There's a reason they pull these with modified semi's.
The reason is a mobile home is to much for any pick up truck to handle .
How many axles does it have??
MH axles are typicaly 6500-7000lb rated. So If it has three axles, there is a good chance the weight is north of 13-14k. But if only two axles, It is probabally under that by a bit and you should be fine with you truck provided you have proper towing setup, which you say you do.
Towing a MH home is a whole different ball game and his truck falls far short for safe handling of one.
I would be real careful on this one.
I just had a Fema Mobile pulled into my place (12 X 35) that I originally thought I would pull in with my 1 ton. The guy I bought from suggested getting it moved by a towing service, and I thought their price reasonable for the risk $375 so went that way.
I had him drop it a bit short of where I needed it for a couple of reasons, figured
1*I could easily spot it with my tractor, boy was I wrong. Tounge weight on that thing was probably up around 2500 lbs. 3pt would not lift it, farm jack would not lift it, finally 75 horse Skidsteer did the trick, but made me awfully glad I did not have that thing hooked to the back of my one ton running down the road.
2*If it is seriously off balance, it could make for a really long ride at best, and a bit dangerous at worst.
1*I learned that the hard way back in 1972.
Had a farm boy with a large JD farm tractor.
to move a double wide a few feet onto the space on i'd prepared for it. When he tried to pull it forward the front wheels of the JD came up about 4 or five feet off the ground.
Had he not gotten it back down he would been crushed between the front of the trailer and the top of the tractor.
2*I think you mean really harry.
1*There'a reason that the Pros use a special truck which has the hitch very close to the rear axle AND dual rear tires.
2*100 miles is an eternity when you add it all up.
1* Ever see MobileHome Dealers manufacturers or transporters using pick ups to move Mobile Homes
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homes with .
2*That's a huge gamble for only 100 dollars.
I've moved construction site office trailers w/ a one ton truck. They are alot lighter and smaller. ZZVYB6 is correct;
3*there is a reason that drive away guys use a class 7 single drive axle truck. That means a rear axle on dual big rig tires w/ matching brakes and a suspension rated to handle over 20,000#...
4*You may get there but you won't enjoy the trip and your truck will suffer more!
3*One of the most uneasy feelings i ever had was watching a 14 x 70 foot trailer being taken down a 3 or 4 hundred foot long pretty steep slope with a light skift on snow on it.
There was no driveway or gravel just the skift of snow on the grass.
We had one of those special MH transporter trucks.
Towing the MH and the guy that bought the home had a JD 350 or 450 dozer setting their waiting on us .
We hooked a heavy cable too the rear of the MH and the front of the dozer.
The dozer was to keep the truck and trailer from breaking traction and taking off down the hill.
4*The money in the pot ain't worth the risk.
your one ton pickup truck is not going to be enough truck to safely haul a MH any distance down the road. a few miles, very slowly, it'd be fine. 100 miles, at some type of speed i'd assume, is a disaster waiting to happen. the tongue weight is going to be way too much for a pickup truck, the trailer wagging around is going to be too much for a PU, and MH brakes are terrible at best if they work, or even have them, so your truck is going to have to stop the whole thing.
11* as said several times already, there is a reason MH companies use road tractors to move them.
11*Thats the only safe way.
It's also the only legal way.
I agree with the others that 7500 lbs seems too low. It probably weighs at least double that even if it was empty.
12*To tow it 100 miles I think you need a much bigger truck.
12*I'v had to move several MH when I was in the business .
No way would I have ever considered using a pick up truck .
