I wouldn't recommend chancing it unless the trailer is rated for 10k or more. Two issues come to mind.
If the tagalong trailer is of a typical car-hauler/landscaper type that handles the Bobcat just fine, it will be difficult to balance the trailer to get your tongue weight anywhere near right to pull it safely. Nose heavy will strain your rear and lift your steer axle. Tail heavy will fishtail. And that's the case whether you're talking 1/2, 3/4 or 1-ton.
Which gets to the other thought. A beefed-up half-ton will pull it but won't necessarily have what you'd expect to stop it. Especially so if it is a car-hauler. Brakes for pickups and for trailer axles are built for their ratings.
Whenever these questions come up the latter is always the bigger question for me. Yeah, you can "haul" it, but can you stop it? With a trailer rated for 10k or better and the brakes that come with it (operating properly) you could do it with VERY cautious driving on relatively flat ground over the distance you'r thinking of.
This ain't a Cub Cadet you're talking about. The W-9 is a HEAVY tractor.
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