I know the title of this thread may sound a little silly, but allow me to explain. We have an aluminum 24' v-nose trailer that we haul a race car and tools, etc with. The weight of the trailer WITH the car is approximately 5,000 lbs. Without the car (which is probably how we would pull it with an ATV) it's about 2,500 lbs.

We pull it with a 43' Newmar Coach and our garage facility is such that if we could detach the v-nose from the coach and put it onto an ATV and pull it into the garage it would perfect. Let's put it this way, it would be worth buying an ATV that could tow the trailer with a 2" ball hitch.

Any advice you could give regarding brands of ATVs that could do the job, and thoughts on this idea all together would be really helpful and truly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

 

I'm gonna say maybe for a short time, then you will fry something. The Towing capacity of the Yamaha Rhino is 1200lbs.

As far as I know the Polaris Ranger XP has the best towing capacity at 2000lbs. That would be your best bet.

 

well ive towed a 4,000lb. piece of farm equipment about 100 feet before with a 300 arctic cat. The bike pulled it just fine...EXCEPT, i bent the rear end (doggy tracks now),dang near blew my rear tires out,bottomed the suspension out,and the tounge was dragging the ground. I didnt know how much it weighed till the farmer showed up and asked how we moved it. the 300 has high, low, and super low gearing and only super low worked for pulling it. It didnt take much throttle either,quite surprised,but wont do it again as i couldnt stop very well. The size of the engine dont always matter. Its all about how its geared.

 

You could try the Polaris 6x6 Big Boss 800. It's rated to carry 800 lbs. in the rear and tow 1500. I've pulled an industrial sized wood chipper up a wet grassy hill that our trucks couldn't get traction on. It weighed somewhere over a ton. My quad did it but I wouldn't want to do it all the time. I would also consider a side by side. The Rangers can tow even more than the quads.

 

if the trailer is a tandem, there shouldnt be a WHOLE lot of weight on the nose, and therefore on the quad. i agree with the above stated that for maneuvering, you dont need a huge engine, just good gearing.

 

I've pulled a small pop up trailer with my old 325 Trail Boss. It wasn't fast, and it was only about 100 yards, but it did the job. Like the others said, it's not something I'd do all the time. But it can be done.

 

I've pulled a 28 ft pontoon boat with my 400 prarie and didn't have any trouble not sure how much it weighs

 

you also have to remember, when you go to turn if the trailer weighs more than the bike, its more likely to push the bike around causing it to jack knife. Especially if the weight is towards the rear of the trailer which would have the tendency to lift the rear end of the atv. This has also happened to me when pulling my 16ft tandem trailer with wood on it. i knew better but i wasn't going very far.

 

I would think that a small tractor would work better. My brother bought a dependable used tractor for about $3000.

 

After reading your question, my answer is that it totally depends on the tongue weight that you are dealing with. The overall weight will not matter as you are only pulling it in the garage. I have a Yamaha 700 Grizzly and I was able to pull a stuck 2008 Toyota Land Cruiser out of the mud. I had to Jerk, and raise hell to do it but I did this in High Range 4X4 with all 4 wheels digging holes. My point of telling you this is that the weight of the trailer is irrelovent compared to the tongue weight of the trailer. If the tongue weight isn't too much for the suspension of the quad, I am at the very least going to be able to spin my wheels regardless of the terrain. Another thing to consider would be having the tongue wheel adjusted so that all of the weight of the trailer isn't resting on the suspension. By doing this of course you wouldn't be able to go over bumps, but if you have a smooth transition going into and out of your garage, and if your driveway isn't steep, you would absolutely be able to do what you want to do with almost any quad. Being able to pull a load is important, but being able to stop the load is more important.