Upgrading Mobile Home Axles??????
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Iplayfarmer
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Nope. Serious as a heart attack.
I didn't do it. It was that way when I bought it, but it's worked great for me.
CrashandBurn
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I am building a 6X14 trailer right now, it will have a #6000 MH axle converted to 6 hole wheels, $32 each hub. I am buying a brake axle with 6 bolt hubs.
A trailer supply company will be able to tell you if your MH axles can be converted.
I have a 16 foot trailer with MH axles and had trouble finding any more used tires in this area. Found new "Towmaster" brand tires for $75 each, on the sidewall they say "trailer use only"......NOT mobile home use, so I think I'm legal anywhere....
A trailer supply company will be able to tell you if your MH axles can be converted.
I have a 16 foot trailer with MH axles and had trouble finding any more used tires in this area. Found new "Towmaster" brand tires for $75 each, on the sidewall they say "trailer use only"......NOT mobile home use, so I think I'm legal anywhere....
Diamondpilot
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Tow Master tire are a quality trailer tire made by Greenball so you are in luck.
Chris
Chris
dieselscout80
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Swap it to 8 lug drums if you have the correct brake backing plate mount.
BruceWard
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Where did you get the hubx? Are they brake hubs?
CrashandBurn
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I am in the KC area and got them from a company called Croft trailer supply, they are not brake hubs....that's why I'm also buying another axle, for
brakes.
Croft Trailer Supply
Snow flake
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Hi I didn't get all is there a way to up great the (MH) axel yes or not because I have problems whit my trailer also if not I live in springdale,AR is there any bady who let me now were I can find some use 6 logs axel and wheels or some bady out there has ones for sale please let me now
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Snow flake said:
Say what?????
Chris
I have a mobile home 18K heavy duty tri-axle trailer with brakes on each axle. It is titled and registered as a legal use trailer in the state and has DOT accepttable tires. I purchased this trailer when I was less informed and the fact it was a good deal. I thought I was just fine but it was not only the MH axles that were a question but the fact the trailer was built on a MH frame. When pulling with my larger truck over 8,000 lbs (heavy truck) I needed a separate policy than my personal vehicle truck and sure enough they would not cover it without a manufacturer plate VIN - number and GVWR rating. The insurance cost would of been only a few dollars but no insurance it no insurance. At the end of the day, the risk of having something go wrong on this traielr and being sued was too high a risk to take when going down the road. It is hard to debate that the original design of the axle and frame was for a temporary mobile home transport. So in the end I purchased a different trailer and the "peace of mind" alone has been worth it. I am willing to take a lot of risks but this was just not one of them.