Under perfect conditions, there shouldn't be anything wrong with just putting the tractor in park and taking things slow. ...But that'd be insane, right?
The purpose of chaining loads down is to make them as closely as possible to being one integral part of the trailer. Imagine some idiot cutting you off or, worse yet, clipping your rig and causing you to go out of control. The purpose of chaining down is to keep the load with the trailer rather than having your tractor go rolling down the road - on its side.
I was raised on the idea to hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. I definitely go overboard when tying down my loads. Had a small car cut us off on a downhill run a couple years ago and my loaded trailer rolled over and landed upright. My small tractor, lumber, and even a brush hog mower were nearly perfectly in place. Even I was amazed that everything stayed so well in place.
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Today's Featured Article - Oliver 550 Purchaser Checklist - by Greg Sheppard. Pound for pound the 550 is better than anything I've seen. It has great power for its size and can really hunker down and lug. Classified as a 3-bottom plow depending on soil conditions. I personally don't think it can be beat for a utility tractor in the 40 HP range. They are extremely thrifty on fuel, at least my DSL is. Most drive train parts are fairly easy to get. Sheet metal is probably the hardest thing to
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