Towing a Tractor

i believe trailers above 3000 lbs GVW come with brakes and two axles.

 

Not anymore !

 

Holy zombie thread, Batman!

Anyway, I went with a 3/4 ton truck and just rent a tractor as necessary.

 

Here’s a picture of my tacoma my 16 foot trailer and my tractor

 

One of my friends had a junk Toyota a single cab short bed we welded a hitch to it and put a 7500 pound tractor on it and a 2500 pound equipment trailer and it damn near killed the leaf springs but it pulled it *we didn’t pull it on the road just in my drive way*

 

my 2nd gen tacoma does an excellent job pulling my 5,000 pound boat. Even did great on high speed hills accelerating and braking which really surprised me by the way people talk on here. (haven't tried super steep high speed hills). Only possible concern is trans temp, I've only done one long distance trip and didn't have a way to monitor trans temp. After doing 5k lbs with my tacoma, it seems pretty insane that people are suggesting a 3/4 ton truck for a load like that. I think modern half tons can be spec'd up to like 12k lbs.

edit: and if you really are concerned with tranny temps, you can always upgrade to a larger trans cooler. Seems like it would be extremely easy.

 

So cute the tractor

 

This setup is about 5500 to 6000 lbs and have towed it many times several hours away.
It doesn't weigh any more than a load of timbers that I regularly haul.