Your towing rigs and trailers

oldballs · Nov 10, 2015

sixdogs said:
That dump trailer is a real find. Put good tires on it and call me if you decide you don't need it.

Yeah, sixdogs, You'd better get another trailer, that one is too nice to get dusty.
Cheers,
Mike

flusher · Nov 10, 2015

Sterff said:
Picked up my 43' B from my storage barn. Im going to start fixing it up now.

Nice looking B. Mine was a 1949. Needed a brake job when I bought it 5 years ago. Otherwise just cleaned the radiator ventilation vanes to free up the open/close control and it was good to go.

Good luck on your restoration project.

sixdogs · Nov 10, 2015

oldballs said:
Yeah, sixdogs, You'd better get another trailer, that one is too nice to get dusty.
Cheers,
Mike

How true. I've never owned a new trailer. That's the downside of new equipment.

sixdogs · Nov 10, 2015

oldballs said:
Yeah, sixdogs, You'd better get another trailer, that one is too nice to get dusty.
Cheers,
Mike

How true. I've never owned a new trailer. That's the downside of new equipment.

woodskiff · Nov 12, 2015

Cummins & Kubota

KenB2920 · Nov 12, 2015

woodskiff said:
<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/trailers-transportation/447046-your-towing-rigs-trailers-20151107_123123-jpg"/> Cummins & Kubota

Funny, I first saw your words before your picture populated. I was shocked at cummins and Kubota. Anyhow, Nice tractor and truck. However, take those items out and look at the background. You seem to have an extremely peaceful place. Picture says a thousand words there ...

KenB2920 · Nov 12, 2015

woodskiff said:
<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/files/trailers-transportation/447046-your-towing-rigs-trailers-20151107_123123-jpg"/> Cummins & Kubota

Funny, I first saw your words before your picture populated. I was shocked at cummins and Kubota. Anyhow, Nice tractor and truck. However, take those items out and look at the background. You seem to have an extremely peaceful place. Picture says a thousand words there ...

sixdogs · Nov 13, 2015

woodskiff said:
View attachment 447046 Cummins & Kubota

Nice looking setup and what a great Kubota. Can you tell me how long is your trailer is and what brand is it?

woodskiff · Nov 13, 2015

sixdogs said:
Nice looking setup and what a great Kubota. Can you tell me how long is your trailer is and what brand is it?

Hi SixDogs and everyone who dropped a compliment or advise ...Thank You All. I bought the trailer used from a golf course owner. It's a 2005 Hurst/7,000gvw. My son and I completely stripped, painted, new brakes, bearing buddies, complete wiring with terminal box/new breakaway set-up, changed it from 6 way to 7 all wiring soldiered and placed inside a plastic conduit for protection. We also redid the lighting and reflective striping. My son and I also modded the frame deck cross rails so we could bolt our new PT deck without using self-tapping screws into the factory cross members members. That's why you see the 1/8" x 2" steel flat bar across the deck. Dimensions are deck, flat 16' with 2' extended dove tail.

sixdogs · Nov 13, 2015

You know, woodskiff, that's really the best way to own a trailer. You know 100% what went into it and have the satisfaction of rebuilding it correctly and using the quality of flooring and wiring/lights that you wanted. It's perfect and the bearing buddies a nice touch. If you want it to, it will last a lifetime.

Here's a pic of my 16 ft, 7000 lb trailer that I built (20 years ago) just so I could know what went into it and have the quality I desired. It has bearing buddies too and got four new trailer tires last year. I might sell it if I could figure out how much to ask for it. Anyone with any ideas on price?

wolfpack2 · Nov 13, 2015

Be extremely careful with bearing buddies on axles with brakes. They have a tendency to push grease (or at least the oil that separates from it) past the inside seal. This leads to a destroyed set of brakes and no braking capacity plus an expensive repair. Don't ask me how I now. The service center that repaired my trailer advised me to remove the bearing buddies and just service the axles annually as recommend by Dexter. They told me they see this often on travel trailers. Same thing with the easy lube axles. If you get carried away with the grease on those, it can push the grease out the back side. The bearing buddies have a spring that keeps constant pressure on the grease which in turn forces it past the seal over time.

ultrarunner · Nov 13, 2015

^^^ Makes sense... I run bearing buddies on just about all my trailers... only one has brakes... the other 5 don't and I never thought about getting grease on the shoes... thanks for the heads up!

sixdogs · Nov 14, 2015

ultrarunner said:
^^^ Makes sense... I run bearing buddies on just about all my trailers... only one has brakes... the other 5 don't and I never thought about getting grease on the shoes... thanks for the heads up!

Yes, thank you. I'm going to look into this ASAP.

sixdogs · Nov 14, 2015

ultrarunner said:
^^^ Makes sense... I run bearing buddies on just about all my trailers... only one has brakes... the other 5 don't and I never thought about getting grease on the shoes... thanks for the heads up!

Yes, thank you. I'm going to look into this ASAP.

3930dave · Nov 14, 2015

wolfpack2 said:
Be extremely careful with bearing buddies on axles with brakes. They have a tendency to push grease (or at least the oil that separates from it) past the inside seal. This leads to a destroyed set of brakes and no braking capacity plus an expensive repair. Don't ask me how I now. The service center that repaired my trailer advised me to remove the bearing buddies and just service the axles annually as recommend by Dexter. They told me they see this often on travel trailers. Same thing with the easy lube axles. If you get carried away with the grease on those, it can push the grease out the back side. The bearing buddies have a spring that keeps constant pressure on the grease which in turn forces it past the seal over time.

I replaced all 4 brakes on the old HiLo TT I bought due to exactly this problem. One or more of the previous owners had pumped way too much grease into its' bearing buddy's.

Typical seals on TT axles are not much more than basic dust seals - they can't stand up to pressurized grease. After going through all the labour involved in changing out the brakes, I left the BBs off.

It's not like repacking the bearings manually is really that hard, and my experience with old RWD cars/trucks is that any decent chassis grease does not degrade or dissipate quickly in my climate.

Rgds, D.

Stanley B · Nov 17, 2015

Green Power · Nov 17, 2015

Nice set up Stanley.

woodskiff · Nov 17, 2015

Yes, very nice. Can't beat a southern truck---cab corners, rockers in nice shape. I want to try towing my bh with the loader that way over the tongue.

Garandman · Nov 18, 2015

We have a Ford Transit T250, regular wheelbase, medium roof (6' inside) with 3.5L Ecoboost and 3.31 LSD axle. This rig is 5,200 lbs (trailer 2,000 and car 3,200) and it towed it with ease. Trip computer read 12.4 mpg for an 80 mile mostly uphill trip. I was able to leave it on cruise control and it only shifted from 6th to 5th a couple times.