2OOO Hudson 5 ton Trailer

ronjhall · Oct 21, 2001

You're right on. I was only looking at trailer./w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif
One other comment./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif
2OOO Hudson 5 ton Trailer, no fenders = one very dirty TC45 and attachments./w3tcompact/icons/frown.gif

RPM · Oct 21, 2001

If the guy has has been overloading the trailer - even if he hasn't managed to bend the frame - he may well have induced some cracking in the frame welds and/or damaged the wheel bearings.

Now there are many cheap ways to hide that kind of damage - extra shots of grease and leaving the frame dirty - but only a few expensive ways to find it - ultrasound, tear-downs - or catastrophic failure.

I would run from this particular deal - I'm not one for buying into other people's poor maintenance.

One last question - why is he selling the trailer??

Patrick

Fullthrottle · Oct 21, 2001

I'll only use the Toyota for hauling implements and such. Just towed the tractor with it to satisfy my curiosity.. I've got several friends with full size trucks when I need one.

Fullthrottle · Oct 21, 2001

I'm not sure why he's seling it. He's selling his tractor and implements also. He wasn't much of a conversationalist. Thats were the "what an #%@ *$@#" comment came from in my earlier post. I don't know what to do. Most of my neighbors (Farmers) say I could buy the trailer and sell it for a profit. I'm going to kick the tires again today. It doesn't have to be returned until tomorrow.

bgott · Oct 21, 2001

I looked at your pictures again and I think I'd pass on this trailer. That thing looks like its been refitted with mobile home axles and tires. Not that mobile home axles are bad, if I built my own trailer I'd use a couple of the 25 or so I have still bolted under my rent trailers. It might be a sign that the original axles were destroyed. If that's the case, what else has been ruined?

Robert_in_NY · Oct 21, 2001

A lot of smaller trailer companys use those axels, I have a 5 ton Hurst trailer that is built in Tenn. and it has those axels also. The trailer he is looking at looks like the original owner might have taken off the fenders especially if he was hauling logs, the fenders would be in the way with loading and unloading. I would pass on the trailer and buy new or from a trustworthy source. The amount of damage created if the trailer should break is not worth the risk also if the lights don't work it is probally because he has been using it in fields and woods when he was loading logs and tore out the wires. I paid $1700 for mine brand new.

Robert Turk Jr.
Whitetail Splendor Deer Farms
Silver Creek, NY