Quadractor tow truck

Finally I am figuring out this darn Quadractor steering, it has taken four cables and countless hours but I have finally figured it out and have it right.  I can now get the tires straightened without redoing all the steering cables and it steers like a dream.  I tested it this weekend and of course Allyssia wasn't around to take pictures but I towed a couple of garden tractors down the driveway with it.  Now after towing said tractors I realized that tow trucks lift the fronts of cars off the ground so that they can't steer themselves and they just follow along. 

The boom on the back will hopefully be the solution. My plan is to use it to lift the front tires off the ground as well as hang the tractor back away from the rear wheels so that the Quadractor will be able to steer without the tires hitting the towed vehicle. 

As you see it does cantilever out the back quite considerably but it is built quite heavy so it should withstand some smaller garden tractors.  I do have to finish hooking the support cables from the boom to the frame further forward so it has support all along the tractor. 

The tailgate does work and the boom folds in half to transport in the trailer when it isn't in use. The last thing it needs is a pulley at the top of the boom for the cable to run through.  Hopefully a test video will come soon. 

Today's blog is another special where I talk about some of the tools that I use fixing all this glorious equipment.  Today's tool is an 18 volt Milwaukee stand light.  We got this at work and I tend to sneak it home in the evenings especially where it is getting dark so early.  It does have its drawbacks such as you need a headlamp in addition to this because it is cumbersome to move every time you shift to the other side of a tractor for just a second but it combats that with being super adjustable in height, angle, and brightness.  It folds down to a small size with a great carrying handle.This light was a key piece in fixing the steering cables on the Quadractor and has helped many nights fixing fence.

This light is quite pricey but when it comes to working at night you wont feel it when you switch this on.  Enough being a salesman and back to the blogging.


https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-Lithium-Ion-Cordless-Hardware-Construction/dp/B01N40LCSO/ref=sr_1_17?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1511146868&sr=1-17&keywords=milwaukee+work+light

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