Wish me luck
I have never hauled anything like this before. The closest thing was my little zero turn mower that was a 10 minute drive from the house. This and three hours on the road is going to be a whole new beast.
EDIT; I made it back safe and sound. For everyone wondering, yes it was only strapped down at the front. The straps are each 3,000lb workload rated and 10,000lb break rated so that’s 6,000lb they can handle for a tractor that weighs somewhere between 3,200lb-4,100lb. I’d venture to say that’s better than my grandfather ever did cause he only wrapped two chains around the tractors brush guard and the front of the trailer. Not saying that that either is the safest or correct but it has always done fine. The bush hog was lowered all the way down and resting on the trailer. The tractor tires were choked. 500lb tongue weight according to the scale on the fancy ball mount a coworker let me borrow. No trailer brakes, either. This trailer was hand built by my great grandfather and has been hailing this tractor since the early 70’s using various different light duty pickups. I took it low and slow on a US highway going 50 the whole time.