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<blockquote data-quote="Nesikep" data-source="post: 1281441" data-attributes="member: 9096"><p>If you really want to haul more without going to duals, consider the tridem single axles.. 3x7000 lbs = 21,000 lbs.. but they'll rub the tires off pretty quick.</p><p></p><p>I went with a 20' 14,000 lb bumper pull, and it does well for what I need.. don't know it's behind you when it's empty, and still hauls enough stuff.</p><p></p><p>Also beware of license requirements.. Around here if you want to pull a trailer over 10,000 lbs, you need an endorsement on your license to do it, and the requirements for it are about the same as for driving a dump truck (Class 3 except for air brake).. which means you need to take a medical exam every 5 years.. at which point you might as well just get a Class 1 and be done with it (just a little more training)... Now since you have a Class 1, you might as well get a tractor/trailer which is designed to routinely haul those loads, but then you have to go through inspections every few months, which adds a LOT of cost.</p><p></p><p>And now you see why I stick with a 14,000 lb trailer that never sees over 10,000 lbs.. the trailer weighs 2200 lbs, leaving me about 8500 lbs payload (hitch weight is subtracted)... </p><p></p><p>Outside the rodeo grounds here the cops were pulling everyone over with the tridem axle trailers, KNOWING they were over 10,000 lbs.. no one had the endorsement and they all got $700 fines, points against them, and the trailers towed to an impound (don't ask me how it works with horses in it)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nesikep, post: 1281441, member: 9096"] If you really want to haul more without going to duals, consider the tridem single axles.. 3x7000 lbs = 21,000 lbs.. but they'll rub the tires off pretty quick. I went with a 20' 14,000 lb bumper pull, and it does well for what I need.. don't know it's behind you when it's empty, and still hauls enough stuff. Also beware of license requirements.. Around here if you want to pull a trailer over 10,000 lbs, you need an endorsement on your license to do it, and the requirements for it are about the same as for driving a dump truck (Class 3 except for air brake).. which means you need to take a medical exam every 5 years.. at which point you might as well just get a Class 1 and be done with it (just a little more training)... Now since you have a Class 1, you might as well get a tractor/trailer which is designed to routinely haul those loads, but then you have to go through inspections every few months, which adds a LOT of cost. And now you see why I stick with a 14,000 lb trailer that never sees over 10,000 lbs.. the trailer weighs 2200 lbs, leaving me about 8500 lbs payload (hitch weight is subtracted)... Outside the rodeo grounds here the cops were pulling everyone over with the tridem axle trailers, KNOWING they were over 10,000 lbs.. no one had the endorsement and they all got $700 fines, points against them, and the trailers towed to an impound (don't ask me how it works with horses in it) [/QUOTE]
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