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<blockquote data-quote="SmokinM" data-source="post: 1281680" data-attributes="member: 21382"><p>IMO you are making this way to complicated. I pull a gooseneck everyday and have pulled one all over the country. If you are hauling your stuff for your farm don't worry about any of it. 26,001 lbs. is the magic number. DOT does not care about how many tires you have it is all about your GVW. You go over that number and you need a CDL. Doesn't matter the state. If you have your load secured and your trailer in good repair no one will mess with you. Particularly if your load is farm related. Put private trailer tags on it for the weight the trailer is weighted for and ride on. If you are ever weighed and you are over the number above they will fine you maybe but most of the time they wave you thru just check lights and chains. It's called commercial vehicle enforcement for a reason. You aren't commercial. That's my experience and I have pulled one way over 250k miles. </p><p></p><p>As far as make goes Kaufman and Delta are both good trailers. PJs are nice but so heavy built it kills your payload. Just make sure anything you buy has Dexter axles. Unless you are going to haul over 10k# regularly for long distance go for a 14k# trailer with single tandems. If you feel like you are pushing it a little on weight replace the tires with 14 ply tires when you wear the factory ones out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SmokinM, post: 1281680, member: 21382"] IMO you are making this way to complicated. I pull a gooseneck everyday and have pulled one all over the country. If you are hauling your stuff for your farm don't worry about any of it. 26,001 lbs. is the magic number. DOT does not care about how many tires you have it is all about your GVW. You go over that number and you need a CDL. Doesn't matter the state. If you have your load secured and your trailer in good repair no one will mess with you. Particularly if your load is farm related. Put private trailer tags on it for the weight the trailer is weighted for and ride on. If you are ever weighed and you are over the number above they will fine you maybe but most of the time they wave you thru just check lights and chains. It's called commercial vehicle enforcement for a reason. You aren't commercial. That's my experience and I have pulled one way over 250k miles. As far as make goes Kaufman and Delta are both good trailers. PJs are nice but so heavy built it kills your payload. Just make sure anything you buy has Dexter axles. Unless you are going to haul over 10k# regularly for long distance go for a 14k# trailer with single tandems. If you feel like you are pushing it a little on weight replace the tires with 14 ply tires when you wear the factory ones out. [/QUOTE]
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