Do I need a hitch that distribute. The load to keep my truck from sinking to much.

[jack707]

That sure doesn't look like a 5 ton trailer. At best, it's a 7000# trailer and weighs at least 1500# giving at best a 5500# load, or just barely over 2.5 tons. Either you're just having fun mocking people that don't know anything about towing (no harm in that), or you're in serious need of professional help to set that up for proper, safe towing.

Why do you think that? 2 5200 axes 3/16 channel 5" 3" crossmembers

 

[jack707]

Yeah one of my Co workers told me load the tractor backwards

 

[MossRoad]

Why do you think that? 2 5200 axes 3/16 channel 5" 3" crossmembers

If that's the case, you still have to subtract the weight of the trailer, so its useful load is then well under 5 tons. Closer to 4 at best.

 

[MossRoad]

According to TractorData.com, that tractor weighs between 4500 and 5000#. Add your 900 pounds of liquid in the tires and you're at 5900#. Add the loader (guestimation of 1500#) and you're at 7400#. Add some dirt and fuel and call it 7500#. If the trailer is rated at 10,400 on the axles - the weight of the trailer (again, guestimation of 1500-2000#), the trailer should be able to hold between 8400# and 8900# of load. Add the actual weight of the trailer (1500#-2000#) to the weight of the tractor (7400#) and you get 9400# on the high side. 10% tongue weight would be about 940#. So, if your truck is rated to tow 9400# and your hitch is rated for that weight AND can take a tongue weight of 940#, it should work.

If you look at your hitch and owner's manual of the truck, it should tell you what the hitch is rated for and at what weights it needs a weight distributing hitch, etc...

Double check your numbers and see if they come out.

The way it sits now, you have no steering or front brakes on the truck.

 

[MossRoad]

Forgot the tractordata.com link... sorry about that....

TractorData.com Farmtrac 555 tractor information

 

[jack707]

I don't have a book for the truck I have to look it up

 

[MossRoad]

If its a 2001 Chevy 3/4 ton truck, you may be well past its towing limit depending on its options, engine, etc...

Check this link, find your truck and your specs, and be surprised at how little it might actually be legal to tow with that vehicle.

http://roulottesremillard.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2001.pdf

 

[jack707]

I just hope the trailer sells. My truck 6.0 gas engine 4x4

 

[MossRoad]

Gotta check your rear axle ratio, too. That's what the letters are at the end of the descriptions in that link.

 

[CobyRupert]

Just put some independent rear brakes on each side of the truck so that you can steer!