Axle Wheel combo for 28 x 8' Aluminum Stock trailer

[CCOUGHRAN1]

I plan to order a new stock trailer in the coming days,and need some feedback on the axle/wheel combos.

The trailer is a 28 x 8' Cimarron Aluminum livestock trailer with 24 x 8' of livestock area and a 4 x 8' dressing room with a/c.

I am currently running a 24x7 stock compartment in a 2010 Cimarron Al stock trailer with 2-7k torsion axles and Cooper 235/85r16 Load Range E tires. I don't believe that is enough axle/tire combo for the rig I am looking at.

My options are as follows

3-7k axles with 16" 10 ply tires ( I am not a fan of triples, especially off road and tight turning areas.

2-8k axles with 16" 14 ply tires

2-8k axles with 17.5" tires

2-10k oil bath axles with 17.5 tires

Consider that a 24x8 stock and a 32x6 stock have the same area, 192 sq ft, and most all 32x6 trailers come with triples.

Most loads will range from 2-3 horses, on up to an occasional load of 26-28 roping steers, or 12-14 cows.


Your thoughts?

 

[kwswan]

I'd go with the 2-10k's with the 17.5s. Run 120 psi & they will do a good job on a trailer like that.

 

[Morning Wood]

I'd do the 10ks too. Why not. I assume they are not tandems, but super singles?

 

[Diamondpilot]

After owning better than 15 tandems and 6 tri axles over the years I would get the tri axle. The load height will be lower, you have more brake surface, and finding a tire with a blow out on a Saturday is easy compared to the larger stuff.

I have a tandem hauling about 10K right now and a tri hauling about 16K right now and I dont see much difference in tire scrub. The tri seems to pivot around the center axle and one tucks in while one tucks out.

Chris

 

[CCOUGHRAN1]

The trailer came in a couple weeks ago, and I thought I would share a couple of pics.

After speaking with a handful of people, including a couple of friends that are in the cattle business and happen to own large trailer dealerships, I was convinced to go with the 2-8k axles with 17.5, 16ply tires. The tires are rated for 6005# each, so they are quite a bit more than the axles are rated for.

Their reasoning for the lighter axles, is that the trailer will be loaded light most of the time, and the ride quality will suffer with the heavier suspension. I went with overkill on the tires, because I want good tires on my vehicles to handle the heat on the highway during our Texas summers.

I'll run this combination for a couple years, and if it doesn't work to my liking, I'll order another trailer with a different axle/tire combo.