Driving four up

[416Jonny]

I’ve got a question with driving four-up (or any hitch combo with leaders and wheelers).

When driving four-up with a rope and pulley system in tight quarters (like say plowing and having to turn on the head land sharply before you hit a fence) are there any issues with the ropes getting in the way? How tightly can you turn the leaders on the move? Does this kinda of precision turning require four driving lines or are these manuevers possible using buck-back?

Thanks!

[Neil Dimmock]

They will step over the ropes a few times but if it takes some hair off before you get to it they will watch closer. If you use buckbacks on the wheelers in a field hitch you must have a load on all the time (dont lift the plow out just turn) but if you leave you lines on and use them to turn and then hang them up on the straight it will work well, after a few days you and your horses will turn tighter than 4 abreast can and no one is stepped on, you might have somone on hand till you get the hang of it if your new to 4 up
Neil

[Neil Dimmock]

This video shows us using both, the very best lever and a pulley!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnmwE70FC58

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