Can <40hp compact tractor tow a trailer?

[Green Acres Homestead]

Hello. I have small property, only 8 acres with severs acres of grass and creek and then 4 acres of pasture. My land is this Miami loam clay in the Midwest and my stupid truck f-250 is always getting stuck if it is wet at all. Would be interested in compact tractor like the Yanmar yt series or kioti or other modes. Just for some various land uses, moving firewood around and random projects. The question I have is could a small tractor like this pull a 14k bumper pull equipment trailer just around the property? I assume it could empty but with anything in it? I am limited on when I can do any work based on how hard the ground is, either in the middle of the summer or dead of winter. Keep getting my truck stuck and or tearing up the place. Any suggestions? No companies that I have seen ever really talk about how much a tractor could pull.

Mine tractor is an L4740 and 5000 lb is recommended. It could pull more in low range. My tractor is a hydrostatic and 47 hp. A gear tractor would be a bit more. 5000 lb in a trailer on the road in high range is to much on hills. Med range as long as you take your time and not push it is ok. My answer 5000 lb. A bit more in low gear around your yard.

 

[amhicks21]

As they say, a picture is worth 1000 words. I use either a little tiny b2920 or an l3200 to jockey trailers around without issue. Heres about 11000lbs getting towed around by a 1500lb tractor. Its just very important to stop and turn slowly. We could go round and round about how steep the hill are and how slick and deep the mud is, but the definitive answer always will be that it depends.

 

[Joel/ak]

This little 22horse Massey pulls the mini through the woods all the time. Even the little guys can do it.

 

[Bill Guenthner]

I move my car hauler with a 33HP tractor on very hilly ground. It’s a 7k# trailer. I don’t know if it would handle anything bigger. I can’t back it up a hill unless the ground is completely dry.

 

[check]

I often move my trailers about my property with a ball attachment mounted to my FEL. The reasons for that is I can hook the trailer up easier and faster and I can back the trailer into a tight spot easier and more accurately than I can with the trailer attached to the draw bar.

Same here. Plus I can push the trailer down the road. Just have to pay close attention so you don’t jackknife.

 

[CobyRupert]

I move my car hauler with a 33HP tractor on very hilly ground. It’s a 7k# trailer. I don’t know if it would handle anything bigger. I can’t back it up a hill unless the ground is completely dry.

Load some weight on the tongue and you probably can.

 

[ljjhouser]

Absolutely - My Doolittle Tilt bed Ezloader weighs 3700 lbs. I move it all the time with the tractor. It can get the trailer in parking places that the truck cannot.

 

[LD1]

I haul a 12k dump trailer with about two cord of logs behind either a L3400 or MX5100.

Also use the MX to pull a 12k 22' equipment trailer with a 8000# mini ex around the fields when doing drainage repairs.

Terrain is everything. Most people I know don't set a trailer up for brakes on a tractor. So going down any kind of grade can be sketchy if you have a 11000# load behind a 2500# tractor.

Heck my little sxs can even pull a half cord trailer of firewood. This is a homemade trailer 8' long, 4-1/2' wide and 2' sides

 

[CobyRupert]

It’s ALL about tongue weight.

Load the tongue as much as you can without overloading the vehicle and you’ll have more traction (and sometimes more braking) than you’ve ever had.

 

[Helogabals]

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