Towing tractor

[FarmerD89]

Anyone know what size tractor is safe to tow behind a pickup truck on the motorway without getting in too much bother / attention.

 

[Drillman]

Whatever the pickup will legally tow minus the weight of the trailer that the tractor is put on.

I would guess any tractor much over 2.8 ton and your pushing your luck for been overweight. Based on a 3.5 ton tow capacity vehicle.

 

[FarmerD89]

Ford ranger with 14ft I for twin axle - would an IH 784 be taking the pee?

 

[Drillman]

Ford ranger with 14ft I for twin axle - would an IH 784 be taking the pee?

You would be overweight. How far over depends what the age and towing capacity of the ranger is.

If it’s the 3.2 it will most likely pull the load dead easy but not fast enough to escape the clutches of plod or VOSA.

 

[FarmerD89]

So something like a 474 is kind of max weight?

 

[FarmerD89]

You would be overweight. How far over depends what the age and towing capacity of the ranger is.

If it’s the 3.2 it will most likely pull the load dead easy but not fast enough to escape the clutches of plod or VOSA.

I made that mistake the other week, collected a 10ft 30”roller to find after I’d got it home it was completely full of water :/ very deceptive when the tiny forklift hooked it up like it was nothing

 

[TripleSix]

Why not just get it moved by a haulier?

Cheaper than VOSA fines, writing your pickup off or killing someone.

 

[Drillman]

Why not just get it moved by a haulier?

Cheaper than VOSA fines, writing your pickup off or killing someone.

Have u tried the Skoda on front of that 25ft combine header yet????

 

[TripleSix]

Have u tried the Skoda on front of that 25ft combine header yet????

Not had a chance...

Took a cull sow to mart last week, had a scrat on up our lane.

 

[Happy hillbily]

 

[Shavings man]

Wonder wot hes got at front of it ?

 

[fiatf130]

Possibly a discovery from what I can see.

 

[Shavings man]

Crazy, wot Weight do you think ?

 

[FarmerD89]

That’s taking the pee at 6 tons with the trailer 7 ton, a tow ball is only rated to 4t max. Tyre overhang is stupid too dare say if it developed a puncture on those edges and leant over it would be off. I think if you had that come loose and wrote your car trailer and another off in the process your insurer would walk away

 

[pettsy]

Another interesting combination...

 

[Ffermer Bach]

that can't be real can it? I often wonder if some of these photos on the internet are photoshopped

 

[Happy hillbily]

Another interesting combination...

Thats the one i was looking for, but couldn't find it.
Biggest load ive seen on an ifor was a jcb 2cx streetmaster. Trailer was riding on the bumpstops. Being towed by a tractor, but the trailer was overweight !

 

[multi power]

So something like a 474 is kind of max weight?

First thing, what is the towing capacity of the pickup ? What is the unladen trailer?

 

[Ffermer Bach]

that can't be real can it? I often wonder if some of these photos on the internet are photoshopped

 

[multi power]

So something like a 474 is kind of max weight?

First thing, what is the towing capacity of the pickup ? What is the unladen trailer?