Towing/Hauling a Farmall Super A

I am in need of some advice. My Father in Law has a 1952 Farmall Super A. It has rear wheel weights and it also has a front snow plow.

He is moving and asked me to haul it to my place for him. We live about 30 minutes apart. Lets say 25 miles and that would be high end for sure. Maybe closer to 20.

One hill to go up and over and down.

I don't have a proffesional trailer per say. All I have is a 6' x 12' Leonard with a 3500 lbs axle. The tires are only rated for 1100 Lbs each though so Safely I suppose we would only be looking at 2200 lbs. There are no trailer brakes. I am towing with a Toyota 4runner that is rated at 5000 lbs with a class III hitch.

Would it be SAFE to pull this tractor on the trailer or Am I asking for a problem.

I almost hate to pay someone to haul it such a short trip. I know the tractor will easily fit on the trailer with room to spare.

Thanks for any help on this.

if you haul it, dont make the same mistake i did. i loaded it to close to the rear of my trailer and it was actualy lifting on my hitch instead of pushing down... well a few miles at 55 and i almost wrecked, my truck started going from side to side on the highway, and the more brake i used the worse. i almost had a big wreck. so when i got pulled off the road i pulled the tractor a little closer to the hitch not to much, but just enough to put a little weight on my hitch and it towed real nice.

i weighed my tractor at a local tractor pull (my first time pulling) and it weighed just a tad over 3000.

hope this helps.

bryan

I'll give you one piece of advice on trailering tractors. Don't touch it unless you have tandem axle trailer. Secondly balance, your trailer deck should be twice as long as tractor. You must get the right tongue weight on your towing vehicle, or your trip will br living hell. That is true of any truck, large or small, once you get over 65% of rated load. I drive a tractor trailer, rated load is around 25 ton. Believe me some of these bozos that load you can make the trip miserable.

The beauty of hauling a tractor, you can stop and move it provided you have the extra trailer deck.

Morgan