Trailer questions

[Soundguy]

My opinion is the length is extremely important. 16' would just not work for me. A 25' deckover
Gooseneck is about perfect and cheaper than a nice dump trailer. Also loading angle is not a factor with a tractor. Who cares if it is steep?

i hear ya. i went years with a 26' car hauler wood deck trailer. I beefed it up and used it for years hauling everything.. the day I got my GN decokover it obsoleted the car hauler so bad I hate to even use it.. I now can't see how I ever did use it on some things..

 

[kenmac]

Some car haulers only have 2- 3500 # axles single axle brakes as in my case. I'm in the process of installing 2 -5200# axles

 

[meburdick]

Some car haulers only have 2- 3500 # axles single axle brakes as in my case. I'm in the process of installing 2 -5200# axles

Agreed that many car haulers are configured like that.

Upgrading the axles certainly won't hurt. But, bear in mind that your GTWR does not change. While you could *safely* tow more weight, you can't do it *legally* because the numbers on the label stay the same and only the manufacturer can legally change those numbers.

 

[yelbike]

Agreed that many car haulers are configured like that.

Upgrading the axles certainly won't hurt. But, bear in mind that your GTWR does not change. While you could *safely* tow more weight, you can't do it *legally* because the numbers on the label stay the same and only the manufacturer can legally change those numbers.

Unless you register it now as homemade.

 

[94BULLITT]

Agreed that many car haulers are configured like that.

Upgrading the axles certainly won't hurt. But, bear in mind that your GTWR does not change. While you could *safely* tow more weight, you can't do it *legally* because the numbers on the label stay the same and only the manufacturer can legally change those numbers.

That is just like people taking a 1/2 ton truck and putting 3/4 or 1 ton springs on it. The rest of the truck will not take the load.

 

[meburdick]

Unless you register it now as homemade.

CT won't let you register a trailer as home made unless you provide the receipts for all of the materials used in the construction. I'm not sure if "previous trailer" with a receipt would qualify... would be interesting to find out, though.

 

[meburdick]

That is just like people taking a 1/2 ton truck and putting 3/4 or 1 ton springs on it. The rest of the truck will not take the load.

That's the case at least some of the time. There are some pretty well built 7k trailers that could certainly haul more with beefier axles under them. But those are the exception and not the norm.

 

[94BULLITT]

That's the case at least some of the time. There are some pretty well built 7k trailers that could certainly haul more with beefier axles under them. But those are the exception and not the norm.

I noticed on pj trailers the axles can be upgraded on some of them from two 5200# to two 7000# to two 8000#.
PJ Trailers - 6" Channel Equipment (CC)

 

[Soundguy]

I noticed on pj trailers the axles can be upgraded on some of them from two 5200# to two 7000# to two 8000#.
PJ Trailers - 6" Channel Equipment (CC)

the outfit that built my deckover made their trailers so you could either put 7k or 10k axles under them, and single tandem or dual tandem. same decks and pins and all.. just different axles. IE.. if you get a 14k trailer from them it's extra beefy as it's made to be a 20k...

 

[clemsonfor]

I have a 16ft carhauler. It has a solid wood 2x6 treated deck, and a dovetail, and 2 3500lb axles for a 7k capacity, obviously minus the trailer weight leaves about 5500lbs of payload ability.

But for me the lighter trialer is what i wanted, i did not want a 5K landscape dual axle trailer but did not want a heavier duty 7k (heavier empty weight) or a 10k triailer. I have an older truck and its already a good bit of weight with the carhauler, i would not want an additional 500-1000#s just to pull around. I am only loading a 2000lb yanmar on it with a few 4ft attachments at most.