Trailer plug adapter

[civilian]

From looking at Xfaxman's trailer He must use that plug often for aux. lighting. The ramp support brackets are blocking the view of the taillights from the rear.

But if his ramps are slid towards the center of the trailer, the lights will be visible. Jon

 

[Xfaxman]

Never had to use aux lights. The second trailer's lights are visible.

And the ramps do slide over.

 

[George2615]

I agree that if the ramps are slid toward the center or flipped over completely the lights are visible. In the one pic posted they would not be visible if towed like that. I'm sure he must know that.

 

[Xfaxman]

Yep, he does.

This is the second trailer that I hauled 6, 5x6 round bales on the 8'x16' deck.

It has tail lights.

This is what it was hooked onto.

Loading the seventh bale room for one more, About 11,000 pounds on the deck:

 

[civilian]

Yep, he does.

This is the second trailer that I hauled 6, 5x6 round bales on the 8'x16' deck.

It has tail lights.

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This is what it was hooked onto.

Loading the seventh bale room for one more, About 11,000 pounds on the deck:

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I am curious. Have you ever scaled individual axles when both trailers are loaded with bales? Dad pulls a fifth wheel camper plus a boat behind. I don't think he has ever scaled the axles out, but I know he has concerns on overloading the rear camper axle from the boat trailer tongue load. Jon

 

[Xfaxman]

No, that load is a little over ten feet wide, so I didn't want to drive it to town. It is a 14K trailer. I took some of the bales up to the scales at the Co-Op and they averaged 1,375 pounds. The heaviest bales that I weighed from that Blue Stem field were 1,450 pounds.

I only had to pull the double hay trailers about 2 miles on county roads to get home.

My 2006 2500HD GMC Duramax weighs 7300 pounds, front axle is 4100, rear axle is 3200. 14K trailer is 18' plus 4' pop-up dovetail and a metal deck. Empty weigh is 5000 pounds, 1000 on the ball, 4000 on the axles

This is the heaviest load that I have scaled the Bobcat V518 with forks and the 1.25 cubic yard, 7.5' wide bucket. Went across the scale at 24,940 total, truck and trailer. 12,640 on the deck, 3,440 on the ball, 14,200 on the axles. This was in September of 2006.