7K of Trailer for a 5K Tractor

[halfBaked2024]

A recent Tundra double or crew cab with a 5.7 engine is rated to tow somewhere between 9200 and 9600 lbs depending on options. If you're going to stick to that you can't really use the extra 4k of a 14k trailer over a 10k trailer. The 14k will cost a little more and may have a higher tare weight giving it less load capacity (when sticking to the truck's rating), depending on how the two trailers are constructed. It looks like sometimes the difference is just the axles and tires and sometimes the 14k also has a heavier frame.

If you do your own servicing and regular repairs you may never need to take a tractor in. And if you do, it will probably be rare. Renting a trailer when you need one is probably the most cost effective solution. Of course trailers have uses beyond hauling tractors and that may tip the scales.

Correct, I’ve run the numbers on my Tundra (9,100# OEM with 4WD) and with a real front bumper, rear bumper, beefier side steps and me, I figured about where it sits in the lineup.

Good point on other trailer uses beyond tractor hauling.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I went ahead and juiced the tires on my T574 TLB, taking it into the realm of 5,000# (before loader and backhoe). I own (prior to the tractor) a 7K (dual 3500# axle) equipment/utility trailer that I was thinking of trading up to a 10K (dual 5000# axle).

I'd think that everybody knows what you meant, but since there's plenty of confusion about trailers and towing as it is, I'll post it anyway.

A "dual 3500# axle" would be a single axle with four wheels. Same with a "dual 5,000# axle".

Those are tandem axles, two of them to make 7K and 10K respectively.

There are single axle trailers with duals, and tandem axles with duals, but that's a different setup from a tandem axle trailer with singles.

 

[halfBaked2024]

I'd think that everybody knows what you meant, but since there's plenty of confusion about trailers and towing as it is, I'll post it anyway.

A "dual 3500# axle" would be a single axle with four wheels. Same with a "dual 5,000# axle".

Those are tandem axles, two of them to make 7K and 10K respectively.

There are single axle trailers with duals, and tandem axles with duals, but that's a different setup from a tandem axle trailer with singles.

Thank you for the correction!

 

[Gregster613]

I'd think that everybody knows what you meant, but since there's plenty of confusion about trailers and towing as it is, I'll post it anyway.

A "dual 3500# axle" would be a single axle with four wheels. Same with a "dual 5,000# axle".

Those are tandem axles, two of them to make 7K and 10K respectively.

There are single axle trailers with duals, and tandem axles with duals, but that's a different setup from a tandem axle trailer with singles.

I didn't know that Too Many Kubotas....Is there a load hauling difference between a "dual 3500# axial" trailer and a "tandem 3500# axel" trailer?
If both are 3500# axels can both carry the same load? Or would the tandem axel be capable of more weight?
I always thought a dual axel trailer was a trailer with "two" axels, ie a tandem. Now I'm really confused. Even though I don't have a trailer or do any hauling I do follow these threads in the case I ever do buy one.

 

[LittleBill21]

I've literally have never seen a utility trailer with duals on a single axle in the 7k range..

 

[dodge man]

Do you haul your tractor places you need all the attachments? If not stick with what you have. If you need to haul the whole enchilada, get a bigger trailer. Like everything prices have shot up recently. I’ve had my 7k trailer for about 14 years, I paid about $2200 at the time. I thinks it’s worth that or more now.

 

[ultrarunner]

I’m limited to 10k in California otherwise different license classification kicks in if I tow my tractor… now I can tow a camper or boat over 10k and the 10k rule doesn’t apply… clear as mud.

To run legal I have a 12k PJ trialed derated to 9980 pounds…

This way I know I have a well built trailer but tag let’s me tow it.

The 110 is a technical tow as I have to have it stripped down with buckets in the box of the pickup.

My brother had more leeway as a farm in that he can tow more within so many miles from the farm… nothing simple about it.

Now one of my older trailers was built in 1962 and has no weight tag…

 

[Too many Kubotas]

I didn't know that Too Many Kubotas....Is there a load hauling difference between a "dual 3500# axial" trailer and a "tandem 3500# axel" trailer?
If both are 3500# axels can both carry the same load? Or would the tandem axel be capable of more weight?
I always thought a dual axel trailer was a trailer with "two" axels, ie a tandem. Now I'm really confused. Even though I don't have a trailer or do any hauling I do follow these threads in the case I ever do buy one.

Well, there's usually no reason for a 3,500 lb. dually axle, or even a 7K for that matter. Tires to support those loads are readily available.

Next normal step would be a tandem axle with singles, or a triple axle with singles. Yes, there are single axle trailers with 7K or 10K duals, but those are rare.

Basically, tandem means two axles, triple is three, and so on. And they can be single or dual wheel. More weight requires more tires.