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Location: Fort White, Fla. | if you have a trail with tandem axles that are rated at 7000# each and the GVWR is 18200 and your trailer weight is 11000# that means that you can only haul 3000# with out voiding the warranty it should have at least 9000# axles on it, am I right
Edited by Horsemen 2009-08-01 6:47 AM
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Some say 20% of the load will be carried by the truck...so in your case about 3600lbs will be on the truck.Others will chime in and make better sense of it for you.But yes....9k axles would be preferred.
Edited by wyndancer 2009-08-01 7:26 AM
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | 14000# on the axles and the remaining 4200# will be on the pin/hitch. Hope you got a 3500 dually or better. 18200#GVWR - 11000# EW= 7200# left for horses and cargo. Get it all loaded up and drag it across the scales, that's the only real way of knowing what's going on.... |
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Location: Fort White, Fla. | so 7000# axles should be alright and not void the warranty yes I have a 350 dully with power stroke diesel in it
Edited by Horsemen 2009-08-01 7:52 AM
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Location: western PA | If these are the axles installed on the Bison you're considering, it might be in your best interest to review past postings of Bison trailers. There have been several threads about their installed axles and overall reliability. The average of 20% pin weight for a GN can be quite low, when a long LQ and tip outs are considered. Some owners who have actually weighed the trailers, have found pin weights in the ~35% range. Gard
Edited by gard 2009-08-01 8:09 AM
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Originally written by Horsemen on 2009-08-01 7:29 AM
so 7000# axles should be alright and not void the warranty yes I have a 350 dully with power stroke diesel in it
Well yeah, but they will be running at design max. I'd rather have 14k on 16k worth of axle, than 14k on 14k axles.
Not to mention the tire issue. I'd certainly want 215/75r-17.5's on there too. |
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