16ft trailer long enough for CUT TLB?

[donn12]

I Need a trailer ASAP for my Kubota B2920. just an occasional short tow for the most part. I want 18ft but I am finding mostly 16ft landscape trailers with reinforced rear mesh gates so nothing can hang off the rear. For anyone that has this setup - does it work? Do you wish you had the 18?
I will tow it with a 09 Ram. Any brake controller advice? Thanks

 

[Diamondpilot]

16 with a gate gets short quick. I would go 20' personally and no gate, ramps. You need to be able to move the unit for and aft to get the balance right. I am guessing you have a 1/2 ton ram, so getting the balance of the trailer right will be crucial.

As for brake controllers you can go 3 routes. First is cheap, around $100 and will do all you need. Next is something proportional for around $150. The best on the market is set and forget technology like Max Brake and its top of the line stuff just like the Ford Factory Installed Controller in the F series trucks. Cost around $300.

Chris

 

[rkeith]

I use a 16' car hauler with a dove tail. My ramps are stored under neither and it works well. Sometimes an implement might hang off the back like a bushhog but for the price difference... it's great! :thumbsup:
Dual axle with brakes on one axle... 7k capacity

 

[LD1]

For that tractor, with a hoe on the back, I'd skip the landscape style trailer and go for the car-trailer/equipment trailer style with actual ramps instead of a gate.

Those landscape trailers, even though they are rated at 7K, just arent built like a 7k car/equipment trailer. And I dont like gates either. or the rail all the way around the landscape style. If you ever use it for things like hauling building material, it makes it hard to load/unload from the side.

As to length, 18' with 2' dove is what I would go.:thumbsup:

 

[Tompet]

I went through this earlier in the year. I had exact same setup...2920tlb and occasionally towed it short distances on a 14' 7k landscape trailer that did have a well built axle/suspension set-up with brakes on both axles. It would just fit with it backed onto the trailer. It had the open angle iron type car ramps (did not like) with no ramp storage. I since sold trailer (and traded tractor for a B3300tlb) and bought an 18' (16+2) car hauler (brakes both axles) with strong slide out smooth top car ramps....much nicer, stronger and faster to load/unload. I hauled the 2920tlb on a 400+ mi trip easily with the new set-up.
As others have said, a 20' (18+2) would have been better. My mistake.

IMO those reinforced mesh landscape gates on the typical landscape trailer will be bent by your tractor set-up. The angle iron "car" ramps on my 14' had a little bend in them from this and another tractor so I think the typical mesh gate would not hold up well. If you get a good deal you could always try it with the gate, and if it doesn't work out, remove the gate and purchase/adapt car ramps to the trailer. Some manufacturers do make a true heavy duty gate for about $400. extra (look up Appalachian trailers and the options.
Basically what LD1 wrote.

All that said, I think you can haul your unit on a 16' 7k trailer with brakes on both axles.

I have a Tekonsha P3 brake controller and really like its set-up/features.

 

[grsthegreat]

i have a 16 foot trailer with the mesh rear ramp and simply love it. Of course you'll have to do a few mods. First i added some 1/4" c channel on the rear ramp so it wont bend. Ive hauled mini excavators and a small vibratory steam roller on it. Second, i added two swivel jacks on the rear so i can support the rear end while loading the JD870 tractor. These mods only cost about $200.00 to do.

That being said, now that i own the DK45HST, the trailer is too small. Now I'm in the market for a 20 foot dovetail trailer with gooseneck. Who knew that id upgraded the tractor years ago when i purchased this trailer. So i guess the adage "always go bigger" would hold true.

 

[dodge man]

I have a 16' with a 2' dove tail car hauler. The ramps slide under the rear of the trailer. I have a BX 2350, and with nothing but the bare tractor, the trailer is bigger than it needs to be by 8 feet. With a brush hog on the back and a FEL on the front, I bet the little BX is close to 16 to 17 feet long. I wouldn't settle for a 16' trailer, like others have said, step up to a car hauler style that is 18' total length or more.

 

[Verticaltrx]

If you plan to ONLY haul the B2920 as a TLB, or with other short rear implements then it will work. It you plan on ever hauling the tractor with a bush hog then it will be too long. While not my choice in trailers, a 7K landscape trailer of decent quality with heavy duty ramp would work fine for what you describe. If you out grow it you could always sell it probably for 75% of what you paid. The ideal setup for what you want would be an 18' 8,000lb equipment trailer.

 

[RobertN]

My old Kubota was the same size. It should fit fine on a 16' equipment trailer. I would stay away from a mesh gate..

Mine has ramps that store underneath.

I would not that the tractor fit fine with loader/scraper, with plenty of extra room. With a rotary mower and loader, the front of the loader was at the front of the trail, while a foot of the mower/tailwheel hung off the back... No room for weight balance, but the tractor was light anyways.

For the NH TC40 I have now, I need a longer trailer...

I Need a trailer ASAP for my Kubota B2920.

 

[Diamondpilot]

In my opinion mesh gates have one place, for commercial mowers. Someone who is off and on 10 times a day. They are just too restrictive in load length and weight.

Chris.