Trailer size recommendations

[dnw64]

\I would suggest - - look for a commercial weigh station close to your home and put your tractor across those scales to get an accurate weight - to start with.

Yeah, that would be nice. The closest I can find is 88 miles away...

I do have a scale built into our forklift, so if I could find a way to lift my tractor and/or implements I could use that (+/- 2%, but not Certified) as a Rough Estimate at least. As long as each lift is under 5000#...

 

[buickanddeere]

I'm a new member here, I've read many threads and just recently purchased my 2003 Kubota l4630 (mainly for my 175 acre hunting property). Anyhow, I plan on trailering an hour from my house to the property and am in the market for a sufficient trailer. I am having a hard time finding the operating weight with the loader, in order to determine the appropriate trailer. I really don't want to buy too much trailer, as I'll use the trailer much more for uses other than trailering the tractor. I called the local dealer, who wasn't much help and never called me back.

I'm thinking I can get away with an 82"x18' with tandem 3,500 axles (that appears to be what some local dealers include in their tractor packages with similar tractors). Any insight or recommendations are appreciated. I hope I've posted this in the correct section. Thank you

There is no such thing as 鍍oo much trailer ? Just because a trailer is 途ated for 7000lbs . It doesn稚 mean the trailer should be loaded to that weight and bounced over rough road . A 10,000lb trailer carrying 7,000lbs will handle better and last longer with frame , axles, brakes and tires not operating on the ragged edge of failure .
Trailer construction and sales is rather competitive and the margins are narrow which makes everything bare minimum spec .

 

[ededic]

I'm a new member here, I've read many threads and just recently purchased my 2003 Kubota l4630 (mainly for my 175 acre hunting property). Anyhow, I plan on trailering an hour from my house to the property and am in the market for a sufficient trailer. I am having a hard time finding the operating weight with the loader, in order to determine the appropriate trailer. I really don't want to buy too much trailer, as I'll use the trailer much more for uses other than trailering the tractor. I called the local dealer, who wasn't much help and never called me back.

I'm thinking I can get away with an 82"x18' with tandem 3,500 axles (that appears to be what some local dealers include in their tractor packages with similar tractors). Any insight or recommendations are appreciated. I hope I've posted this in the correct section. Thank you

I have a trailer with 3500 lb axles and over loaded it with three pallets of wall landscaping bricks. One sharp turn, a couple of rough patches on my way home and bouncing caused them to bend. Now, they are drop axles which can be more susceptible to bending but $1800 later and two months in the shop, I got my trailer back just in time for hunting in the UP. I tell you now. Buy the biggest trailer you can afford, your truck can pull and makes sense to keep your sense of security in check.

 

[Fallon]

There is no such thing as 鍍oo much trailer ? Just because a trailer is 途ated for 7000lbs . It doesn稚 mean the trailer should be loaded to that weight and bounced over rough road . A 10,000lb trailer carrying 7,000lbs will handle better and last longer with frame , axles, brakes and tires not operating on the ragged edge of failure .
Trailer construction and sales is rather competitive and the margins are narrow which makes everything bare minimum spec .

There is such a thing, but within reason a bigger trailer is better. Pushing any machine to the limits often is asking for problems.

Make sure you factor in loader, bucket, loaded tires, impliment on the back, any spare impliments you might be taking. All that needs to be added to the weight of the trailer itself (axles carry the trailer too), then add 20% or so for a safety factor.

I got a 14k rated trailer (2 7k axles + whatever tongue weight). The trailer itself (22' deckover power tilt) weighs 4k. I'm guessing the L4060hstc (including loader, bucket, & loaded R4s) is 5k, although I need to go take the local gravel pit up on use of their scales. That puts me at 9k with no impliments. Marginal for a 10k rated trailer. My flail is 1,900lbs & other implements in the 1k range.

The other thing to consider is length. Longer is better, by far. You need 10-15%of your trailer weight on the hitch. To much & you overload the hitch on your truck. To little & you fishtail & wreck. A longer deck let's you move stuff forward & back to properly balance the load. Extra deck space that isnt storing a load can be more important than load hauling space at times.

 

[MossRoad]

On the subject of 3500# axles, someone else mentioned this, too....

I have an 18" car hauler trailer with two 3500# axles. So while the axles can handle 7000#, the trailer itself weighs 1500#. That give me a useful load of 5500# max. Works for us and our tiny 1500# machine and implements, however, if I was looking at a 3500# tractor base weight, then start adding a loader and a brush cutter, I'd be right at my trailer's max very fast. I'd get a larger capacity trailer with a safety factor of, say, 25%. That give you wiggle room should you ever need to haul something larger, and it doesn't stress out the trailer frame and axles VS using a lighter capacity trailer loaded near max capacity all the time.

 

[fried1765]

On the subject of 3500# axles, someone else mentioned this, too....

I have an 18" car hauler trailer with two 3500# axles. So while the axles can handle 7000#, the trailer itself weighs 1500#. That give me a useful load of 5500# max. Works for us and our tiny 1500# machine and implements, however, if I was looking at a 3500# tractor base weight, then start adding a loader and a brush cutter, I'd be right at my trailer's max very fast. I'd get a larger capacity trailer with a safety factor of, say, 25%. That give you wiggle room should you ever need to haul something larger, and it doesn't stress out the trailer frame and axles VS using a lighter capacity trailer loaded near max capacity all the time.

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