Hauling Questions about Farmall Super A

A friend of mine has a 6 x 8 tandem axle trailer for sale. A homeade job but seems structurally ok. No brakes though. 4' tailgate.

Can anyone tell me the dimensions of a Super A and if it will fit on that trailer? And also how much one might weight? I believe it has wheel weights.

Should I get brakes if I get the trailer or would it be ok without brakes?

I appreciate any help and suggestions.

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I was approaching a sawmill one day with tractor trailer grossing about 140,000 lbs. At about half mile away I could see a Ford Bronco leaving mill with a 4x8 trailer and 12' lumber stacked 2.5' deep with all excess length of lumber over the tail end of trailer. He accelerated quite quickly coming towards me, I decided to slow right down as I could see disaster coming. Low and behold the Bronco and trailer started fish tailing. He did about 450 degrees right in front of me and got stopped blocking the whole roadway. Damage, flat tires on trailer and both rear corners of the Bronco stoved in. I guess that was better then what would have happened, had I not anticipated coming events and slowed down to a speed that I was able to stop about 25' from him.

This can also happen with the big highway rigs. I was at a safety meeting once. They showed slides of a Super B train (two trailers behind one tractor for those who don't know the term) It filped in the middle of a traffic circle at 30 mph. The load was lumber, our chalange was to identify why this happened. Straps had held load in place. Problem was exactly same as the Bronco I had seen a few weeks earlier, just more truck and more weight involved.

My point is hauling weight is a professional job, clearly not for the guy who need ask if a Super A will fit on a 7 or 8 foot trailer.

My apologies if I seemed a bit harsh, but this message is one that never seems to sink in on a lot of people. The story I told about the highway trailer in our safety meeting, even the highway safety personell present at that meeting, discussing why that trailer flipped taking the other trailer and tractor with it were at a loss as to why this happened. It was truckers with a few miles under their belts that had the answers. Every trucker out there at one time or another has pulled an off balance load. It will make you wish the day would end. Most experienced truckers never have this happen more than a couple of times. You soon learn to size up a load and correct if necessary before hitting the road. Tractors and equipment are the easy ones, you just pull over start the machine and move it on the trailer.

Thanks for your help.