THAT is the most important thing, right there: YOU are NOT comfortable with it.
Above all else, that is the biggest safety risk of all. If you're not comfortable, you will be white-knuckle driving the whole way. Something will spook you and cause you to do something stupid, like jam on the brakes or jerk the wheel.
People like to paint pictures of you and your truck cartwheeling down the highway in a ball of flames if you merely attempt this... Reality is that most anything that can go wrong will NOT be catastrophic, and you will have plenty of opportunity to move the rig safely to the shoulder without issue.
If your vehicle is well-maintained and in good working order, it will easily tow its maximum tow rating and then some without incident. Try it with cheap/bald tires, and/or 150,000 miles without ever having performed a lick of maintenance... Then you're asking for trouble.
Towing a 7900lb RV trailer with an F-150 is one thing. It's a giant box with huge flat sides that catch the wind and can jerk a small truck around like a dog with a chew toy.
Towing a 7900lb tractor on a flatbed is something completely different. The tractor is fairly aerodynamic by comparison and will pull much more easily. It will not be affected by winds to near the same degree as the RV trailer. It has a lower center of gravity so it will be much more stable. The trailer axles are closer to the rear of the trailer, making it more stable.
It's a lot of load for an F-150, but if I didn't have a heavier truck available to me, I would make a one-time haul like that with full confidence.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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