Went to see it yesterday, pretty solid except for surface rust, he painted the trailer, 1 tire needs to be replaced the other tires still look in good condition with quite a bit of thread. It has a GVW 5,000lb no title..anyone have an idea what this might weigh? Need to know if a 1/2 Dodge Dakota with a towing capacity of 5,000lb will be able to haul it with (2) 1,000 horses. I dont want to put any stress on the truck. Any insight is greatly appreciated, also what do you think about the price?
Went to see it yesterday, pretty solid except for surface rust, he painted the trailer, 1 tire needs to be replaced the other tires still look in good condition with quite a bit of thread. It has a GVW 5,000lb no title..anyone have an idea what this might weigh? Need to know if a 1/2 Dodge Dakota with a towing capacity of 5,000lb will be able to haul it with (2) 1,000 horses. I dont want to put any stress on the truck. Any insight is greatly appreciated, also what do you think about the price?
Well first, 1/2 ton Dakota???? Unless it has the V/8 engine and extended cab in my opinion I would think NOT. This little trucks are great pleasure vehicle but not much on towing.
However the trailer seams like a deal to me. We had a new Trail Magic 2 horse but in a gooseneck with a 4' short wall and if I remember right the empty weight was only around 3700 to 4000lbs. So just a guess bases on the size and being the same brand I would stay this little trailer would be somewhere around 2500lbs or so empty weight. I'm guessing you can not read any information on the vin plate?
Posted 2010-08-05 12:06 PM (#123219 - in reply to #123159) Subject: RE: Trail Magic 2 horse BP 1996
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It's a SLT V8 crew cab. We decided not to get the trailer. Hubby can comfortably pull 3,000lb but that is about it, he is worried about it trashing the transmission.