Hauling a Ford 5000

I bought a 5000 Ford a couple months ago. I need to move it about 30 miles. Problems with it makes driving it is out of the question. I have a 16ft utility trailer with two 3500 lb axels. Would that be big enough to haul it? It does have loaded rear tires. I'm guessing it weighs around 7000 lbs.
 
Maybe, depending on a few things. Certainly folks have hauled more than that onba trailer that size, but at that weight you could bend an axle or spring with not much effort. I doubt the trailer it's self would be a problem. A pic of the trailer would let me give a better answer tho.
 

The two big questions are what does you truck have for brakes? And if some little old lady pulls out in front of you and you can't stop, Who will be living in your house next year?
 
You will be between 9-10K with trailer and load, that is too much over in my book.

If trailer does not have brakes, another big no no.
 
Tractor Data shows 5700-9700# for that tractor depending on exact model and ballasts. I think you need a larger trailer.
 
Your trailer is too small to haul that tractor legally. You should be able to hire someone to haul it for $4/loaded mile or less. You could take the big risk and pull the trailer slowly down side roads only. It would be better to pull the trailer with a larger farm tractor than to pull it with a truck or pickup.
 
Being down there, you shouldn't have any problem finding a rental place and renting a skid steer trailer for 1/2 a day. That would be the route I'd go. About only other option is if you happened to know someone with a heavier-duty trailer.
 

I've hauled a 4000 with loaded tires on a 16 fy utility trailer and it was loaded, the rear tires barely fit between the fenders.
I don't see a 5000's rear tires fitting between the finders of a standard width utility trailer and you'll have too much weight on the back of the trailer if you load it with the tires behind the fenders. It may fit on a wider based utility trailer like the 12,000 lb one I had if the rear tires aren't spaced out to wide, other wise it'll have to go on a deckover.

Call your local towing company and see what they would charge to haul it home for you on a roll back truck.
 
I have a 5000 Ford and it is too much for a bumper pull trailer, I pull it on a gooseneck trailer, my advice is not to put it on your bumper pull, have someone move it for you or invest in a gooseneck trailer when you can but you will also need at least a 3/4 truck to pull the gooseneck...
 
I pulled a 930 case at 9,000lb all over Mn and Wi tractor pulling for years on a bumper trailer behind an f150. With a heavy tow vehicle you could pull more than that.
 
(quoted from post at 20:43:51 06/24/17) I have a 5000 Ford and it is too much for a bumper pull trailer, I pull it on a gooseneck trailer, my advice is not to put it on your bumper pull, have someone move it for you or invest in a gooseneck trailer when you can but you will also need at least a 3/4 truck to pull the gooseneck...

The differences between gooseneck and bumper pull trailers are substantial but weight carrying ability is not one of them.
 
I had a 5000 and no way on a trailer that size, The 4000 was also way too much. As it curently is the 16' 2 3,500# axle trailer that I have I had my 1944 2N Ford on it once, never again as it is not strong enough even for that size let alone a 5000, that would totally crush my trailer. This trailer weighs 1,500# and my previous trailer that got wrecked when a car slamed into it weighed 1,750# and handled that 2N OK but was not big enough for my John Deere B that is way smaller than the 5000 Ford. A standard automobile carrier rollback is not going to be big enough for that tractor. You need one designed for hauling trucks.
 

A 5000 with loaded tires won't weight must more than one of todays diesel pickups and they haul them on regular roll backs all the time, but I'd recommend at lease a 9-10K lb trailer to haul one on.
I have a 16 ft car hauler style trailer with 3k lb axles that I haul my 801 Ford on regularly, it handles it quite well, even when the tires where loaded, I've since removed the fluid to reduce tire wear on tractor drives.
Not sure why you where having issues with a 2N that only weighs around 2500 lbs
 

A 5000 with loaded tires won't weight must more than one of todays diesel pickups and they haul them on regular roll backs all the time, but I'd recommend at lease a 9-10K lb trailer to haul one on.
I have a 16 ft car hauler style trailer with 3k lb axles that I haul my 801 Ford on regularly, it handles it quite well, even when the tires where loaded, I've since removed the fluid to reduce tire wear on tractor drives.
Not sure why you where having issues with a 2N that only weighs around 2500 lbs
 

A 5000 with loaded tires won't weight must more than one of todays diesel pickups and they haul them on regular roll backs all the time, but I'd recommend at lease a 9-10K lb trailer to haul one on.
I have a 16 ft car hauler style trailer with 3k lb axles that I haul my 801 Ford on regularly, it handles it quite well, even when the tires where loaded, I've since removed the fluid to reduce tire wear on tractor drives.
Not sure why you where having issues with a 2N that only weighs around 2500 lbs
 

A 5000 with loaded tires won't weight must more than one of todays diesel pickups and they haul them on regular roll backs all the time, but I'd recommend at lease a 9-10K lb trailer to haul one on.
I have a 16 ft car hauler style trailer with 3k lb axles that I haul my 801 Ford on regularly, it handles it quite well, even when the tires where loaded, I've since removed the fluid to reduce tire wear on tractor drives.
Not sure why you where having issues with a 2N that only weighs around 2500 lbs.
 

I pull mine all over the place with a 10k bumper pull equipment trailer behind a F250. I wouldn't put it on a car hauler, you need to make sure your trailer is appropriate with respect to weight, but bumper pull is no problem.
 

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