Finally abused the trailer today

Discussion in 'General Tow Rig Discussion' started by MTMike, Apr 15, 2006.

  1. MTMike

    MTMike Well-Known Member

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    Some members of my 4x4 club needed concrete hauled out to the rock crawling course, so I volunteered.

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    The guy that works at the precast place we were getting this from said the longer ones (4) weigh ~2,000lbs and the smaller ones (2) ~1,500lbs. Plus I still havn't got a chance to take my 10 bolt off the front of it. The trailer handled it just fine but I could see the frame flex a little when the ones were loaded on the tail. As was expected, the Cummins pulled it like a champ.

    I'm really glad I got the 10ply, 2500lb rated tires when I got new rubber for it last year.

    Mike
     
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    Is it a 7K trailer? They will handle a lot. I've grossed out over 16K pulling my 7K tandam flat.
     
  3. MTMike

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    Yeah, it's a 7k trailer with 10K 10ply tires. Based on the precast guy's weight estimates it was grosing between right around 13,000-13,500.
     

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