Their low cost is pretty much their only advantage over other tractor categories. Small tractors are the cheapest and weakest of all tractors. The New Holland T5 Series, a typical Small tractor. Therefore, tractors can be split into rough groups to show which tractors are suitable for which jobs. A tractor's horsepower determines how much weight it can pull comfortably, and therefore what Implements it can operate and what Trailers it can tow. Tractors differ from one another mostly by Horsepower.