BX Trailer

[TresCrows]

I have a 16 foot trailer. I bought it to haul airplane stuff originally but it has hauled all kinds of stuff. It is a tandem wheel and I think it is rated at 7,000 lbs so it has two 3,500 lb axles. I just got a new set of used heavy duty truck tires installed on it after the originals began to look poorely. The thing about a tandem is that they ride better, pull better and if you have a flat/blowout often you do not even know it till you stop and look. It does not have a built in ramp or mesh gate. I will add these soon myself or pay someone to do it depending on my time available. I think I will go with a split mesh folding ramp. I have steel and welding equipment but a growing list of projects also.
Definitly, if you can get the 16 foot tandem, it will in the end be the better deal. You do not need the car hauler type trailer, those are often rated to 10,000 lbs or more and are heavy to pull with most standard trucks. My little 4 cylinder Toyota PU works hard to pull my 16 footer, the Tundra hardly feels it, our old Explorer V6 did fine even loaded--just for some examples of vehicles for your reference not knowing what ya have. This trailer cost abot 900 dollars new in 95 (?) and probably about not that much more today, well, more with a ramp etc I am sure.
J

 

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[Anonymous Poster]

I had a single axle 3500# trailer for my BX2200 and almost lost the thing on a 150-mile trip. I traded my new small trailer for an older 16 foot dual axle and it rides perfect.

 

[tbohen]

I have a 12' tanden axle trailer, is that long enough to haul a bx22?
Thanks

 

[Anonymous Poster]

A 12' is a little short, but should work as long as you have dual axles. That was my problem I had a 12' trailer, but only one axle. I drove from Little Rock to Texarkana and the thing fishtailed the entire time, and when I got to Texarkana the tires were so hot I could not touch them. I was over the weight limit anyway, the "load" limit for my 12' single axle was 1900#s, my BX2200 with FEL and MMM and Box blade is around 2300#s.

 

[g42guy]

I would say it depends on how far and how often you plan to haul it. I went to pick up my 2200 on a 12' 3500# single axle trailer with mesh ramp and it did just fine. I did put new "D" rated tires on it though. The tractor is less that 1500lbs. So the trailer is plenty heavy duty. But if you are going to be hauling often or plan to get many attachments I would op for a twin axle.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

If it was fishtailing then the load was most likely to far back. The tongue was to light. Sometimes backing it on works better. I have been using a 8' trailer, 3500# single axle mesh gate for BX2200 with loader. The loader sits on top of the gate when the gate is up. Works fine for the short trips I take, 3-5 miles.