There's a reason you don't see it done. If you could do that, EVERYBODY would be towing around cut-down stock trailers and trailer manufacturers would not sell anything else.
The whole "cage" of the stock trailer is part of its strength. Maybe not the "straight pull" strength, but certainly most of the twisting strength.
Animals also distribute their weight over a much larger area than a piece of equipment. Take a bunch of hogs vs. a skidsteer for example.
The hogs will be distributed all over the floor of the trailer. The skidsteer will be siting on four spots in the middle of the trailer.
While the PSI of any hog hoof may be higher than what the skidsteer puts down, they will be in contact many with more floorboards and many more cross members than the skidsteer. The hogs will utilize most every floorboard and cross member, while the skidsteer will only be touching 4-5 floorboards and 3-4 cross members.
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