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Horse racing, tractors & LR's

Never get a close-up on telly of 90's which pull those horse racing starting gate thingies but they clearly have a fairly bare chassis behind the truck cab. Are they fitted with a lorry type 5th. wheel coupling or is it a simpler type of hitch? Big Case tractor drilling field behind us. Instead of wheels it had an individual triangular tracked arrangement on each corner, identical from distance to a Cuthbertson LR, except Case had rubber tracks. Steering was achieved because tractor was articulated. But, however did Cuthbertson LR's manage to steer? Thanks Alan

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mbqd64
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5th wheel? yep! They used to (and still do I suppose) park up next to my old house when staying over night at Newcastle Racecourse.

-- JonW "When in danger, when in doubt Run in circles, scream and shout" RotR, Rule 8.g (amended)

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pl.white

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Lots of them about. They are owned I believe by a company who provide the starting gate services to the racecourses ... I heard they used to use tractors at events then started using the specially built 5th wheelers at Newmarket and general use spread from there. I still don't understand why each racecourse has no starting gates of its own ... I mean, they don't import the grass or the rails so why the start?

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AndyG

the tracked rovers had power-steering. however it was a little fragile, if you turned the steering wheel when stationary or moving slowly you were likely to bend the steering rod.

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samuel mcgregor

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