You "Road" Your Tractor?

[rockinbbar]

Some do and some don't.

I have to admit that roading my tractors to a place up to 40 miles away is probably easier, less time consuming, and safer than driving a big tractor and shredder up on a deckover gooseneck trailer and trailering it to the place.

By the time I hook up the trailer, chain it all down, drive to the destination, take the chains off, and back it off the trailer, and get going, I find it easier to just drive it down the road.

Tractors today can run faster than you want to run one. I know both mine will run about 30mph, but I seldom exceed 22 mph or so.

So I can be at a destination 40 miles away in less than 2 hours drive time. Might get there a tad quicker with trailering it, but trailering is much more work. Besides, a casual drive down a farm road is good for the soul.. Turn the A/C and stereo on and enjoy the ride.

How do you get your tractor from one place to the next?

 

[sea2summit]

Depends. Max I road mine is about 14 miles to my farthest hayfield and I only road it because it’s pulling something then the boy is behind me in the truck pulling something else so it’s just more efficient to make less trips. If I wasn’t making hay, say just brush hogging or something I’d probably trailer it just to save my tractor tires.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I almost always trailer my tractors. Most of my work will be 15 miles or more, and up to 250 miles away.

We do it so often, that it doesn't take long to bind them down. And, my tractors won't go more than about 15-16 mph.

 

[Farmer495]

I put a few hundred miles on a year on pavement. Trailering wouldn't work for my uses anyways.

 

[sea2summit]

I know hay dude does it just as a flex!

 

[wolc123]

I can’t stand trailers and I don’t like running tractors on the road for more than a mile or two. This is what I do if I need to go further than that:

 

[MTGreen]

Some do and some don't.

I have to admit that roading my tractors to a place up to 40 miles away is probably easier, less time consuming, and safer than driving a big tractor and shredder up on a deckover gooseneck trailer and trailering it to the place.

By the time I hook up the trailer, chain it all down, drive to the destination, take the chains off, and back it off the trailer, and get going, I find it easier to just drive it down the road.

Tractors today can run faster than you want to run one. I know both mine will run about 30mph, but I seldom exceed 22 mph or so.

So I can be at a destination 40 miles away in less than 2 hours drive time. Might get there a tad quicker with trailering it, but trailering is much more work. Besides, a casual drive down a farm road is good for the soul.. Turn the A/C and stereo on and enjoy the ride.

How do you get your tractor from one place to the next?

You have bigger tractors than I do; but my experience with utility size and larger compact size tractors has been that anything over about 12-15mph gets exciting in a less-than-desirable way when you hit a bump

 

[rockinbbar]

You have bigger tractors than I do; but my experience with utility size and larger compact size tractors has been that anything over about 12-15mph gets exciting in a less-than-desirable way when you hit a bump

Our paved farm to market roads are usually pretty good. County roads can be a bit rough. I slow to the road, or speed up if it's nice and smooth. Also, pulling a 5000 pound batwing shredder makes a tractor ride easier too.

 

[Hay Dude]

Just about every day!
This is the Magnum @ 25,000lbs pulling a 38,000lb Krone baler.

We live out on the road from one farm to another.

Baling, mowing, delivering hay and pulling the field mower.


Massey @ 33MPH with Pottinger mower.

 

[LouNY]

Quite a bit of road time on our tractors, field to farm usually from 1/4 mile to 3-5 miles is most common, 10-15 miles at times.
None of them are hi-speeders from 17-18 mph to 23-25 mph for the faster ones.

 

[oldnslo]

Never trailered a farm tractor unless was not running and going to dealer. Tractor I using for field work is approx 16 ft wide, combine 14-15 ft and farthest fields are 18 - 20 miles. Trailering would require special over width permits so not practical at all.

 

[ptsg]

I do, quite a lot. Along with most people who owns a tractor in EU. Main reason is it was common for ancestors to own and work various pieces of land all over a small village, then the consequent generations inherited that land and basically have to move their tractors between places all the time.

You'll see tractors from all sizes and makes just driving around.

 

[ultrarunner]

I do with my restored Jubilee and have it listed on my antique policy for on road liability to check the box for parades and such…

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't have reason to anymore but used to run it back and forth when I had 2 driveways, 5 miles apart to plow. When I bought my land I had the tractor delivered here, then had it hauled to the place I eas renting 17 miles away. That coat me $75... a lot of money 20 years ago.
The following spring I left the house at daylight one Sunday morning and it took me about an hour and a half and a gallon of diesel to get it home.

I have 1/4 mile of road frontage and am constantly running up and down it.
I do have it on my truck policy although recently was told it might not be covered since I haven't registered it.

 

[CliffordK]

A few years ago I purchased an old Freeman Self Propelled Baler. Too wide to comfortably haul. It came with a broken driveshaft, so I replaced the driveshaft, then drove it home about 10 miles. I picked an off time, like 7 AM Sunday morning as it had to go cross through the city (well, not much, but it did cross Main Street).

If I'm shuttling an item, I often do a bicycle shuttle, at least for one leg.

 

[milkman636]

5.5 miles is the furthest I've roaded in any direction. It's typical for me to road the 3 miles between the property with our house and our other parcel. That is a good warmup time, and it's enjoyable for me.

 

[rockinbbar]

Just about every day!

We live out on the road from one farm to another.

That's pretty much what I do in the busy season here.

I have a circuit to run and try and go from one to the next nearest without jumping around. I'll even call folks when I'm in their area, because I know if I don't, and get 60 miles away, they will call and need me.

 

[MoKelly]

I never trailer but then again these are the type of roads I have to travel. Very easy and isolated. Few cars or trucks.

I only need to travel 4 miles from end to end of the property.

 

[JCoastie]

I thought asphalt was horrible to tractor tires? I've taken my compact tractor to a friends about a half mile each way a couple times, and didn't know if that would wear my R4s substantially more. I guess it really isn't an issue on occasion?

 

[Farmer495]

I thought asphalt was horrible to tractor tires? I've taken my compact tractor to a friends about a half mile each way a couple times, and didn't know if that would wear my R4s substantially more. I guess it really isn't an issue on occasion?

I've never worried about it. I'm sure it wears some.