I still need to pull the trigger on a Kubota soon- I may order a new one as I’ve given up on used and trying to find one in stock. My question is, I would like to trailer the tractor and attachments, tiller brush hog etc.- not often but probably 2x a year, 300 miles. For the sake of discussion- let’s limit the focus on trailering a tractor with brush hog. I have a 16’ tandem axle aluminum trailer that will handle the weight but not the length, I could drive it on and lower the brush hog and remove the drop gate. Kinda a pain but only a couple times a year, is that concept hard on the PTO if the BH extends behind the tailer tail? I could upgrade the trailer but wanted to check first. Thoughts?

I would back the tiller on to the front of the trailer unhook it hook up the bushog drive on untill the front tires are near touching the tillerwith the loader above the tiller in the air and let the bushhog hang off the back.

BUT that might put the weight of the tractor a little far back on the trailer and be tongue light. If that happens when you get up to speed the trailer will sway back and forth and is not safe. Adding more weight to the front can solve the problem.

I had to load a m715 winch equipped military truck backwards once and it was tongue light. When I got up to about 55 mph it was all over the place. I was in the mountains of Arkansas so stoped on the side of the road and grabbed several large rock (about 300lb) and put them in the tool tray on the front of the trailer. After that 70mph and smooth as could be.

Instead of removing your drop gate see if you can make a setting where it can be set to lock in horizontal and be pulled. May take some fab work but would be worth it.

I think this trailer is 16'. I haul the tractor with it all the time. If you have a solid back gate it won't work. This one fits fine with the bush hog and parked as pictured, a little tongue heavy with the bucket lowered like it is but it pulls fine. This one has split rear ramps and the bush hog sticks out between the two of them. Ideally I would have a larger trailer but this works just fine for my needs. As long as your attachment is largely in contact with the trailer a little bit sticking out over the dovetail is not hard on the PTO at all

The PTO has zero to do with what you are wanting to do. If you can't lower the brush hog all the way when on the trailer, but some dunnage under it to lower it onto. The rest of the weight is held then by the top link and that is made for doing just that.

I’m with scuba can’t see any way this would affect the pto at all

Good to know- I wasn’t sure if cantilevering off the back was ok- the blocking is also a good idea

If you have cut the PTO link to the right length. There is at no point any stress on the tractor PTO output shaft any force other than torque when you are running whatever implement you are powering externally. ( in your case a brush hog ) The PTO link is in 2 parts that telescope inside each other. cut it so that there is a couple of inches of play left in all positions. Meaning that you can always collapse it another couple of inches in any position the 3 point hitch can be at. That way it will not put any force on your tractor output shaft bearing or the 2 UV joints on either end of the link.
If you are buying new, I would think that the place you are buying from will cut the link to fit. Checking is better than blind trust though. Just sayin.
Check it by disconnecting the output shaft from the tractor with the 3 point hitched up in either end position. If you can get the thing off, you have enough play in the telescoping section of the thing.

Thanks for the detailed response- I'll check and verify with the dealer

Will not hurt it. If anything run a chain from one arm to the other while going around something solid on the tractor. If you were to have seals blow on the lift cylinder it would prevent it from crashing down.

do you have a picture of the trailer

I do now

Cut the middle out of that ramp and it will work