ideal trailer for automobiles

Originally Posted by metaljacket

Idaho, how long is the trailer in the pic that you posted. length of trailer and length of dovetail. I see many trailers like this but most have to 3500 lb. axles but I noticed that the one shown has 7500lb axles. Makes it nice if you have to haul heavy equipment.

I don't know. Did a Google image search till I found one similar. I'd guess that is 16 or 18 feet.



If I remember tomorrow I'll get a picture of the trailer I use and measurements. I recall it being an 18 footer, but I don't know the measurement of the deck and dovetail.

When you buy yours, I would go with 7k axles. I'd rather have too much capacity versus not enough and folding axles like horseshoes. I used to haul a 24k gooseneck. A pair of 12k axles is pretty stout. No matter what I did, I couldn't overload it.

Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

...A pair of 12k axles is pretty stout. No matter what I did, I couldn't overload it.

I have seen this done...trust me..its funny as hell...It was at one of the power plants they where loadingtrailer that had 3 axles under it and it folded as if it was a toy.

The guy who was loading the trailer said "Guess that had a bit more weight that I had thought" LMAO...it took them a few days to repair the trailer but they rebuilt it using I-beams and steel pipe that we had on that job site.