40 foot trailer

Weight of trailer
Plus
Weight of load
Equals
Total weight towed
Only you know or should know what those weights are
 
ondaroad told you right depending on what kind of trailer and what it weighs id think a 40 footer would max out a single wheel 1 ton empty
 
You might want to look for a heavier truck. Most 40 foot tandem daul wheeled trailers weigh in around 10,00lb. empty.
 
The thing that scares the living He__ out of me on a rig like that if you blow a rear tire on the truck,making any speed at all, the ball game is over. There is no way you can control it. You will wreck,count on it. I would not pull anything over 20 ft with a single wheel truck.
 
I agree.

I went too many years white knuckling pulling loads with insufficient trucks.

DRW only for me now... safer.. etc.
 
A lot depends on how you load it and the wheelbase of the trailer. I do not see you being able to put much of anything on the front 15-20ft. unless you are hauling Styrofoam. A lot of wasted space.
 
I've read where it's not even legal in some states, period. The truck's rear axle rating has to be equal to or higher than the individual axle ratings on the trailer.
 
Yes it will. I pull my 35' no problem. With anything comes an inherent risk. Will a dually do it better? Sure. But I've blown out a rear towing. I find that your much less likely to wipe out if you drive smartly. Guys that are speeding while towing are stupid.
I have a 2500hd ram cummins with overload springs, sway bars, etc.
most importantly, make sure your tires are up to par and properly inflated.
 
(quoted from post at 18:18:35 05/05/14) I've read where it's not even legal in some states, period. The truck's rear axle rating has to be equal to or higher than the individual axle ratings on the trailer.

Never heard that. I'd like to see that. They care about GVW. If your rig has a 8800lbs GVW then it better not be loaded to 8900 and obviously the dually will have a higher rating.
 
Yes it will pull it but you likely only have about 7000 lb of axle and tires on rear of a SRW and there is already 2000 lb sitting on them so at most room for 5000 lb of pin.

Some big gooses are heavy, especially older models and you may not have much load cap.

Many guys that tow heavy a lot on srw will put stronger rims and tires on the truck, commercial 19.5's for example so they aren't as close to max load. The 10.5 sterling in the rear of my F350 for example has a rating of 9000 lbs but only comes with 3450 lb rated rims so 6900 lb max rear rating.
 
The total trailer weight was about 14000. Pulled well with no issues. I attribute the good handling to this rig being 2wd. Towing with 4wd has been noticeably more unstable with SRW from my experience.
 

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