Posted 2005-05-15 7:27 PM (#25148) Subject: Living quarter opinions
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Hi, I am new to the site. Considering purchasing a Sooner LQ 13' SW 3H. I pull with an F250 powerstroke. This trailer is within the weight that my truck is capable of. I looked at an Exiss 14"SW with a slide, but the tongue weight was too much, and the trailer is a lot heavier. Does anyone have an opinion as to quality/weight issues of any brand of LQ. We only have sundowner and sooner/exiss here to look at locally. Sundowner's are really heavy also, and we want to be safe.
Posted 2005-05-16 12:46 PM (#25174 - in reply to #25148) Subject: RE: Living quarter opinions
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I bet alot of people are over wt and don't realize it. I have a f250 and a steel 18 ft 3 h trailer with a 4 ft sw in the dr. I have hauled 4 horses in many times and have hauled 5 easily in it to the local trail ride. Now, I knew with 5 in there I was probably over but I got to figuring it out. Found out that I was pretty much over with 4. I see alot of people pulling a 4 horse trailer with 4 ft short wall with 3/4 ton pickups. Now if they don't have 4 horses in there they probably legal but with 4 they are over wt. I also know of people that have half ton pickups pulling a 16ft trailer. Which I wonder too I bet they are getting close to the wt maxium.
Posted 2005-05-23 8:07 AM (#25472 - in reply to #25148) Subject: RE: Living quarter opinions
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Hi, Thanks for your replies. The certificate of origin on the trailer says 6900 pounds dry, so I am going by that. The tongue weight is 2800, and my truck is rated for 2600, I believe, but our local spring company says if I put one ton springs on it that will increase the capacity to over 3000, so should be okay.
With that information do you think I would still be overloaded if I got that one?
Posted 2005-05-23 8:59 AM (#25479 - in reply to #25472) Subject: RE: Living quarter opinions
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Originally written by dbonnet on 2005-05-23 9:07 AM
Hi, Thanks for your replies. The certificate of origin on the trailer says 6900 pounds dry, so I am going by that. The tongue weight is 2800, and my truck is rated for 2600, I believe, but our local spring company says if I put one ton springs on it that will increase the capacity to over 3000, so should be okay.
With that information do you think I would still be overloaded if I got that one?
Thanks - Denise
Hopefully someone else can answer this - does adding springs make you "legal" to haul that wieght? I realize it would allow the truck to handle it but would that hold up in court should something happen or will they just go by the original sticker on the truck?
Posted 2005-05-23 10:36 AM (#25483 - in reply to #25148) Subject: RE: Living quarter opinions
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As Hav2Ride mentioned, that 6900 is PRE-LQ trailer weight. In any LQ no matter the conversion company, as a rule of thumb add 250 lbs per short wall foot of LQ. The trailer you described will actually weigh about 10400 lbs. Tounge weight will be 1/3 of that, approx 3500 lbs. Hope that helped and remember, smile at someone today, they'll smile back 'cause it's contagious! : )
Posted 2005-05-23 12:13 PM (#25492 - in reply to #25479) Subject: RE: Living quarter opinions
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It is my understanding that adding springs will not make you legal. I did add the Super Springs to my F350 and it certainly did a good job with the trailer weight ( 12' LQ, 3' mid tack, 3H) but I still was close to maxing out the weight limit when hauling just one or 2 horses and would have certainly maxed it with 3 horses. I traded the F350 for an F450 and, holy crap!, what a difference in hauling it has made!!
Posted 2005-05-23 12:18 PM (#25493 - in reply to #25148) Subject: RE: Living quarter opinions
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That weights before they ever thought about an LQ in it. My 3h, 8ft. weekender LQ weighs 6900 pounds empty. And it doesn't have a stove, shower, big fridge, or furnace in it. I'm betting that your looking at over 10,000 pounds with an LQ in that trailer.
Posted 2005-05-23 1:09 PM (#25504 - in reply to #25148) Subject: RE: Living quarter opinions
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Hi,
Thanks everyone. I had no idea those weights were before the LQ. That is pretty dangerous not to know ahead of time. Obvoiusly I need a smaller trailer, but do need a 3H. What SW length do you think I could safely get?
Posted 2005-05-23 1:26 PM (#25507 - in reply to #25148) Subject: RE: Living quarter opinions
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Try a 3 horse with 8ft LQ. Mine is Aluminum over steel, so it's maybe 20% heavier than an all aluminum trailer, so an all aluminum WITH shower, furnace, stove, and so on would be about 6000 pounds +/-. Add your tack, 3 horses, water, clothing and so forth and your pushing 10,000 pounds which may be within your towing range depending upon the year of your Powerstroke F250.
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