BX Trailer

[TractorTim]

What type of trailers are you using to hall your equipment?

Anyone using a single 3500# axle landscape trailer with mesh gate ramp? If so, how is it working out, how much are you hauling and how long is it?

BX2200 + MMM + FEL + Tiller = 2500#

This is what I would like to haul.

TractorTim

 

[Nuru]

I am using a landscaping style trailer with mesh gates to haul my 4100 around (2200 - 2500lbs with attachments), and it works alright. I use 10k capacity straps to secure it. I drive the unit all the way up to the front of the trailer and then I strap it to prevent it from going backwards. It works fine.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

<font color=blue>...then I strap it to prevent it from going backwards...</font color=blue>

What do you use to prevent it from going forward...? /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

 

[Turfman]

With the weight of the trailer added to that of the tractor a single axle is really pushing the limits.

 

[Egon]

Turfman:
It could all depend on the axle rating. I have dual axle trailer rated at 10,000# Each axle is rated at 6,000#.
Egon

 

[Turfman]

Yes, I agree, but he wanted to know about a single axle with a 3,500# axle. A heavier axle would be way better. I'm of the opinion, that within reason, the heavier the trailer, the better.

Kev

 

[Boner]

Personally, I wouldn't chance loosing a $14,000. rig because of a tire blowout on a single axle trailer.

I am about to buy a 6x12 tandem axle trailer with brakes for $1,200. Seems like chump change when you value what's riding on it.

-Ben

 

[Egon]

OOPS! I goofed. Not the first time either.
Egon

 

[Nuru]

I have a blade on it and I position the tractor on the rails at the front and it does not move.

 

[Nuru]

Let me correct my earlier posts, that is 2200 - 2500 woith multiple implements. i am running it on the trailer with only the blade at this time. That total package is about 1900 lbs. I will look to my trailer dealer to beef up this trailer if i get a loader.

Nuru

 

[TresCrows]

I have a 16 foot trailer. I bought it to haul airplane stuff originally but it has hauled all kinds of stuff. It is a tandem wheel and I think it is rated at 7,000 lbs so it has two 3,500 lb axles. I just got a new set of used heavy duty truck tires installed on it after the originals began to look poorely. The thing about a tandem is that they ride better, pull better and if you have a flat/blowout often you do not even know it till you stop and look. It does not have a built in ramp or mesh gate. I will add these soon myself or pay someone to do it depending on my time available. I think I will go with a split mesh folding ramp. I have steel and welding equipment but a growing list of projects also.
Definitly, if you can get the 16 foot tandem, it will in the end be the better deal. You do not need the car hauler type trailer, those are often rated to 10,000 lbs or more and are heavy to pull with most standard trucks. My little 4 cylinder Toyota PU works hard to pull my 16 footer, the Tundra hardly feels it, our old Explorer V6 did fine even loaded--just for some examples of vehicles for your reference not knowing what ya have. This trailer cost abot 900 dollars new in 95 (?) and probably about not that much more today, well, more with a ramp etc I am sure.
J

 

[woodstock]

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[Anonymous Poster]

I had a single axle 3500# trailer for my BX2200 and almost lost the thing on a 150-mile trip. I traded my new small trailer for an older 16 foot dual axle and it rides perfect.

 

[tbohen]

I have a 12' tanden axle trailer, is that long enough to haul a bx22?
Thanks

 

[Anonymous Poster]

A 12' is a little short, but should work as long as you have dual axles. That was my problem I had a 12' trailer, but only one axle. I drove from Little Rock to Texarkana and the thing fishtailed the entire time, and when I got to Texarkana the tires were so hot I could not touch them. I was over the weight limit anyway, the "load" limit for my 12' single axle was 1900#s, my BX2200 with FEL and MMM and Box blade is around 2300#s.

 

[g42guy]

I would say it depends on how far and how often you plan to haul it. I went to pick up my 2200 on a 12' 3500# single axle trailer with mesh ramp and it did just fine. I did put new "D" rated tires on it though. The tractor is less that 1500lbs. So the trailer is plenty heavy duty. But if you are going to be hauling often or plan to get many attachments I would op for a twin axle.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

If it was fishtailing then the load was most likely to far back. The tongue was to light. Sometimes backing it on works better. I have been using a 8' trailer, 3500# single axle mesh gate for BX2200 with loader. The loader sits on top of the gate when the gate is up. Works fine for the short trips I take, 3-5 miles.