Your towing rigs and trailers

[Diamondpilot]

That is no where near overloaded. I would guess your trailer is in the 5,250# weight area. Reason I say that is I had a 25,000# GVWR 25' GN that was 6,200# or so empty. I had it weighed. No way yours is 9,000#. It probably has around 9,000# of legal carrying capacity.

Chris

 

[ovrszd]

Yeah Chris, that's what I was shooting for when I bought it. Primary mission would be to haul tractor and attachments which it'll do. Secondly to haul two Jeeps which it'll do. I'm gonna pull it 200 miles one way in a couple weeks hauling two Jeeps. My only concern is to find that sweet spot when placing them to get a nice pull/ride. Thanks for any and all advice, comments.

 

[DavesTractor]

Hmmmmmm,,,, I don't know what my trailer weighs, someone said 9K lbs but I don't think that's right. I'd say closer to 4500. The tractor weighs around 6500. The buggy weighs 3400. The Rhino weighs 1200. So, I'm hauling 11,100 of cargo on a 5000 lb dual wheeled trailer, pulling it with a SD 250 SRW with 350 springs. The trailer has excellent brakes. I sure don't feel overloaded and it stops very well, have to turn the controller down to keep from sliding trailer wheels on gravel. As mentioned I might benefit from shuffling some of the weight off the truck?? But otherwise I don't see the problem. Check out the SD Dually hauling the antigue truck, he's squatted as bad or worse than I am. But hey,,,, I'm new to the big trailer world.

My 22'+5' tandem dually goosenect weighs 6200 lbs. Just for reference.

 

[JESSE1]

"Check out the SD Dually hauling the antigue truck, he's squatted as bad or worse than I am."
The driveway has a dip in it, the truck's overload springs are barely touching, just looks like it's squatting. I'm a long way from overloading the F-450. Any time you put a load on a truck with springs it's going to squat, it has to, unless you have air bags that'll bring it back up to level.

 

[Duffster]

It probably has around 9,000# of legal carrying capacity.

Chris

I would hope iot has more then that.

 

[GreatWhitehunter]

Hmmmmmm,,,, I don't know what my trailer weighs, someone said 9K lbs but I don't think that's right. I'd say closer to 4500. The tractor weighs around 6500. The buggy weighs 3400. The Rhino weighs 1200. So, I'm hauling 11,100 of cargo on a 5000 lb dual wheeled trailer, pulling it with a SD 250 SRW with 350 springs. The trailer has excellent brakes. I sure don't feel overloaded and it stops very well, have to turn the controller down to keep from sliding trailer wheels on gravel. As mentioned I might benefit from shuffling some of the weight off the truck?? But otherwise I don't see the problem. Check out the SD Dually hauling the antigue truck, he's squatted as bad or worse than I am. But hey,,,, I'm new to the big trailer world.

I'm sure your GN weighs more than 4500lbs. My single wheel 20+5 GN weighed that. And your 250 is only rated for about 15k GN. I had the same truck and weighed everything since the DOT up here can be brutal. It seems like certain area's of the country are more strictly enforcing this stuff. I'd take DP advice with regards to load placement, the rhino up front and the tractor and other buggy towards the rear.

Matt

 

[SLHawkins]

Yeah Chris, that's what I was shooting for when I bought it. Primary mission would be to haul tractor and attachments which it'll do. Secondly to haul two Jeeps which it'll do. I'm gonna pull it 200 miles one way in a couple weeks hauling two Jeeps. My only concern is to find that sweet spot when placing them to get a nice pull/ride. Thanks for any and all advice, comments.

With that load, if would have probably been best to put your tractor in the middle (if possible). When hauling your jeeps, put lighter of the two about 6" or so from the neck and the other with the front axle just forward or centered on the front tandem. You don't want too much weight forward or too much weight to the rear. Of course, that is without being there to see the load myself. But, it is a good reference point to start from....

Hawk

 

[Diamondpilot]

I would hope iot has more then that.

I can not get the pic to open but it looks like a 30' with tandem 7K axles so I would guess right in the 9K payload area. I am looking at it on my small computer so maybe it has different axles.

I had a 25+5 GN with tandem 12K axles and duals on it. It had a 25,000# GVWR but about 19K payload due to it weighing in at about 6K itself.

Chris

 

[Rancher Ed]

I can not get the pic to open but it looks like a 30' with tandem 7K axles so I would guess right in the 9K payload area. I am looking at it on my small computer so maybe it has different axles.

I had a 25+5 GN with tandem 12K axles and duals on it. It had a 25,000# GVWR but about 19K payload due to it weighing in at about 6K itself.

Chris

It has dual tandem axles, he doesn't say if they are 10k or 12k. This would give a payload some where between 16k and 20k.

Ed

 

[Diamondpilot]

It has dual tandem axles, he doesn't say if they are 10k or 12k. This would give a payload some where between 16k and 20k.

Ed

Ok, that makes sense then. I would guess it weighs about 6K then, maybe 5.5K empty. Only way to know for sure is weigh it. Either way, he has more payload then I thought. Like you said in the 15K range or more.

Chris