Towing with a lawn tractor

[austinado16]

Did an impromptu camping trip this weekend and it looks like the tow-the-pup-with-an-old-lawn-tractor is going to work pretty good.  Unfortunately, the tires had sunk into our crazy hard adobe clay soil, so I had to use the 'burb to get the camper out of it's storage garage, but the 12hp Toro tows it just fine.....

[dthurk]

I've done this myself at home when I wanted to move the pup from the front of our property to the back or back the other way.  It worked, but severly strained the tractor.  Tongue weight was a bit heavy, probably should have a weight distributing hitch to do it right.  :eyecrazy:

[MJohn]

Did an impromptu camping trip this weekend and it looks like the tow-the-pup-with-an-old-lawn-tractor is going to work pretty good.  Unfortunately, the tires had sunk into our crazy hard adobe clay soil, so I had to use the 'burb to get the camper out of it's storage garage, but the 12hp Toro tows it just fine.....

that is too funny I'd never have thought.... but glad it worked! :eyecrazy:

[Mike Up]

A friend does the same with his 10' Jayco. He had to do some landscaping because the tractor was digging into the soft dirt when pulling the camper over a hill.

 
Just be sure not to use a standard lawn tractor with a hydrastatic transmission. These are very light duty and will surely burn up. A lot of cautions in my Cub Cadets owners manual. However a standard transmission seems to work with most.
 
Have a good one.

[chip]

I used to tow my old Starcraft around with my lawn tractor.  Of course it had a tongue weight of about 50 pounds.

Might have trouble with the current PUP...

[austinado16]

Hi Mike,
Yeah, I've got a standard trans.  This model was available with hydrostatic, but mine thankfully not built that way.