Trailering a JD 4120

[Baucom]

The difference in you hauling "exactly" what the OP describes on a 7K trailer, minus the rimguard, is that the OP has ~1000#s of rimguard in his tires that you didn't, pushing him over the edge from barely safe to 900# overloaded on a 7K trailer. He will need to put about 900# tongue wt. on the truck to get the axles down to 7K in order to haul w/o the bush hog (make it 1800# tongue wt. with the bush hog). Even then, pushing equipment to its max. isn't a good recipe for durability. In the length the OP needs, a 10K trailer isn't that much more money than a 7K, especially when factored over the life of a trailer.

A 7K trailer that is well built will handle it but is on the margin of safety...

I used to do exactly what you are describing minus the rimguard up to 70 miles and never had any problems

 

[lungdoc]

Lots of good talk about the trailer, I'm concerned about the truck. Suspect this would be at the limit of things for a 1/2 ton.

 

[whitedogone]

Lots of good talk about the trailer, I'm concerned about the truck. Suspect this would be at the limit of things for a 1/2 ton.

It's real close with a 7000# trailer and the load