Posted 2016-03-21 8:33 AM (#166496 - in reply to #166494) Subject: RE: LQ Trailer Weight?
Elite Veteran
Posts: 807 Location: Tenn/Ala.
At least with every trailer manufacturer that I can recall- the plate on the trailer is the weight rating, not the actual weight. It will be given in Kg and Pounds to satisfy both US & Canadian requirements. It is based on axles & tires and has nothing to do with actual (also better known as "curb") weight.
Some companies do weigh the finished trailer and post it on the Statement of Origin and sometimes on the LQ information sticker often located in a cabinet. Otherwise, if you want finished weight, head to a scale.
Posted 2016-03-21 10:02 AM (#166500 - in reply to #166494) Subject: RE: LQ Trailer Weight?
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 402 Location: Valentine, NE
I have an Elite trailer order quote in front of me. It states to add #325 lbs per foot of long wall for LQ space, and 1200# per horse to get to the Estimated Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. Maybe that would help.
Good luck!
Posted 2016-03-21 2:20 PM (#166508 - in reply to #166494) Subject: RE: LQ Trailer Weight?
Regular
Posts: 88 Location: Washington
I'm gonna just GUESS here and say that factory LQ trailers would tend to plate the finished product if it's not going to a separate conversion company what would be the point of plating it before completion? Yeah, it's a guess. I have seen converted trailers list weights that could only have been before a conversion was done.
Posted 2016-03-21 5:13 PM (#166510 - in reply to #166494) Subject: RE: LQ Trailer Weight?
Regular
Posts: 78
I've never seen an actual weight on the plate, but the titled weight is from the factory. My trailer is titled at 6700 pounds and finished weight is about 11,000, so the 325 pounds per foot of shortwall would be accurate.
Posted 2016-03-22 6:19 AM (#166521 - in reply to #166494) Subject: RE: LQ Trailer Weight?
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Posts: 489
I'm looking at a 4 horse, 15 foot short wall Lakota trailer. Factory LQ. It shows a GVWR of 20,035 and a trailer weight of 11,395. Should I legally be able to tow this trailer with an 06 F-350 diesel pickup?
Posted 2016-03-22 8:58 AM (#166522 - in reply to #166494) Subject: RE: LQ Trailer Weight?
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Posts: 690 Location: missouri
Take the trailer (loaded with horses and everything you take) to a certified scale (truck stops have them), check the weight on your truck tag.... may want 30,000 GVWR tag, check laws in your state. I will honestly tell you that we recently sold an '06 F-350 4x4 dually with airbags and chipped.... had plenty of power, but NOT ENOUGH BRAKING POWER... it failed three times with horses onboard going downhill. Trailer brakes saves our a$$es. Ford dealer said nothing was wrong with brakes... we sold it, for great money (low miles, like new) and bought a small Kenworth with Cat engine,air brakes, and a western hauler bed with storage and compressed air and air jack onboard... we are over the moon and go anywhere easily.
LQ Trailer Weight?
