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Re: Seeking Trailer Building Advice
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Posted by Luke S on July 24, 2006 at 10:46:33 from (65.161.251.246):
In Reply to: Seeking Trailer Building Advice posted by Buzzman72 on July 24, 2006 at 08:32:31:
As others have said, your deck size will acomadate a lot more than the trailer can handle. Frame is probably not strong enough, and axle's/wheels/tires probably aren't either. Now, if this rig is going to stay on the farm and not go down the road, it just might work. But I would darn sure not want to go down the highway with that thing loaded with hay. I'll be the frist to admit that I haul loads that are way to big and a lot of people think I am crazy, but I run a 48' flatbed trailer that weighs 8,000lbs by itself, so it has got some steel in it and I don't have to worry about it buckling under the load as you may have to with this rig you are talking about.
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