LBrown59
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- 2003 Kubota BX1500/2004 Kubota Bx23/2005 Kubota BX1500
To small of a truck.Thanks Robert,
Towing it with a Dodge Dakota V8 trailer package etc.
To small of a truck.Thanks Robert,
Towing it with a Dodge Dakota V8 trailer package etc.
I've got an 03 Durango (same as your Dakota) and a 2500HD pickup. I use a 16' trailer, buy the 18' trailer I know I will next time. I can tow my B3030 with just the FEL and no backhoe with the Durango. It tows OK but you definatley know you've got a load on back and need to pay attension. Now if I have the backhoe on it's too much weight for the Durango, even the my 2500HD feels like it has a good load on back. The added weight of the BH is what will put it over the weight limit.Philip, I have the 4.7 Magnum, 235 hp @ 4800 .... 295ft-lb/3200 rpm
Payload 1,450 lb
Traler Weight 4,800 lb
GVWR 5,600 lb
GCWR 9,500 lb
To small of a truck.
Nobody really emphasized this but I would ensure whatever you got has good electronic brakes and you have a good controller in the cab. I pull around my BX1830 with the FEL, tiller, and misc things and also my friends toro dingo with lots of attachments (thats near your weight) on a 16' double axel and it works great but it has great brakes. My friend has a similar trailer and pulls with a very large pickup but his trailer doesn't have brakes and it makes for a much scarier trailering trip. It seems every time we have that trailer every moron in the county pulls out in front of me last minute. As an fyi I got my trailer from Agrisupply (made by Shivers in GA) for around $2k and I love it. Max load is 7.5k.