Re: Hauling a tractor with a rented U-haul trailer

Posted by Doug in OR on August 14, 2002 at 15:55:27 from (159.121.94.198):

In Reply to: Hauling a tractor with a rented U-haul trailer posted by Michael on August 14, 2002 at 13:06:44:

You need to check the towing capacity of your vehicle too. My mini-pickup has a towing capacity of 3500 pounds. A bare bones M weighs a little over 5000 pounds. Add 2 or 3 thousand pounds for the weight of the trailer, and you can see that I'd be at almost triple of what the truck is rated for. If you are going to be transporting the tractor for pulling duty, you probably have an added 1000 pounds for extra weights. Things get heavy very quickly.

I do haul my M with a two-axle trailer and a heavy 3/4 ton pickup. It works, but feels squirly at times. You might find a trailer like that at some rent-all place, but not at U-Haul. And then you need to consider the proper hitch, lights, brakes, etc.

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