Hauling Sub-Compact.

[LostMy65]

Perhaps a 1-Ton trailer will be sufficient?
Should the trailer have trailer brakes?
If no trailer brakes, will a 1/2 ton pickup pulling the trailer be sufficient?

Thanks,
Robert

 

[Rebeldad1]

any idea what make/model tractor you are talking about?

i had a small JD years ago that I hauled in the back of my pickup. Had a ditch I could back into and lower the tailgate to the ground.

Other than that I wouldnt haul any light weight tractor in anything less than a 3500lb GVW trailer. you have to take in the weight of the trailer as well

 

[ning]

Perhaps a 1-Ton trailer will be sufficient?
Should the trailer have trailer brakes?
If no trailer brakes, will a 1/2 ton pickup pulling the trailer be sufficient?

Thanks,
Robert

Add up the weight being hauled, plus the weight of the trailer, and make sure you're in the trailer's GWVR spec.

Typically, brakes are required if the trailer + load exceeds 3500 pounds, but I found

Oregon Trailer Brake Laws

Independent braking system not required, but combination of vehicles must be able to stop within legal limits. Every motor vehicle and combination of motor vehicles, except motorcycles and mopeds, shall at all times be equipped with a parking brake system.​

Considering that the bare tractor weight of a scut is probably 1200-1400#, and you've probably got a belly mower and loader on it as well, my guess is you're well over the capacity of a one-ton trailer (don't forget, the trailer's not made out of helium). You'd be fine with a 3500# capacity trailer, but I personally would want brakes on it, and not just because I'm concerned that the F150 can't stop it but that a trailer with its own brakes will stop straighter in a panic stop than without.

Don't forget to strap it down well, too. Gravity only works in one direction, and you're responsible for where that scut goes if something bad happens (trailer tire blowout, panic stop jacknife, etc) - make sure that scut will stay attached to the trailer!

 

[Have tractor did travel]

Add weight of tractor to weight of trailer. Total should be not more than what trailer is rated for except - - Remember to load 10 - 15% of the weight on the ball of the hitch. That weight is subtracted from the total weight of the trailer rating.
Brakes generally required 3,000 lbs and more. So you should be fine with no brakes on trailer.
I also have hauled golf carts, zero turns (with tail gate open and supporting part of the load) in pickup bed.
Tie down the seat so the wind won't lift and drop, lift and drop, the seat.

 

[TractorTYMe]

I haul my compact tractor with my halfton, I have a 10k trailer with brakes, brake controller and Z71 heavy duty brakes and factory max tow package. Tractor/trailer is 7600# and hauls just fine. Keep speed under 65mph. If you have a trailer without brakes, you'll probably be fine as long as load is less than 3k?

 

[Midniteoyl]

Perhaps a 1-Ton trailer will be sufficient?
Should the trailer have trailer brakes?
If no trailer brakes, will a 1/2 ton pickup pulling the trailer be sufficient?

Thanks,
Robert

For any towing:

Whats the towing capacity of the vehicle being used?

Whats the weight capacity of the trailer *minus* the weight of the trailer itself?

Whats the *total* weight of the tractor and all accessories you'll be hauling with it?

Is this with-in the weight capacity of the trailer figured above?

What's the *total* weight of the trailer and tractor combination?

Is the total with-in your truck's rating, including 'Gross Combined Weight Rating'?

What does *your state* require for trailer brakes at the trailer's weight and GCWR?

 

[LostMy65]

Thiz and my Corolla is allz I need.

 

[4570Man]

Are you just wanting to haul the tractor or tractor, loader and rear implement? In any case a 3500 pound trailer would be the very bare minimum. I’d want bigger.

 

[LostMy65]

Thanks guys, I'll probably pay to have it delivered. It's a gc1725m with only a loader.

 

[LostMy65]

I have a trailer and my 65 1/2 ton that I have gotten a yard of gravel with that got a little shaky over 40 mph - but that could have been the way the load was over the axle.
1 yard of gravel Approximate Weight per cubic yard: 2400 lbs
The sub-compact loader is about 500 lbs & the GC1725M is about 1550.
That comes to 2050 lbs.