Towing a heavy trailer with a lawn tractor

Trying to move a trailer that's too heavy with a lawn tractor.
Looking at the beaver dam progress
Talking about skid steer tires.

[@mst5632]

A valiant effort with the lawn tractor indeed, sir. I love the fact that you have safety chains attached to the lawn tractor as though that trailer may come loose as your driving and go sailing off. :-) Thanks for sharing, Andrew!

[@lightning9279]

Ok I admit you disappointed me by not sitting backwards on the hood of the Honda and giving it a go, but you more than made up for it by chancing a swim. Thanks for the laugh! Great vid.

[@South_Texas_Fail]

Yeah I was kind of hoping to see that to.

[@Crewsy]

I was thinking the same thing. A little more counterweight on the hood and the Honda would have pulled it fine.

[@johnberner2012]

Light Ning Exactly what I was thinking

[@Boeing767Driver]

I’m sure he would’ve done that but the Honda has a safety sensor in the seat. Maybe he should’ve had Levi sit in the seat while he rode on the hood.

[@ericaflewelling710]

You have to have weight on the seat

[@ProvinceOfPosen]

I love how you had the safety chains hooked to the lawn mower LMAO

[@mw3gamer23]

Lol as if that lawn mower would be able to hold that trailer fully loaded anyways, if it were to get away.

[@nonenone8819]

Also wear shoes in the house! SAFETY FIRST!!

[@Aristo12]

A time-lapse of the beaver building the dam would be really awesome. Nature is amazing.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

If that lawn mower had some weight in the front I believe it would have pulled that trailer with no sweat!

[@Userunknown0000]

00UncommonSense00 probably but trying to stop with it would’ve been fun to see.

[@aarongeorge2793]

It would have stopped EASY

[@jasonrubik]

I was expecting to see that. Just strap Levi to the hood of that lawnmower !

[@aljefferson6722]

jasonrubik Levi is good enough boy to sit down no strap needed 🤣

[@Funminotaur]

2 cilinder engine. It is so powerful for a little garden tractor. I also have the same tractor as this guy and it pulls everything you want. It doesn't use any belts it just goes

[@davidfarrell1062]

Im amazed with what the rideon actually did. It could pull it (even with damaged trailer wheel) It just couldnt counter balance the weight.

[@raccoon681]

I own one it's a tank has a 2 cylinder liquid cooled motor and is shaft drive

[@TheDisorderly1]

I think the bearing in your trailer wheel maybe gone too.

[@AndrewCamarata]

The axle is bent, a big tree fell on that trailer during hurricane Irene.

[@LiIAxe]

Yeah that right axle or baring looks shot

[@isaiasgarcia7686]

Ariel

[@isaiasgarcia7686]

Ariel

[@DylanMariner]

Na jest cosmetic is all

[@kifhurlbut]

I had to laugh when you had the safety chains on the mower.

[@williammalenfant4864]

We are always on an adventure with you Andy. Really enjoy your videos. You live in beautiful country. So green!

[@Guust_Flater]

Fill the tires with foam. Spray in through the valve, let it expand and hard, solved. 👍

[@calholli]

Instead of throwing away those other tires for the skid steer... You should fill them with foam.. It's relatively cheep. That's what we do on all our SkyTrak forklifts on big construction sites... They love picking up nails.. so the foam work wonders.

[@moultonditcher6187]

That old Honda will still out perform the chain store junk of today.

[@mr.partyman1244]

Honda makes good quality shit

[@mrl550]

I agree, I don’t have a Honda but I got a 1974 cub cadet 127 with a V twin 29 hp engine in this thing out performs any modern day lawnmower or Tractor

[@ramshackleshack751]

We have a 3813. Never done anything besides oil change. Honda made too good of an entry level mower. Couldn't compete with box stores. But the Honda's are still around!!

[@masonreppeto882]

@@mr.partyman1244 toyota and honda are the only cunts who actually still make good affordable cars.

[@dylanphillips9745]

Is it desil or petrol

[@rullawncaresiteservicesga.6650]

i had my tractor tires filled with rubber foam all 4 tires on my massey. big tall back tires cost about $3-$400 each and front $150 each. never had a flat tire since spending the $1200 on them. still going strong 6 years later.

[@jimmymckay73]

All i want to know is how did that beaver get the proper permits to create such a dam .

[@lostcause8269]

MDGA (Make Damns Great Again) brigade.

[@lutemule]

He got a dam permit from the dam government dept.

[@williammassey8514]

Have you seen on KZbin the story about a guy who got letters from the state regarding a dam on his property? A couple of beavers made the dam and the guy's response is hilarious.

[@Teddy_is_ready]

The neighbors will evict the beaver when they get tired of the pond expanding over their lawns.

[@noahlail4018]

The likelihood that he actually got the required permits are unlikely

[@udavidism]

Even pulling a trailer much lighter than that stay away from inclines. The trailer will push you down the hill and you cannot stop. Don't ask me how I know.

[@austinschneider2706]

I would like to see a new lawnmower do that. They don't make them like they used to.

[@djenson]

Honda still makes ride on lawn mowers. Unfortunately they don't make garden tractors like this one anymore

[@rushd45]

FYI - when you are hooking up the safety chains on trailer hitches, iit's a good idea to cross them under the hitch before you hook them up. That way if for some reason the hitch disconnects from the ball while you are driving, it will fall on the crossed chains and not dig into the ground/pavement/road.

[@kirbus69]

"I think this is gonna be too much weight for the lawnmower". Cut to trailer tire screaming for mercy.

[@erkompleeta6386]

‘I think I need a bigger tractor” no s...t Andrew....LOL. Just brilliant

[@ryker1725]

Er Kompleeta wow you so funny

[@abe677]

You have all those great toys and I feel sorry for the old Honda riding lawn mower...

[@AndrewCamarata]

Thanks, yeah that was too much weight for it. But that thing is tough, its fine.

[@kr00k3d100]

It's a Honda, it doesn't care. They love the abuse.

[@guyparham575]

You need to rebuild the trailer as old one has had it and off road tyier for it

[@John98512]

I blew up a transmission on a Honda lawn tractor like that. Well, it still worked but lunged forward on an interval. Great machine, it was a huge load for it to tug.

[@taktisk2158]

6:42 It was at that very moment that Andrew realizes the Busy Beaver is his spirit animal.

[@3069mark]

Andrew, I used to have a problem with the tires on my riding lawnmower going flat all the time. But then I had tubes installed in all the tires many years ago and they have not gone flat since then. It was a lasting and cheap fix.

[@schneiderbrenner5772]

Classic Andrew Camarata. We love you man.

[@theweedcat4239]

That is a fancy riding mower

[@RickRose]

I can totally see why you would admire that beaver. He works as hard as you do.

[@motelman6036]

aw come on, give that beaver some loads of dirt or roacks or something, on the lower side of the dam. can you imagine how happy he would be to come out of his house and be like "wow man that guy loves me, I will never eat that willow tree forever"

[@BluntsWorth]

I love Andrew. “I think this is gonna be too much weight for the mower” Man that’s too much weight for the trailer 😂😂

[@turtleindustries5134]

It’s a nice change of pace to hear people saying good things about a Honda for once.

[@AndrewCamarata]

We have had this tractor about 30 years. I just used the thing and blew all the leaves off the lawn. That tractor runs good.

[@Crewsy]

That beaver is already building the dam across the lawn. Won’t be long after the thaw and that part will be built up 12” or more. Water with beavers in it will get your dog sick too. Look up giardia to see what it is.

[@michaelovitch]

Not to be annoying ,but tires don't go flat like that : You have a leaking or damaged valve,or a damaged or dirty rim wich leak. You could try soapy water to locate the leak.

[@michaelmactavish1728]

i towed a big 2 axel trailer with 4 cord of wood in it and towed it with a KUBOTA G2160 and it pulled like wasnt there wich she was strong for a small 21hp kubota :)

[@mikespain8655]

I’d like to see a two axel trailer (say it’s 18’ long) with four cords of wood on it. I mean I would really like to see that, in other words, it is physically impossible.

[@jamesnm21]

@@mikespain8655 an 8x16 with 4 ft sides. There you go.

[@jaxturner7288]

Mike Spain you can’t stack firewood 4 feet high yet? Its okay buddy your growing bigger everyday, too bad intelligence doesn’t come so naturally.

[@calholli]

Instead of throwing away those other tires for the skid steer... H should fill them with foam.. It's relatively cheep. That's what we do on all our SkyTrak forklifts on big construction sites... They love picking up nails.. so the foam work wonders.

[@richardkan8499]

Andrew appreciates a busy beaver kindred industrious spirit

[@johnwootton9031]

Only a country boy has the education too do all he does love his videos way to go man

[@petuniaromania6294]

That's a lot of wood for sure. I watched another video like this where the gentleman actually mounted and/or tied (not sure which one) concrete blocks to the front of the lawn mower, and then it was able to stay on the ground; it's an idea if you haven't tried it yet - although that's a VERY heavy load. This is a useful video demonstration; thank you for posting.

[@davblanchette]

I have been running a lawn maintenance business out here in Hawaii for 13 years and have 9 zero turns. Flat tires used to be a daily battle with plugs. Now we put about a gallon of slime in each tire and no more headaches. Your tires are bigger but should work.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yes, good advice, I have had good luck with slime. I think that blue tractor needs some.

[@rickiewilliams1965]

I am impressed that your Honda riding mower got that much traction. My Honda mower likes to just spin one wheel.

[@Steve-vp9dp]

Good job on treating the beaver well

[@donald1056]

That beaver damn is really holding the water back quite well

[@tedtimmis8135]

Nice video! You have a great way of making the ordinary seem very interesting.

[@chicagovasko]

Hey Andrew you got to crisscross the trailer chains so if the hutchnunhitches and falls the chains will save it. Just given you a tip. Thanks for all the great videos.

[@moparbay1358]

Atleast he had the safety chains hooked up, safety first....

[@moman0166]

Love to see you using safety chains. All my son in laws think it’s waist of time till one of them lost a boat and trailer on the highway. Luckily they were not going fast and the trailer tung went under the truck. They use safety chains now.

[@hotroddinlogan1043]

I wish I had a good ride on mower like yours, there quite the horse, all you need is either weight reduce on the back or add weight on the front. The best machine I've got is a Honda 2 stroke lawn mower w/Quadra-drive, but you get a good feeling for those mini motors.

[@thefarmlifeinhd]

You know, I bet that smaller tractor would do the job if you had front weights on it. It definitely had the power, and even the traction Lol

[@bigdogcountrymusic7146]

That Bever Dam is sure a damn good one.

[@VAC2]

Reminds me of when i was a kid taking the old farmall tractor out in the field and seeing who could ride a wheelie the longest. God we where lucky we never got killed.

[@lancebartowski2127]

Can you hunt beaver in NY? They are open season year round here in FL, we used to have problems with them trying to dam up culverts. They are pretty tasty too, remove the glands and quarter, put in a crock pot like your favorite beef or venison stew, delicious.

[@syedasim6666]

You are a real American man! Love from India

[@nathanbishop1999]

3:25 I’ve never heard him cuss before 😂. “Super fucken easy” I’m dead

[@hronc7409]

super quick and easy

[@albertdesalvo7273]

Another great video I've enjoyed watching.

[@dwest320]

There's Andy, quietly having a little fun.

[@RBFR01]

This is the first AC video I ever watched, I thought it was funny pushing a mower to tow something so heavy

[@ajmiller7102]

Find you an old Wheel Horse 12 HP with the two stick transmission. Those have unbelievable pulling power and you would have fun galore with it...love the vids man!

[@treeclimbing7798]

Bold moves where No man has gone before 🚀 Well it was a Honda. Beavers..how do you think the Great Lakes started... I have the utmost respect for beavers work ethic & engineering skills.

[@eric91780]

I like to use commercial heavy duty tire sealant on skidsteer tire and leave the nails in. If a nail gets pulled out then you use a mushroom plug. It has a gun that pushes the rubber mushroom into the tire and the mushroom shape stays in the tire and can't be pulled out. It is a great combo. I have never seen anyone else do this.

[@Kylamity1]

Ahhhh the lawnmower. The best product honda makes :)

[@zombieman9559]

Lucky for you the beavers were watching angry beavers cartoon so they didn't want to be bothered.

[@SportsKid006-milbert]

Love your videos Andrew... I hope to have a collection of great equipment like you one day. Thanks for sharing!

[@AndrewCamarata]

Thanks

[@brianw4brian]

Maybe weld a apparatus that can attached to front of trailer with a heavy spring shock. Can be installed and removed as needed. Maybe put a little saddle on the trailer to store it as needed...

[@edkennard72]

Andrew I'll tell you a way to solve that problem take the valve stem out or the valve core and take that expandable foam and spray in there and just let it dry no more flats I've done that with my my log splitter with the air up tires I've done it with my wheelbarrow and I got tired of my wood trailer getting flat tires and I did that with my wood trailer works great

[@RoyFabian]

The only thing that sucks about solid tires is that they aren't as good as air tires on snow. I used to work at a bobcat dealer and we had lots of air tires sent out to be foam filled. Foam filled tires work great. Ride fairly smooth

[@nickwit21]

That would have made a wonderful cartoon skit!

[@christophershelley9023]

Hey buddy very good she did itProud of you

[@minimechanics6825]

This guy is the wheelie king

[@051biohaz]

That beaver works almost as hard as you do man, great vid..:)

[@patrickduncanjr.6847]

So cool what beaver do for the ecosystem. Most People think there pest but there so important!

[@DanKoning777]

That's only true in unpopulated areas.

[@patrickduncanjr.6847]

@@DanKoning777 In some situation your absolutely right.

[@lloyddahlen1141]

Thanks for the video, really enjoy everything you make👍

[@briansierzega]

That VTEC kickin in...lmao!

[@KarasCyborg]

In AZ, the Mesquite tree thorns will kill Skid Steer Air Filled Tires. You can Foam fill them or go with the solid tires. It will spare you from the headache of flats and ruined rims, especially if you are doing land clearing and demolition type work. Solid tires are a much rougher ride, and don't float to well in sandy or muddy soils, you will bury yourself up to the belly of the machine rather quickly. They might also be harder on the drive motors as well. I had a John Deere 325 that I had them on and a year after I sold the machine, I heard through the grape vine that the drive motors all went. It could have been because the next owner was abusing the machine, hard to really tell. I've switched to tracked machines, no looking back. If I had to do golf course work, I would probably get a toolcat with 4 way steering and lawn tires.

[@fordguyfordguy]

one thing - using drawbar is to prevent tractor from flipping backwards. Using 3 pt raises center of gravity and increases your risk of injury.

[@rushd45]

Just an FYI about hooking up a trailer - the safety chains should be crossed under the hitch so that if the hitch fails it will fall onto the crossed chains and not straight down on to the ground or asphalt, dig in and cause a major 'drag' on your vehicle.

[@BiffsEquipment]

hey andrew you should fill your front tires on your 1520 with foam.. then you wouldnt have to worry about them going flat on you anymore.. only issue is with the front end loader sometimes its nice to be able ti adjust the tire pressures for stability and comfort reasons as well as adjusting them up or down based on the load your lifting with the loader so you would loose all those capabilities if you filled them with foam but it is easy to do yourself just watch a few youtube videos on it. lots of people do it on their ZTR front caster tires.

[@seantap1415]

That trailer has seen better days.

[@mjb12141963]

make an adapter and put those skid steer tires on the front of the tractor.

[@johnscally255]

I like the new Beaver dam They are the carpenters of the animal world,Are there other animals that dam? BUT Remember they have very sharp teeth and Claws.I hope you get a picture of the beaver. Thanks for another learning video sir. Cheers

[@teddyvision5295]

I cant beleve you didnt bust the trans axle on that honda

[@AndrewCamarata]

Yeah, that was too much weight for it. That's a strong little tractor though.

[@Funminotaur]

The Honda HT3813 uses an inline 2 cilinder engine just like a car. It has a beefy clutch just like a car with and it is shaft drive. The axles from the wheels are pretty big. It was made from 1985 to 1989. They used proper materials for this tractor. I also have this same one and it is really powerful with counter-weights and some mud tires.

[@Junkboy888]

I have to watching this Video a few times a year. When I need a good laugh. :)

[@travelingkaspersworld4096]

We came home and I thought....Hmm, Lets search Trailer ball on Honda Mower" The thumb nail caught my eye...but then that voice!!!! Look who it is! Our friend Andrew!! How about that....

[@dennyratcliff8980]

good viteo no music i enjoyed this

[@FattyDoveRacing]

Too Much for the trailer too

[@AndrewCamarata]

Nah, that trailer is fine. It got really messed up when a tree fell on it during hurricane Irene.

[@texasboy2005]

Those were my first thoughts! Ha!

[@calholli]

It's not like he's going down the highway.

[@mikefinto4048]

Not sure if I believe that, I think that's more than what the axle and trailer could hold

[@calholli]

@@mikefinto4048 It obviously can hold it... By your definition, the axle would have broken. So since it didn't break, that means it could hold it... (that trailer could haul twice that weight, in the yard... going down the highway is a different story)

[@LiIAxe]

If I only had a lawn mower I would strap a big piece of wood or cinder block or something to the front to weight it down a little, also like how he uses safety chains every time lol!

[@kalebcrafts4338]

Nah you just need more weight on the front have some one sit on it lol

[@brianvassar2556]

This is the first video ive watched from andrew and now its 3 years old

[@BrianNavalinsky]

Pretty cool, but I think I can beat this. I had one employee who drove an MGB gt. I had a 4200 lb. boat trailer sitting 50 miles away where said employee lived. We needed the trailer, he said he would bring it back the next day, I assumed with his 1/2 ton van. He pulled the trailer 50 miles with barely any steering weight and struggling to stop with the MG's brakes. He pulls in and we unhitch him and I chastise him for abusing his car. He laughed. We had been cutting in a road at my boatyard with a Cat 963 for two days. We had a 20% grade and a dropoff of about 5' at the bottom. We had another day to go. He goes, "I am going to be the first to use the road." and drove the MG flying off the end onto the concrete of the Travelift pad below. Well, that was impressive, but then he made a running start of about 200' and drove up it.

[@jeffreymurdock8366]

Get that green slime stuff and load your tires up with that. You wont have a problem with flats again. I used that in my truck tire because it kept going flat and after that didnt have any more problems. Get the gallon pump of the stuff at either autozone or Walmart

[@dumper87]

Ford 1520. Best compact tractor ever made!

[@394mo]

I pulled roughly the same amount lumber with my Troy Bilt Super Bronco only difference was my trailer was rated for much more weight then I was hauling.

[@mikespain8655]

Other good options for tires are Multiseal (which is high speed slime, way more expensive and have to order it), or foam filled tires. Solid tires are definitely the first option. Yeah, it is expensive, but having flats in the middle of nowhere on a job is expensive too.

[@TypicalPeen]

Ive seen this video probably a year ago and just mow started watching Andrews videos. I never realized that he made this video

[@davidmathay7117]

Foam fill the tires or there is a product called Tire Balls. They are commonly used in the cross-country ATV racing scene, but I do think that they make them for just about anything that gets used off road a lot.

[@circleh5173]

Those solid tires are hard on drive

[@unsilencedman]

Lol that was like watching those old tractor pulls.

[@BrBCatsOnFireLuL]

Always with the safety chains ,even on a lawn mower going 5 mph

[@b1g1lz]

I've found you can get further towing with a lawn tractor if you back it. The rotation of the driving back wheels actually pushes the front down. As long as it's not too muddy, it's surprising what they'll do.

[@davidmorse8432]

Good idea if you don't have a bigger tractor. Makes perfect sense.

[@davidtravis1367]

Can u get to it with the mini excavator to at least break some of it and dang that’s a good size dam

[@jcr65566]

Thanks for posting Im just amaze I got the same size lawn tractor but it a Rover MDT 547/38 if you had more weight at the front I did not know it could put that much of a load then some one told me pulling trailer Mine can pull 5 times it's own weight So Im getting a trailer for it.

[@frios011]

GOOD WAY TO SNAP THAT REAR AXLE!!!

[@AndrewCamarata]

Then the axle isn't built strong enough.

[@QuantityEngineers]

I had a Kubota BX25 with a loader and a fully loaded bucket would cause the tires to go flat when turning. I took them to a tractor tire store and they filled them with a liquid, laid them flat for 2 days and it turned to solid rubber, not foam. They pumped it in to the desired pressure & the tire reacted the same after it solidified. No more flats.

[@AndrewCamarata]

Do you know what the product was called? Was it expensive? Are the tires hard as a rock and uncomfortable?

[@QuantityEngineers]

Andrew Camarata , it was 1983, I don't remember the cost or what it is called. A hole is drilled in top of the tire and liquid is pumped in until it comes out the hole and all the air is out. A screw is put in to plug the hole & the liquid is pressurized to whatever air pressure is normally used. The tire is laid flat on its side so there is no flat spot. The liquid turns to solid rubber in a day. The tire rides the same as if it was filled with air at the same pressure.

[@AndrewCamarata]

That sounds pretty idea. I've researched this is the past with no luck. There are places that foam fill tires, but its very expensive, and there are no places local. One time I drove an hour to have a tire foam filled, and they wouldn't do it because they said the rim was too rusty, it wasn't even that bad.

[@Blast357]

not trying to be an ass... but BX25 prod began in 2009... even the BX22 prod started somewhere in 2001-2002... so in 1983... hum...

[@michaelmactavish1728]

there tough i towed a 2 axel trailer behind a kubota G2160 wich its a big trailer with 4 cord of fire wood but it towed like nothing wasnt on it she was strong little garden mower and even towing it at idol wich that kubota g2160 was a strong little beast

[@ramosel]

next project... weight rack for the front of the garden tractor!!

[@williamwalter8554]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA the mower at idle sounds like a purring kitten. Cheers, Bill

[@AndrewCamarata]

William Walter yeah. That 2 cylinder Honda is about 30 years old. But runs great.