Thanks for all the kind words guys!
Dave, it is indeed mostly stick welded, 7018, nothing special… I have used it quite a bit recently, mostly hauling my snowmobile out to the bush lately… pulls real good and it does have a fair bit of tongue weight being as how far back the axles are.
Duffer, I’m up in Canada and the 26k rule doesn’t apply here. You can pull any trailer with a single axle truck as long as it doesn’t have airbrakes with a regular class 5 license… some provinces require a heavy trailer endorsement if the trailer ismover 10k lbs… I have a full CDL anyway so either way I’d be good to go.