Re: need trailer advice

Posted by PhillipM on February 25, 2004 at 19:51:46 from (68.19.166.232):

In Reply to: need trailer advice posted by Lynn Kasdorf - Leesburg, on February 25, 2004 at 10:03:23:

This is an 850 Ford with a 5'Bush hog attached. It is on a plain 16' utility trailer with 3500# axles and no brakes. I pull this with a '99 F-150 4wd, Auto OD trans, 3.73 gears, and a reciever hitch. This is the before picture of my winter project. Last year I had a 640 and every two weeks I drug it about 100 miles every two weeks with a 6' landpride finishing mower. All I do is balance it to give me the right squat on the truck (Tounge weight = 10% gross trailer weight)and take it out of overdrive in the hilly country. If you have a TH700R4 in your truck I wouldn't pull the empty trailer in overdrive. Check your fluid for discoloration frequently, and don't ever let it hunt a gear. Your bumper should have a weight rating on it. My trailer weighs 1100#, 640 Ford about 2700#, and my finishing mower about 600#. You can check the laws to see what's required based on those weights. As for the rails, they are a bear to put up with at times with the inside clearance of 6'-4", but they stiffen the trailer. I had a 20' without the rails once, and the flexing of the trailer was awful. The only way around that is to have a stronger built frame, and that cost more money and makes the trailer heavy.

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