What you or have pulled.

[3rdtime]

I have a teryx 750 and use it alot around the place. hay season I was pulling a 6x12 trailer loaded with 60 bales. I have tossed 13 bales on the machine,most i could fit without strapping down. also pull a 5 x 10 trailer loaded with wood. not really sure how much wood but it was loaded, shocks are all the way down. so what all you pull?

 

[DIXIEDOG]

With my RTV 500 I've pulled my fiberglass bass rig around the driveway quite a bit....the only thing I've pulled with my Gator 825i so far is light stuff....haven't abused it yet...I want to make sure it's broke in before it's broken :laughing:

 

[3rdtime]

I dont blame you one bit for taking care of a new machine. Is it abuse testing out the capabilities of your machine? I dont know, over and over I will say yes, but now and then not so much.

 

[jeff9366]

I have a Kubota RTV500 behind which I pull an ABI Gravel Rascal maintaining firebreaks and woodland trails. This tool also functions pretty much as a box blade.

ATV Driveway Graders - Gravel Rascalｮ - ABI Attachments

I also pull a MUTS single axle trailer. The MUTS is very stable because load is carried low, between the wheels.

MUTS - Multi-Use Trailer System for your ATV, Quad and 4 Wheeler

 

[bigdeer2000]

The biggest thing I have pulled is a 21.5 ft boat in and out of the barn. The front hitch makes maneuvering the boat out of tight spaces very easy.

 

[pwright]

I pull my mostly empty utility trailers around with my 500 Ranger just to move them from one place to another. Much easier to hook up and maneuver with the Ranger than my crew cab pickup.

 

[Storm56]

Heaviest thing I have pulled with the Big Red is my enclosed snowmobile trailer with one sled in it, about 2200 pounds. There is a pretty good grade up the hill from where I store the trailer in an out building, makes her grunt a bit.

 

[texasjohn]

Kubota RTV 1140, diesel, pulls metal ammonia tank, 1000 gallons, tongue hitch, filled with water, low gear, 4 wheel drive on ranch road from well to pasture for stock water during drought. Multiple round trips.

8350 lbs water + weight of tank and running gear... am betting over 10000 lbs total = a tad over spec for the RTV :thumbsup:

 

[MHarryE]

I've pulled my 2 ton mini-excavator on a car hauler with my RTV900. Pulls it so easy need to remember slow speeds only because no trailer brake controller on the RTV.

 

[scaredychicken]

7 x 12 ft utility trailer loaded with approx 500 lbs of misc junk, stuff to move around the yard

 

[cartod]

I pull this 22' 1966 Airstream Safari all over the property. It's about 3,000 lbs.

 

[jcmseven]

Gator 825i. Stuck UPS truck last winter. had Christmas gifts in it and they are heavy.

John

 

[ruffdog]

I help the neighbor haul the hay wagons with my RTV900. We get 100 to 120 bales on each wagon and it's real easy positioning the wagons next to the elevator with the RTV. So, 120x55lbs=6600lbs plus the wagon.

 

[Ken45101]

Geesh, I've always respected the manufacturer's ratings for my RTV900 or my 4 wheelers. I think the limiting factor is more the tongue weight than the trailer weight.

IIRC, the RTV900 hitch is only rated for 130#. That is one disappointment I have with the RTV.

 

[Misfire]

Geesh, I've always respected the manufacturer's ratings for my RTV900 or my 4 wheelers. I think the limiting factor is more the tongue weight than the trailer weight.

IIRC, the RTV900 hitch is only rated for 130#. That is one disappointment I have with the RTV.

The tongue weight ratings are highly suspicious in my mind. For the RTV500 it's 110 lbs, with a maximum rolling weight of 1100 lbs. Good safety practice is to have a tongue weight that is a minimum of 10% of your rolling weight. So, if Kubota's ratings are to be believed, you have to load your maxed out trailer in such a manner as to put exactly 10% of its weight on your hitch. Good luck on that.

I call their tongue weight rating bogus. I think it's derived mathematically, not from testing or engineering studies.

 

[Ken45101]

Well on my one 4wheeler, the hitch is a bracket on the rear end gear box. I do NOT want to overstress that and crack it.

IDK if the ratings are over-conservative because they know people will double or triple the rating, or if they do have it calculated properly.

 

[tulenutn2o]

I think I pulled a "hammy" last night cutting wood. Does that count?

 

[IndyIan]

Sheesh, I thought I was doing pretty well with a 1400lb oak stick with skidding arch. The arch lifted most of it, but I did a few hundred yards in the woods before getting out on the road that had all 300cc's working pretty hard. It's an '01 KingQuad which is more tractor than quad anyways. I think the seat on my tractor has more suspension travel...:laughing: Its hauled a few times its value in firewood and sawlogs without a hiccup so I can't complain at all, it gets it done, just at a relaxed pace!

 

[ruffdog]

I went to a horse pull for the first time last weekend. It was two horse teams pulling a skid of weight and a full pull is 27 feet. The big horses ended up pulling 10,750 pounds.

 

[Zebrafive]

Geesh, I've always respected the manufacturer's ratings for my RTV900 or my 4 wheelers. I think the limiting factor is more the tongue weight than the trailer weight.

IIRC, the RTV900 hitch is only rated for 130#. That is one disappointment I have with the RTV.

I think the type of trailers they were pulling do not have tongue weight (a hinged tongue). Still more weight than I would have thought possible.