Securing a bobtail tractor

If you had the old budd steel wheels all around on that cabover, you can probably chain through them.

You will want blocks at all wheels both front and back under. X your securement in the front of rig and back of rig.

If you go after the front steer axle, wrap chain several times between spring and wheel and go back to the pocket with the other end. We tied a Ford 550 backhoe this way on it's front. It never went anywhere.

Try to hook a chain against the possibility of your cab tilting. Just to be a safety net.

The frame is tempting but tie just enough to be snug but not depress the suspension. Ive seen some strong-strongs crank and crank and crank. Then complain that they are tired already.

 

Yet the factory sends them out piggy backed every single day with nary a ran cap on the brandy new stack. I guess they arent worried either.

Wind does not get a turbo spinning like 30psi @900 egt. And bronze sleeve bearings dont just sieze up.

 

Local work I assume? It's fir enough oil in the bearing that hauling it 100 miles won't do a thing. But 10 hours at 60 mph? That's a different conversation.

 

Yep that's over kill. However if it's a customer machine id still do it. Only takes 30 seconds to put a bag over it and bungee it tight, and little things like that make for a happy customer. On my own equipment just going down the road 3 miles? You're lucky I put chains on it and lock down the pivot cylinders.

 

I'm pretty sure I've seen guys wrap something around the air breather intakes too. It should provide the same result.

 

That’s the first I’ve heard of that too. Wrapping the air breather. But anything to stop the air flowing through the engine on valve overlap.

 

The difference is those rigs aren't being towed backwards. There's an oil line to the turbo for a reason, same reason you drop the driveshaft on a rear wheel drive car with an auto trans before you tow it, lubrication.

Bottom line though, like @rbrtwbstr said, why take a chance on a claim being filed against you, when it's just as easy to seal it off, keeps other nasties outta there too....