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Location: Bridgeport,wv and Gaffney,sc | Just wondering how the trucks handle it. |
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Location: MI. | We pull a 14 foot 3 horse with a srw one ton. A majority of the time we have two horses. But we did take a 7 hour trip(Hilly)with 3 horses and LOADED. The duramax pulled it beautifully and stopped beautifully. I am sure I will get flack for being under trucked......and that's ok. |
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Location: West TN | I pull a 13 SW with a three horse and have a F350. It handles it just fine. We ride with a couple that has a 14 SW and a 4 horse. They pull with a Chevrolet 3500 and they have never had the first issue with the handling of it as well. |
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Location: Decatur, Texas | Originally written by WVbarrelracer06 on 2011-02-13 4:18 PM
Just wondering how the trucks handle it. For the most part a dual wheel 1-ton is just fine.... But there is WAY more to it. For the most part there is very few trailers out that weigh the same. You can take a 10'sw, 4 horse Bloomer and it will weigh much more that somethinig like a 10'sw, 4 horse Exiss Sport is going to weigh. Reason being is the interior package. If you have a trailer with a custom package ie: Outlaw, Trail Boss or something like that you will have more REAL wood and this is where you gain weight. Then you have weight difference in trailer that are 7' wide vs 8' wide, 7' tall vs 7'6 or even 8' tall, mangers or no mangers and the list goes on. |
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Location: Claxton, Ga. | Exiss Event XT412 here with a Sierra LQ. That's a 12'short wall, 4 horse. I pull it with a 2004 Dodge 3500 dually. No issues here. |
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Location: West TN | I agree with hogtown. My 13 SW has an Outlaw interior and I can tell a big difference in the weight as compared to my other ones I have had over the years. The solid wood makes a difference. |
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Location: Missouri | I used to pull a 10' 3 horse 4-star with a 2000 F350 dually. It handled the trailer well. I scaled each axle one time and found I had 1500 lbs of leeway before the rear axle was maxed out. As for GCVW I was well with in that. Since the extra stall shouldn't equal to much increase in the tongue weight I think you'd do just fine with that size trailer and a 1 ton. |
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Location: Bridgeport,wv and Gaffney,sc | I will only be hauling 1 horse or 2 horse max |
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Location: high desert, CA. |  Yep...Pull a 4 horse Trailswest, Sierra Classic, with 10 ft short, and a 2005, 3500,srw,quadcab, and never have problems here. I DO have to watch EGT, as if I am pulling the mountains over 10,000 ft.http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h84/siseley/new%20truck%20and%20trailer/newtrailerpicsandnewtruck019.jpg |
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Location: Northern Utah | My Logan was a 9 foot LQ. fully loaded with 4 horses and all gear for camping it was around 15,000 lbs. crossing the scales, My F350 front axle was under the rating, The rear axle was 150-180lbs over the rating, Trailer axles were well under rating. So I had to be careful about the pin weight. If I was putting hay/water/camp gear in the bed of the truck, I would put my bigger horses inthe middle or back stalls to push a little weight back onto the trailer axles and light the pin weight. With the trailer, occupants in the truck, horses and all tanks full, the scales showed my weight would barely break ove the total GVCW for the F350 SRW rating. So in other words, I was pretty well maxed out as far as the ratings for truck rear axle, total trailer and max GCVW. The truck pulled the trailer great. I had installed an exhaust brake and never felt I needed more braking. I plus sized my tires from the stock 275/70/18 to 285/75/18. Which bumped my tire load ratings from 3640lbs to 4080lbs per tire. I never had any tire problems, Other than they wore out every 28,000 to 30,000 miles. 
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Location: Dayton, OHio | I've got a three horse, pulling with F350 SRW. BUT, I'm pretty aggressive about knowing exactly what I weigh and what my capacity is. In my opinion you need to stay within the GVWR of your truck and mind your truck axle ratings. It's important to know the empty weight of the trailer in question and tow capacity of the truck. Also, I believe the term '1 ton' refers to the downward weight capacity of the truck, as if you were moving a ton of top soil for instance. Tow capacity ratings also vary widely and can be found by contacting a dealer with your vin number. |
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| I have a 10 ft lq 4 horse and pull it with a ' 96 f250 extended cab pickup that as a 450 engine.. It pulls it just fine.. the trailer isn't finished off yet thou and I am legally over wt for the pickup if I am hauling 4 horses.. Have hauled 5 and it pulls no different... trailer is 8 ft wide, 7 tall and 28 long.. only time I have noticed a problem was when I was going up and down hills over by the nd badlands.. the truck didn't have much power to stay with speed going up hills... but it would have probably been that way if I was pulling a smaller trailer.. Most of my driving is pretty flat.. able to go 80/hr without difficulity... |
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| Here are pics of my trailer... I bought it to haul a vis a vis carriage and a horse so with that intent I am legal.. Pick up has gas engine. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=111346&id=742331917#!/photo.php?fbid=477862826917&set=a.138979741917.111346.742331917&theater http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=65283&id=742331917#!/photo.php?fbid=52475901917&set=a.51777951917.65283.742331917&theater
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How many of you pull 10ft lq 4 horses with 1 tons?
