wroughtn_harv
Super Member
Lets's see Torkflex seven thousand pound axles with brakes, my cost about two fifty each. Then ten ply radial take offs, a hundred a piece including wheels, Ford eight lug pattern, to put on the axle. That's nine hundred for what makes the contact between frame and the road.
Now if I was to build the ultimate equipment trailer........
I would start with eight thousand pound axles. The difference between seven and eights is about the difference between your wife's F150 short bed single cab and an F350 four door dually. The cost me about five plus each. Figure eleven hundred for a pair.
Then I'd want seventeen and a half inch wheels, Alcoa aluminum to match the ones on the truck. That's another thousand per axle for wheels and tires. I'd figure another five hundred for dual jacks, good pintle coupler, wiring, lights, safety tape etc.
I'd want it to be a twenty five footer with the back fifteen being a tilt with hydraulic shock assist. This would be the equipment only trailer.
BTW I have a twenty five foot Trailking with eight thousand pound axles. I replaced one axle and need to replace another, the price was right, the abuse wasn't evident. The eight thousand pound axle cost me over seven hundred dollars because we went with parts instead of assembly. But I was down and had to get back up asap.
I'd like to have another trailer, the same basic componets but a gooseneck and no tilt. This one would have the two eight thousand pound axles as wide as possible, 102 inch, for a belly bed for hauling the skid steer. Folding ramps with pockets on the sides for keeping attachments. Then between the belly bed and the front uprights of the gooseneck I'd want to have a dump bed. Sideways of course, nine feet long, eight and a half feet wide, dumping to the passenger side. I'd build the road side to fold down for loading materials with a forklift.
I used to be sold on goosenecks as the only trailer to have. You can turn around with them in places that other trailers leave you jammed. But I bought this Trailking with the pintle coupler and I've never been jammed yet. I like having my bed available for hauling other stuff. Even with the old truck and it's super wide turning radius I found the pintle preferable. The new one can turn tighter than most long bed pickups with an extended cab.
Now if I was to build the ultimate equipment trailer........
I would start with eight thousand pound axles. The difference between seven and eights is about the difference between your wife's F150 short bed single cab and an F350 four door dually. The cost me about five plus each. Figure eleven hundred for a pair.
Then I'd want seventeen and a half inch wheels, Alcoa aluminum to match the ones on the truck. That's another thousand per axle for wheels and tires. I'd figure another five hundred for dual jacks, good pintle coupler, wiring, lights, safety tape etc.
I'd want it to be a twenty five footer with the back fifteen being a tilt with hydraulic shock assist. This would be the equipment only trailer.
BTW I have a twenty five foot Trailking with eight thousand pound axles. I replaced one axle and need to replace another, the price was right, the abuse wasn't evident. The eight thousand pound axle cost me over seven hundred dollars because we went with parts instead of assembly. But I was down and had to get back up asap.
I'd like to have another trailer, the same basic componets but a gooseneck and no tilt. This one would have the two eight thousand pound axles as wide as possible, 102 inch, for a belly bed for hauling the skid steer. Folding ramps with pockets on the sides for keeping attachments. Then between the belly bed and the front uprights of the gooseneck I'd want to have a dump bed. Sideways of course, nine feet long, eight and a half feet wide, dumping to the passenger side. I'd build the road side to fold down for loading materials with a forklift.
I used to be sold on goosenecks as the only trailer to have. You can turn around with them in places that other trailers leave you jammed. But I bought this Trailking with the pintle coupler and I've never been jammed yet. I like having my bed available for hauling other stuff. Even with the old truck and it's super wide turning radius I found the pintle preferable. The new one can turn tighter than most long bed pickups with an extended cab.
