Lord Ferguson Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Marky, Is that with a fixed drawbar and a 2 wheeled cart or a 4 wheeler steering on the front drawbar?? - er... I can't reply.... I don;t want to go off-topic in Penny's post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 - er... I can't reply.... I don;t want to go off-topic in Penny's post roger roger sorry to stray but i will take it you can't reverse the latter one....not many can including myself!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 roger roger sorry to stray but i will take it you can't reverse the latter one....not many can including myself!!!! You must be kidding... I've not quite mastered 2 wheelers yet :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Oh dear not a true tractor driver then eh Mark - no good at ploughing or trailer reversing :D Maybe instead of Fanny you should have bought a MF 500 or 515 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted January 3, 2008 Author Share Posted January 3, 2008 Oh dear not a true tractor driver then eh Mark - no good at ploughing or trailer reversing :D Maybe instead of Fanny you should have bought a MF 500 or 515 :D Now I could drive one of those - I demonstrated an 865 to a farmer in 86... and I believe he bought one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON. Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Now I could drive one of those - I demonstrated an 865 to a farmer in 86... and I believe he bought one Can you 2 stop bickering and go make me some tea :o white 1 sugar please ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Sorry Simon - no more milk or sugar Mark and I have used it all when we had a few cups when we were chatting - best go to the shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new holland driver Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 yes any sort whit dolly or not back in the right place frist time most the time practice makes perfect flat bed trailers are the easest or one you can see the end corners of barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I find most trailers a doddle, but am absolutely hopeless with a turntable 4 wheeler. Interestingly a local haulier who regularly runs a large 4 wheel turntable trailer behind his lorry, and manages to reverse the outfit into virtually impossible locations with the utmost ease, admits he's hopeless when it comes to reversing his own car and caravan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 no problem infact never really found it a prob from the start, could always back the trailer up to the grain blower just by looking through the gap once i had tipped the body a bit, never hit it or owt, as for the actuall steering never a prob, infact when i tow a trailer at work the number of times the cablers i work with ask if i am ok, and i do it just like that leaves them speachless, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1/32 farmer Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 yep i can reverse all types of trailer on tractors and 4+4s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellarian Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Coolest dudes I saw anywhere are South African Boer truckers- they manage to reverse B Trains and make it look so easy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Yep, all types of trailer, the bigger they are the easier they are to reverse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM190 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 O yessssssss.... ;D ;D And I can drive/reverse round a tight S shape tyre course, without touching a tyre with a Flat bed/ Silage trailer. ;D ;D ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 30 foot bale trailers, grain trailers etc and any type of trailer for a 4x4 or car = yes but I've never had to try a dolly axle trailer thankfully........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMurF Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Won a bet with a lecturer at college years ago when he set up a course to reverse a trailer round got through all but the last one and had to stop as the gap was 6 foot and the trailer was 7 foot And i didnt touch the cones and won the bet Guess how it was done and i didnt move the cones \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakescot Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Won a bet with a lecturer at college years ago when he set up a coBum to revers a trailer round got through all but the last on and had to stop as the gap was 6 foot and the trailnr was 7 foot And i didnt touch the cones and won the bet Guess how it was done and i didnt move the cones \ no idea Smurf..........go on do tell I never did the young farmers reversing stuff, have never had a trailer etc on a landrover, car, jeep etc, have tried dolly trailers and had mixed success. Our road end used to be tight and lorries bringing a trailer with straw hay or fertiliser would have to unhitch and the trailer was then tractor dragged in.Sometimes I did it first time , no bother other times if I`D been there all day I`d still not have got it .Brother was better than me and if I can find it I have a pic of him with 3 little 3/4 ton trailers on behind, hauling round bales , YES 3 !! just 5 bales on each, our narrow roads and gates mean we can`t use monster trailers like most of you guys have. He could reverse that lot a bit, commonly used two and seemed to get on ok. at those ......I was on the loader so never tried the 3.....I only ever occasionally tried the 2 . You should see some of the guys who deliver in here ....some are fantastic others are pathetic ! We widened the roadend and now we can get an artic in, round the yard,over a bridge we have into the bale stack/pit area and right back out again............they used to HATE coming to us but that`s all changed ,they love us now! So back to the point, yes I can reverse but nothing complicated . I`m no expert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi6920 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Yeah i can back them no worrys now, i use a silage wagon every day and thats tandom axle, i can back it choucka full with no mirrors, i had to learn to back a tri axle trailer( single turntable, tandom rear) they are the hardest by far, and a 4 ale trailer is the easyest by a long shot, i can back all our trailers tractor and truck My 1st boss had a saying, Cant drive it backwards you cant drive it forwards, i love by it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratholderen Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 : off course I can do that, both with tractor and truck :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON. Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 Not as good as i used to but i can still hold my own ;) :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendt-man-matty Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 O yessssssss.... ;D ;D And I can drive/reverse round a tight S shape tyre course, without touching a tyre with a Flat bed/ Silage trailer. ;D ;D ;) blake did you do the under 16 tractor driving course in greenmount??? sounds like what they do.... what all is involved, when did you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM190 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 blake did you do the under 16 tractor driving course in greenmount sounds like what they do.... what all is involved, when did you do it? TWICE!! ;D :D I did one in Summer 05 and one in Summer 06 ;) You don't really learn that much, You learn what all the dash board symbols mean and how to do daily checks on a tractor and generally just how to Drive thing \ \ If one think its a good laugh :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fendt-man-matty Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 how long is the course 1or 2days? so do you just get tought the stuff or is there a test at the end? what sort of tractors do they have, ive always wanted to do it but i dont think ive got enough experience, wouldnt want to look like a fool infront of the boys that can do it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey man Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 some of the boys i kno that draw grass wit 16ton kanes wouldnt b too hot when it comes toreversin a feed trailer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM190 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 how long is the course 1or 2days? so do you just get tought the stuff or is there a test at the end? what sort of tractors do they have, ive always wanted to do it but i dont think ive got enough experience, wouldnt want to look like a fool infront of the boys that can do it!! The first one i did was 2 days and the second one was 4 days, There's a written test on the symbols on the dash board (what they mean) And then on the last day the instructor will take each person induviduly and will take you on like a driving test. He'll tell you to do certin things etc.. The first time i went i had practically no expierance, But you get spilt into groups with people with the same level of expierance as you. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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