Can I haul this tractor?

My neighbor up the lane saw me haul in my Farmall H yesterday. He came up and asked me if I could haul a his tractor for him from his farm to his house. About 100 miles. My rig is a 2008 3/4 duramax and my trailer is 16" with a dove tail,6"10" between the fenders and has two #7000 pound axles under it with brakes on the back axle. It is a bumper pull. His tractor I think he said is a John Deere 520 or 620 I cant remember which with a 3 pt sickle mower on it. He thought is was about the same size as my farmall C but I don’t know my John Deere tractors very well. Will it fit between my fenders and will the weight be something I can safely handle on 100 miles of 4 lane road?

That should have read 520 or 530. Sorry about that.

The weight wont be a problem but how are we to know at what width this guy has his back wheels set at? I think you need to ask youre neighbor to measure the back wheel width

How far out are the wheels? I know on my dad's car trailer we had to drop the loader and move the rear wheels in to get it to clear the fenders. I would guess it is close to the same size as your "H".

Your weight is not a problem, and your width probably won't be. Axle end to axle end is likely about 7'. By putting the tractor on slightly angled, both rear tires should be fully on the trailer, if not set too wide. Even if it's right at 7', chain her down tight and you should be OK with an inch or so over.

Your neighbor is either blind or trying to sucker you into hauling his tractor. A JD 520-530 is a lot heavier than a IH 'H". The shipping weight I found where as follows: JD 520 4800-6600 lbs, IH "H" 3875 lbs. So just the bare tractor is 1000-2000 lbs heavier. Then are the rear tire loaded??? If the are you can easily add another 1500 lbs. Plus you have the weight of the mower.

The real kicker is that the back wheels on the JD 520-530 are probably wider than your 6 ft 10 inch trailer. Most of the time the rear tires where set out wider when you where using a sickle mower.

Also are you sure your trailer has 7000 lbs axles under it??? The much more common axles would be 3500 lbs each axles for a total of 7000 lbs. rated load. Then you take the weight of the trailer off that.

Long story short I think you would not be doing yourself any favors hauling this tractor a 100 miles. That much load on your trailer with with only brakes on one axle out of two at freeway speeds is not fun to drive. The extra weight will want to whip side to side. I have seen several real nice pickups jack knifed with a setup just like you have. In a panic stop the truck brakes stop more and the trailer passes you. To make the weight issue even worse is the sickle mower. It is going to move weight further back on your trailer. If you back it on the mower will force the whole tractor to be too far back. If you drive it on the weight will still be to the rear because of the mower. I would pass on the deal. You would be risking a nice truck and trailer for what??? Maybe $200?? Not my idea of fun.

You are fine on weights, but make sure the wheels fit inside the wheel wells.

Get 4 chains and binders to haul it.

Is the GVW high enough on your plates to be legal, you might run into DOT.

To answer a few of your guys questions I am having my neighbor measure how wide his tires are set out to. And I do have two 7000 pound axles but brakes on just on axle. He does not want to move it till Nov so the whole deal may fall through. I dont know John Deeres well at all but I thought it would be a much larger tractor than an H. I know for a fact a Farmall M will not fit on my trailer. Too wide.

Paul the only problem will be the width. From the factory they say the tractor measures 86 1/2" wide but doesn't say if that is set all the way in.

I can fit my 520 on a 83" between the fender bumper hitch car trailer, but it's is tight and the wheels are set almost all the way in.

That 520 without any weights, fluid in tires, or mowing machine will weigh in at about 5,000 lbs. give or take a few.

If its a 5- series the weight should be OK, but the rear tires have to fit between the fenders in order to get the weight far enough forward to balance it.

One thing I have done a couple of times is to load the tractor from the front of the trailer, facing to the rear. Unhook the trailer from the truck and get truck out of the way; lower the front of the trailer until the tongue almost hits the ground, then block up the front of the trailer on both sides so you don't mash the tongue into the ground. Remove jack, put ramps up the front, and drive it on. Put rear wheels of the tractor right up against the front of the fenders, and with both that I hauled that way (AC D17 and IH 674), the load was balanced just fine. But you'll have to take the mower off and haul it in the back of the pickup- not enough room between pickup and trailer to leave it on.

Kind of a lot of monkey-business. He'd have to be a REAL good neighbor!

Why would you question what axles his trailer has? A 7000 lb. axle will have 8 studs. White spoke rims however aren't rated for 7000 lbs. Plain steel wheels are rated higher.

(quoted from post at 23:50:40 09/18/12) Why would you question what axles his trailer has? A 7000 lb. axle will have 8 studs. White spoke rims however aren't rated for 7000 lbs. Plain steel wheels are rated higher.

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If he had just two 3500 lbs axles then the trailer plus the weight of the tractor could very well go over the axle rating. Then on a one hundred mile haul you may have trouble with bearing, springs or other things if you are over the rated capacity. He later posted his does have two 7000 lbs axles. His trailer is pretty heavily built.

I still would not want to do it with a bumper hitch trailer.

The way you questioned it was like you were doubting
him knowing his own trailer.