Dad back a loaded 8' wide 4 wheel hay trailer into a 12' barn door with an old John Deere many times. I never tried it, but it definitely can be done.


    I have backed up my share of hay wagons, it can be done :B
  • fallsrider's avatar
    fallsrider
    Explorer
    Sep 11, 2013
    It can be done, and I've done it myself, but it is much more difficult than a standard trailer. Would you want to do that with your TT? I wouldn't!

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