dun":1fqw5inv said:Is there any way to set up a John Deere KBA disk so that it tows easier on the road? It took 6 hours yesterday to cover 36 miles bringing it to the farm.
MikeC":1mluh16p said:dun":1mluh16p said:Is there any way to set up a John Deere KBA disk so that it tows easier on the road? It took 6 hours yesterday to cover 36 miles bringing it to the farm.
I don't understand the problem?
Will it not tow at the highest speed of the tractor?
Is it swaying too bad?
John makes sense. Just sit it on a trailer...............
I have used one of the masadan cable comealongs. Tie it to the outside frame of one of the disk gangs and then to the bumper of the pickup. Hopefuly you have three holes in the bumper. Hook one of the hooks in this hole and tighten the came along . Take of done the road if it still whips then tighten the come along some more.dun":i0ydpz6u said:Is there any way to set up a John Deere KBA disk so that it tows easier on the road? It took 6 hours yesterday to cover 36 miles bringing it to the farm.
That must make turning interesting. How many cable comealongs have you stretched out or broke over the years?hurleyjd":1e64tb4c said:I have used one of the masadan cable comealongs. Tie it to the outside frame of one of the disk gangs and then to the bumper of the pickup. Hopefuly you have three holes in the bumper. Hook one of the hooks in this hole and tighten the came along . Take of done the road if it still whips then tighten the come along some more.dun":1e64tb4c said:Is there any way to set up a John Deere KBA disk so that it tows easier on the road? It took 6 hours yesterday to cover 36 miles bringing it to the farm.
Never broke any moving the disk, I have pulled it about 25 miles at 50 to 55 miles per hour.somn":dkhdijy4 said:That must make turning interesting. How many cable comealongs have you stretched out or broke over the years?hurleyjd":dkhdijy4 said:I have used one of the masadan cable comealongs. Tie it to the outside frame of one of the disk gangs and then to the bumper of the pickup. Hopefuly you have three holes in the bumper. Hook one of the hooks in this hole and tighten the came along . Take of done the road if it still whips then tighten the come along some more.dun":dkhdijy4 said:Is there any way to set up a John Deere KBA disk so that it tows easier on the road? It took 6 hours yesterday to cover 36 miles bringing it to the farm.
Well they must get stretched out alot.hurleyjd":2ttkqj1y said:Never broke any moving the disk, I have pulled it about 25 miles at 50 to 55 miles per hour.somn":2ttkqj1y said:That must make turning interesting. How many cable comealongs have you stretched out or broke over the years?hurleyjd":2ttkqj1y said:I have used one of the masadan cable comealongs. Tie it to the outside frame of one of the disk gangs and then to the bumper of the pickup. Hopefuly you have three holes in the bumper. Hook one of the hooks in this hole and tighten the came along . Take of done the road if it still whips then tighten the come along some more.dun":2ttkqj1y said:Is there any way to set up a John Deere KBA disk so that it tows easier on the road? It took 6 hours yesterday to cover 36 miles bringing it to the farm.
No I have not stretched any of them. Now explain to me how you can attach the chain to the tongue just behind the hitch pin and to the outer wing of the disk and make it work. Looks like you would just be pulling on the tongue and the wing and not doing any thing. You will have to have something attached to the tow vechicle along with the tongue of the disk some where to keep it from whipping.somn":3olxcq8r said:Well they must get stretched out alot.hurleyjd":3olxcq8r said:Never broke any moving the disk, I have pulled it about 25 miles at 50 to 55 miles per hour.somn":3olxcq8r said:That must make turning interesting. How many cable comealongs have you stretched out or broke over the years?hurleyjd":3olxcq8r said:I have used one of the masadan cable comealongs. Tie it to the outside frame of one of the disk gangs and then to the bumper of the pickup. Hopefuly you have three holes in the bumper. Hook one of the hooks in this hole and tighten the came along . Take of done the road if it still whips then tighten the come along some more.dun":3olxcq8r said:Is there any way to set up a John Deere KBA disk so that it tows easier on the road? It took 6 hours yesterday to cover 36 miles bringing it to the farm.
The side to side whipping comes from the slop in the tounge of the disc and the frame of the disc it has nothing to do with the hitch pin or the towing vehicle. By attaching a comealong to the towing vehicle you stretch the cable when you turn one direction and have slack in the cable when turning the other direction. So tell me when the disc whips from side to side it is the same as turning left then right how does your method help anything. Cable gets tight then it gets loose.hurleyjd":vr4q8zsf said:No I have not stretched any of them. Now explain to me how you can attach the chain to the tongue just behind the hitch pin and to the outer wing of the disk and make it work. Looks like you would just be pulling on the tongue and the wing and not doing any thing. You will have to have something attached to the tow vechicle along with the tongue of the disk some where to keep it from whipping.somn":vr4q8zsf said:Well they must get stretched out alot.hurleyjd":vr4q8zsf said:Never broke any moving the disk, I have pulled it about 25 miles at 50 to 55 miles per hour.somn":vr4q8zsf said:That must make turning interesting. How many cable comealongs have you stretched out or broke over the years?hurleyjd":vr4q8zsf said:I have used one of the masadan cable comealongs. Tie it to the outside frame of one of the disk gangs and then to the bumper of the pickup. Hopefuly you have three holes in the bumper. Hook one of the hooks in this hole and tighten the came along . Take of done the road if it still whips then tighten the come along some more.dun":vr4q8zsf said:Is there any way to set up a John Deere KBA disk so that it tows easier on the road? It took 6 hours yesterday to cover 36 miles bringing it to the farm.
somn":iuuxnomf said:The side to side whipping comes from the slop in the tounge of the disc and the frame of the disc it has nothing to do with the hitch pin or the towing vehicle. By attaching a comealong to the towing vehicle you stretch the cable when you turn one direction and have slack in the cable when turning the other direction. So tell me when the disc whips from side to side it is the same as turning left then right how does your method help anything. Cable gets tight then it gets loose.
Well let me rephrase that then the side to side whipping on our bwf disc and every other disc that I ever pulled that whipped from side to side was a result of the slop in between the tounge and the frame. If you take that slop out with the chain binder they pull almost as straight as an arrow. We even had a old goofy willrich field cutivator that would do it and that had walking tandems. but there was slop in between the tounge and frame. If you notice only the older wore out discs will do it new ones do not. They aren't wore out enough yet. And 9 times out of ten the hole for the hitch pin is twice as big on these newer larger discs. If the whipping came from the slop in the hitch and the pulling vehicle they would whip from side to side worse. By adding a chain and chainbinder I didn't change the weight distribution, or the camber, or caster, or toe in. I only tightened the tounge to the frame eliminating the slop.dun":145tub3c said:somn":145tub3c said:The side to side whipping comes from the slop in the tounge of the disc and the frame of the disc it has nothing to do with the hitch pin or the towing vehicle. By attaching a comealong to the towing vehicle you stretch the cable when you turn one direction and have slack in the cable when turning the other direction. So tell me when the disc whips from side to side it is the same as turning left then right how does your method help anything. Cable gets tight then it gets loose.
I think most of the side to side stuff has to do with weight distrobution aqnd the tires not having any toe in or caster/camber in them. The tedder is even worse about it and if you over load the back of a stock trailer and leave the front too light you'll get the same thing, only to to as severe a degree.
dun":o7tdjw3m said:somn":o7tdjw3m said:The side to side whipping comes from the slop in the tounge of the disc and the frame of the disc it has nothing to do with the hitch pin or the towing vehicle. By attaching a comealong to the towing vehicle you stretch the cable when you turn one direction and have slack in the cable when turning the other direction. So tell me when the disc whips from side to side it is the same as turning left then right how does your method help anything. Cable gets tight then it gets loose.
I think most of the side to side stuff has to do with weight distrobution aqnd the tires not having any toe in or caster/camber in them. The tedder is even worse about it and if you over load the back of a stock trailer and leave the front too light you'll get the same thing, only to to as severe a degree.