Two Wheel Dolly Ties Machines Together

Two Wheel Dolly Ties Machines Together MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous 7-4-35 "We're replacing two 2-wheel drive tractors with a single 4-wheel drive machine," says Eddie Anderson, Dyersburg, Tenn., who built a 2-wheel "dolly" to pull an 8-row Do-All or rotary harrow behind his 25-ft. 9-in. tandem disk on the 2,800 acres of beans he farms with his father J.W. Anderson. The dolly wheel consists simply of a small two-wheel wagon weighted with a concrete block. He attaches the tongue on the dolly wheel to the tandem disc, which is hitched to the tractor. The tongue of the trailing Do-All or rotary hoe hitches to the rear of the dolly wheel. When Anderson first started trying to hitch up two implements, he soon found he needed something in between so the two wouldn't hit on corners. With the dolly wheel between, he says he can now turn on a 90? angle without hitting. He says it also works as a leveler on the rear trailing implement so that when the disc in front is raised it doesn't force the rear of the trailing implement to dig in. Concrete blocks on the unit keep the wheels on the ground when turning and help it trail better on the road. Anderson used half of an old 4-wheel trailer to build the dolly wheel. He reinforced it, installed the tongue, and built a 4-in. deep metal box on top to hold approximately 12 cubic feet of concrete. Hydraulic lines for the rear implement run over the top. Anderson told FARM SHOW that it's important to move the weight slightly to the front of the dolly wheel axle in order to stabilize the front tongue. Wheel spread on the dolly is 5 ft. Distance from the rear drawbar hitch to the front of the tongue is 9 ft. The concrete weight block is 12 by 14 by 40 in. in size. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Eddie Anderson, Rt. 5, Box 274, Dyersburg, Tenn. 38024 (ph 901 285-0072).

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