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How do you chain down a bobcat to a trailer?
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<blockquote data-quote="skidsteer.ca" data-source="post: 6139" data-attributes="member: 307"><p><img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Ash%20veneer%20logging/IMG_0721.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Ash%20veneer%20logging/IMG_0723.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Its a 19' tridem, but if I was doing it again, I'd set it up with a little more tongue weight, its Center of axel group is about 15% rear of center. If I did it again I'd have at least 25% more deck forward of the center of the axel group. Learn as you go, I guess.</p><p>15% works good on a tandem in my opinion, because the axels can equalize alot more, but a tridem is pretty limited. The hitch on the truck must be the right hight too, or one set of axels is not carrying there share of the load</p><p> I have to careful to load a little extra tongue weight because if you crest the top of a sharp hill where the front 2 axels are carrying most of the load it will lift up on the tongue.</p><p>Center of gravity of the loader is near the rear axel and I try to keep that forward of the middle axel on the trailer.</p><p>The 19' is nice as it give me plenty of room to load attachments over the sides in front of the trailer fenders, and still put the loader with a backhoe on behind.</p><p>Ken</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skidsteer.ca, post: 6139, member: 307"] [IMG]https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Ash%20veneer%20logging/IMG_0721.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]https://www.skidsteerforum.com/Portals/57ad7180-c5e7-49f5-b282-c6475cdb7ee7/TTTGallery/Ash%20veneer%20logging/IMG_0723.JPG[/IMG] Its a 19' tridem, but if I was doing it again, I'd set it up with a little more tongue weight, its Center of axel group is about 15% rear of center. If I did it again I'd have at least 25% more deck forward of the center of the axel group. Learn as you go, I guess. 15% works good on a tandem in my opinion, because the axels can equalize alot more, but a tridem is pretty limited. The hitch on the truck must be the right hight too, or one set of axels is not carrying there share of the load I have to careful to load a little extra tongue weight because if you crest the top of a sharp hill where the front 2 axels are carrying most of the load it will lift up on the tongue. Center of gravity of the loader is near the rear axel and I try to keep that forward of the middle axel on the trailer. The 19' is nice as it give me plenty of room to load attachments over the sides in front of the trailer fenders, and still put the loader with a backhoe on behind. Ken [/QUOTE]
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