WinterDeere
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- Joined
- Sep 6, 2011
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- Location
- Philadelphia
- Tractor
- John Deere 3033R, 855 MFWD, 757 ZTrak; IH Cub Cadet 123
The other nice thing about choosing something small and light is that you can use the tractor to pull the trailer around the yard, when doing things like tree and shrub trimming. Then if your disposal is off-site, you can hook the trailer to your truck to haul it all to the mulch facility.This is what I tried to upload above; 6.4 ft x 14ft, aluminum, 3500# axle; and the trailer is Light. This would do what the OP needs, it's just kinda closer than I would choose to purchase for the task.View attachment 3651611
We burn most of our trimmings, but I do make at least one or two big trips to the mulch facility per year, and this is exactly how I manage it with my 7000# trailer and larger CUT. If I had a 10k# trailer, I don't think I'd want to be doing grassy hills with it on my CUT, at least without adding a brake controller to the CUT.
Another advantage of keeping the trailer light, depending on your state laws, you may not need brakes. That means you won't need to haul it to an inspection facility, leave it there three days and pay $150 for a 120 seconds inspection every year, before driving back to pick it up and haul it home. Trailer inspections are a PITA, and 3x the cost of a car inspection, at least around here.