bsmith
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- Oct 10, 2006
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- Location
- College Station, TX
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- Engineering software developer
I have a 1996 one ton, 4 door, long bed, 4wd, big block v8 Chevy pickup truck, non dualie on my 470 acre ranch. On this ranch I also have accumulated a number of pieces of heavy equipment including a JD 650g dozer (19,000 lbs), a 68' Condor boom lift (23,000 lbs), a JD 6400 and a JD 2955 tractor. I am looking to obtain a medium size motor grader as well, probably about 25,000 lbs. I do not presently own an equipment trailer. All of this stuff is used on the ranch only, and when I need to take something to a shop I pay to have it moved. I wish I could move the equipment myself occassionally, plus go pick up 40' sticks of rebar or 32' joints of oil field pipe or maybe some long cees and zees for building construction.
Obviously I need an equipment trailer, probably a gooseneck 35' + 5' dove. However, I don't want to have to deal with a dualie truck all the time since I tow heavy stuff infrequently, maybe once a month and not very far at that (less than 50 miles). So I was wondering if a triple 10k axel trailer with duals would be practical. It would be less weight on the bed of the truck and provide 12 wheels of braking power such that a non-dualie truck could probably manage ok for limited use.
A gooseneck triple axel dual 35+5 is about $10,000 new, which is more than I can justify. And finding one used is very rare. But I could find a used 35+5 tandem dual easily and add another axel or I could look for a long enough triple axel dual "tag along" and fabricate a gooseneck for the tag along. Which route would be best to take in getting to a triple axel dual equipment trailer? And do you all agree that the truck and trailer I have described could make occasional short slow hauls with a 25,000 lb cargo load? Remember as farm use in Texas, I have a $34,000 pound cargo limit for personal use.
Bill
Obviously I need an equipment trailer, probably a gooseneck 35' + 5' dove. However, I don't want to have to deal with a dualie truck all the time since I tow heavy stuff infrequently, maybe once a month and not very far at that (less than 50 miles). So I was wondering if a triple 10k axel trailer with duals would be practical. It would be less weight on the bed of the truck and provide 12 wheels of braking power such that a non-dualie truck could probably manage ok for limited use.
A gooseneck triple axel dual 35+5 is about $10,000 new, which is more than I can justify. And finding one used is very rare. But I could find a used 35+5 tandem dual easily and add another axel or I could look for a long enough triple axel dual "tag along" and fabricate a gooseneck for the tag along. Which route would be best to take in getting to a triple axel dual equipment trailer? And do you all agree that the truck and trailer I have described could make occasional short slow hauls with a 25,000 lb cargo load? Remember as farm use in Texas, I have a $34,000 pound cargo limit for personal use.
Bill