Balanced Trailer

If you want my honest opinion, No a 3/4 ton isn't enough to drag that much water around plus equipment. The trailer is rated for 7000 lbs and the water alone takes that up. If you are talking about a 20 foot trailer, it's 2500 lbs by itself without anything in it. That leaves you with 4500 lbs payload. Add the machine and propane tank, hoses, hose reels, chemicals, brushes, and all the other crap peoplel put in these things, and you are toting around more than what's legal without a commercial drivers license and more than likely you are surpassed the gvwr of the 3/4 ton truck.

I've had both the Ford and the Dodge and the Ford is less expensive on maintenance. I do like the cummins though. It has a lot of untapped horse power and can be stepped up quite a bit.

I currently have a 1 ton ford box van with 2 machines and 300 gallons of water and that's a lot of weight. I have to get springs for it to handle the weight.

If you want a little help sometime in setting you trailer up, just let me know. You can always email me too.
 
I can haul 5 gallon buckets in my Mini
 
I'll have to email you and send some pics of the unit I would think that 2 7000lb axles should handle all that weight and then some . its the truck that I am concerned with . The motor and the tranny on a 1 ton are the same as mine so thats not the issue the concern is will the trailer toss a 1 ton around the same as my 3/4 ton or maybe if the trailer is loaded properly it won't through either around .This I am trying to figure out.
 
LCI WASH said:
I have a 3/4 ton dodge with a cummins diesel pulling a 20' trailer and I have capacity for 900 gallons of water. 7000 lb tandem axles. Big and heavy the cummins is the only way to go I get at least 15 mpg as well . I am probably going to go to a 1 ton dually here soon with a cummins in it. I highly recommend dodge for work trucks as I believe they are the toughest. I have seen and used alot of different pickups in the bush dodge is the only one that has lasted. Just my 2 cents........
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LCI WASH said:
I'll have to email you and send some pics of the unit I would think that 2 7000lb axles should handle all that weight and then some . its the truck that I am concerned with . The motor and the tranny on a 1 ton are the same as mine so thats not the issue the concern is will the trailer toss a 1 ton around the same as my 3/4 ton or maybe if the trailer is loaded properly it won't through either around .This I am trying to figure out.
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I think Justin thought from the first post that you had a tandem trailer with axles totaling 7000 lbs. Now in your other post, you clarified that it has 2-7000 lb axles totaling 14,000. Big difference


BTW Ford Rules!!!
 
Thank Mr. Alan, you are right. And still right. I still think something is being over looked and there are two 3500 lb axles. On a real heavy trailer I've used 5000 lb axles but 7000 lb per axle. I have to question that. That's 14000 lbs. That's a commercial drivers license and alot more weight than a little 3/4 ton can pull around.

I may be wrong but I haven't seen an 20 foot trailers lately that have tandem 7000 lb axles. Most have 3500 lbs equaling 7000 load capacity, less the weight of the trailer.

LCI, Make sure we're on the same page with those axles. Find the weight rating of the trailer for me and and whatever else. I think something has been overlooked.

Thanks
 
Yes I have two 7000lb axles under the trailer it seems like alot and it does add alot of weight to the trailer. I have capacity for 900 gallons although I would not think of hauling that amount very far. The reason for the big axles is that I am in an area and a market that I am working far away from town and in rough country so I have designed things to take a little abuse. Its working out good now I think I have it loaded correctly. Need a bigger truck though. Show me a man that doesn't though.
 
This is how we do it !!
 

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