Re: Hauling Ford 8N with small pickup

Posted by T_Bone on September 02, 2004 at 09:48:04 from (4.240.90.6):

In Reply to: Hauling Ford 8N with small pickup posted by Doug in Minnesota on September 01, 2004 at 18:51:45:

Hi Doug,

Lets run some numbers:

8n= 3000lbs WET, 2717lb dry shipping weight.
trailer= 800lbs, scaled weight or SWAG (scientific wild @ss guess)?
trailer tire capicity? unkown
No trailer brakes

3800#GVW total guessamint, Better than a SWAG as we know the tractor weight. Were shot down here as were over GVWR of the trailer.

TW= 10 To 15% of GVW, 12%TW = 456lbs tongue weight. Your dead in the water here as your hitching is only rated 350lbs. New class III reciever and ball mount required. A class III is rated upto 5000GVWR, Class IV is 10000GVWR. As stated in below posts, consider WD hitching.

Most States require trailer brakes for a 1500lbs or more GVWR and for a good reason. How are you going to stop trailer sway if you don"t have trailer brakes? Anytime trailer sway starts your first reaction would be to manualy apply trailer brakes, let off fuel pedal, then lightly apply TV (tow vechile) brakes. Never try to correct sway with steering or you will loose total control! My State (AZ) is 3000lbs GVW single axle and 6000lbs for a additional brake axle. Again were shot in our foot.

Your trailer is rated 3500 GVWR. I would suspect that would be a flatdeck rating, meaning the 2700lb load (3500-800=2700 allowed load weight) is distributed over the entire deck surface, NOT like hauling a 4 wheel vechile that distributes load weight in FOUR places on the deck. Another strike.

A "car" trailer as it"s called, has wheel rails (beams on heavier rated trailers) that can support the four bearing points of the vechile load over the entire frame of the trailer.

Thats why we have vechile load rated trailers and cargo load rated trailers.

A good vechile rated trailer with a 7000GVWR, tandum electric brake axles, is going for about $1400 new (you can"t build it this cheap yourself).

Sell your cargo trailer for $300 and buy a trailer and hitching that can safely haul your tractor across country.

T_Bone

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