I'll dip my toe in the water on this and put on my flame retardant underpants. I just hauled home my 860 with loaded tires home on a U-Haul trailer a couple weeks ago. I used the front tie-downs that go over the tires with the front safety chain and ran 2 large straps over the back axle to the cross bars. The trailer was somewhat front heavy so I put my rear blade behind the tractor and that balanced out the load perfectly. I towed it with my 05 Tundra and it worked perfectly. Once it was loaded I looked at how the springs were carrying the weight and they weren't hardly flattened out. I have a friend that's an engineer that helped me load the tractor and it was his opinion that its VERY conservatively rated at a 5200lb payload. He thinks that it would safely carry 8,000lb but U-haul rates it down for liability reasons.
As to U-haul I payed my rental fee plus the insurance and I don't feel bad about it. I knew that the load was within what the trailer could do. My truck was up to hauling it so I did it. As has been stated earlier in this post U-haul caters to everyone. It's a matter of what kind of knowledge does the general public have. I think we can agree(ytdot included) that most of the general public would struggle to just safely load a car and get it properly secured. So they aren't going to expose the company to the liability of every yahoo out there that wants to haul something but doesn't own the correct tie downs or have the knowledge to properly secure loads.
In summary RedMF40 if the wheel spacing is setup correctly, you have the supplemental tie downs, and your tow vehicle is capable I'd do it. There is inherent liability that you assume but to me it was worth it. You'll have to make your own choice in that department.
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