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Rick from Paso

05-09-2002 23:16:27




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I bought a home-built flatbed trailer built on mobile home 10" I-Beams and tandem axles. The total length is 19' with a deck length of 16' and width of 8' with a pintle hitch set up. The deck material looks like 3/16" diamond plate. The question is how much weight can I haul with it? Are there markings on the axles to determine their capacity? I have a third mobile home axle that looks just like those on the trailer that I am thinking of adding to this trailer that is marked 6000lbs. I will be hauling it with a 3/4 ton chevy diesel flatbed with a receiver hitch that is also home-built. I have determined that some work needs to be done to the trailer, such as welding in new crossmembers (it currently has 2X2" tube) and maybe converting it to a gooseneck. Thanks for your help.

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T_Bone

05-10-2002 14:01:16




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 Re: Homemade flatbed trailer in reply to Rick from Paso, 05-09-2002 23:16:27  
Hi Rick,

If you go and scale this trailer I think you will find you won't be able to haul much load weight. The trailer is going to weigh too much empty!

Depending on the wall thickness, length and installed design, a 2x2 tube could be very strong!

MH axles are not the strongest in the world and not DOT approved for road use other than a Mobil home.
My son got a ticket for weather checked tires but that included a butt chewing for MH axles on a commerical trailer. This way he could atleast return to the shop but had the ticket been written for MH axles, he would of had to call a tow truck.

I checked a couple months ago and new 5200lb electric brake axles were $205eh with springs, hubs, 6hole steel wheels, no tires. If I bought two axles the tandum hangers were included. Big Tex Trailers was the quote.

T_Bone

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Rick from Paso

05-10-2002 21:42:30




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 Re: Re: Homemade flatbed trailer in reply to T_Bone, 05-10-2002 14:01:16  
Hi T-Bone. Most of the home built trailers around here use mobile home axles. The trailer I used to borrow (the owner moved) had two 15,000 lb mobile home axles. I used his trailer to haul my TD6, an AC M crawler, several trucks and even loaded my 5 ton 500C. As far as I understand, the illegal thing is to use mobile home tires, at least around here. While I'm certainly no expert, I don't understand the notion that mobile home axles aren't strong, they are used to carry homes down the road! They are pulled off and used again to haul other homes down the road! These are Dexter axles, and look beefier than the axles on my horse trailer. I have a permit to move it (I am in the process of getting it registered), and will weigh it next week.

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T_Bone

05-11-2002 10:09:38




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 Re: Re: Re: Homemade flatbed trailer in reply to Rick from Paso, 05-10-2002 21:42:30  
Hi Rick,

I've never seen 15k MH axles. That should do it! Are they setup with a hub type like the lighter axles?

I also have a 28ft flatbed that has tandum MH axles and never been bothered by DOT. I over loaded the trailer and bent one axle pretty easy. It still pulls well but balds a tire every 600 miles. I only use it to haul on the farm now so never replaced the axle. The bed is 2x12 and needs replaced as the AZ sun has eaten the wood. For down here a steel deck would be the only way to go.

Here if the trailer is used for farm use, it doesn't need plates. They also went to $75 life time plates for under 10000lb

T_Bone

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Rick from Paso

05-11-2002 23:20:44




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Homemade flatbed trailer in reply to T_Bone, 05-11-2002 10:09:38  
T Bone, They are just like the 6000lb axles only heavier larger tubing and more lugs, same type of demountable wheel rim. The fellow who owned the trailer gave me one of the 15000lb axles (and a 6000lb axle) and I gave it to a friend who needed it for a project because I didn't have a use for it at the time. He (the owner of the trailer) has built 3 trailers with mobile home axles. I truly miss him, an aircraft certified welder, iron worker, most mechanically talented man I ever met, he used to rebuild racing boat motors for fun.

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