Tractor placement on trailer

[raeuber]

i bet even a 12k BP 20' would be fine..

That probably could save me another $300-$400.

 

[jeffsw6]

Thanks for the numbers. I was looking at a 20' and it weighs in at 2750lbs, so I think a 10k is too close for comfort. I may go with a 12k or even a 14k.

My understanding is your load is comfortably under 7000#. With a 12K trailer you have a good amount of head-room. A 10400# should even be fine and you might consider the cost difference between that and a 12K. Many of the "10K" or "9990#" trailers you see are able to be titled at 10400.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I dont think you will find a bumper pull larger than 12K axles and 20 feet in deck length. When you go larger@24 foot gooseneck, your gonna spend more than $300-400 difference, more like $3-4K difference. I am thinking that with my 20 foot 12K gvw bumper pull,that I can likely haul my 70 HP tractor on it with best weigh I can find is 8500 with FEL. 20 foot length is plenty room for balancing also. I guess I could chop 500 or more off by taking off the bucket or dropping the whole loader and getting down to the 6600 spec for the bare tractor with unloaded tires

 

[Soundguy]

i see plenty of 3 axle 30' bumper pulls around here.. small mom n pop car lots use them to drag a couple cars home from auctions. .. of course.. that's about the ONLY people I see using them come to think about it..

 

[Qapla]

We use a 21' double axle bumper pull. It holds the tractor with FEL/BH just fine(see sig for tractor/bh/fel details - bh is on the NH). The machine is not pulled all the way forward but the whole machine fits just fine.

When loaded correctly, the whole thing pulls easy and does not sway.

I am pulling it with a Nissan Titan with a Prodigy 2 brake controller.

 

[CJONE]

you want 10-15% of the total weight behind you in tongue weight.

If you wind up with to much sag in the rear of your tow vehical with that much tongue weight, thats why they made WDH. But even with a WDH you still want 10-15% tongue weight. and adjust the WDH so that your rear bumper height is "correct" (see a setup vid on youtube)

+1 In this case more is better. If 10 to 15% of whatever you are hauling makes the frontend of a 1/2 or 3/4ton light you are WAYYY overloaded. If you don't have enough toungweight you will soon know what duckwalking is going down the first hill. Then you'll either be cleaning your shorts out or be in bad shape from the wreck. CJ