Best Trailers

ubzb puller · Sep 3, 2012

Ideas of what trailer is better. I pull a 4000# and 6500# tractors to pulls. I have a tandem single 14,000# trailer that got totaled out. I need to replace it. Which trailer is better overall. I know the good and bad about each, but which to buy. 14,000# tandem single, 22,500# tandem duelly, 18,000# tri-axle single? Most of the time 60% is 2 tractors, rest of time is only 1 tractor. Your opinion is appreciated. I already have the manufacturer picked out. (PJ Trailer)

jon f mn · Sep 3, 2012

I built trailers for many years, I never had a customer complain because their trailer was built to heavy or to long, but a lot of complaints because it was to light or short. As for capacity remember that any trailer rating includes the trailer so payload is rated capacity minus trailer weight, so a trailer with a 22,500lb rating but weighs 4,000lbs has a payload of 18,500lbs. Also a general rule of thumb is each extra axle cuts tire life in half. So a single axle will probly never wear out tires before they rot off, but a tandem will probly last 5-8 years, and a triple axle 3-4 years. Of course that depends on use. Also a triple axle has 2 less tires than a tandem dually with the same rating.

Trac1 · Sep 3, 2012

http://www.rollsrite.com/

Bought one of their 17' tilt / 3' stationery 14K trailers 10 years ago. Got numerous positive compliments about that trailer while I had it. I just sold it about a month ago. It sold for what I paid for it 10 years ago.

Pappy · Sep 3, 2012

PJ does build some nice trailers. Lots of them. Seems several trailer loads a day going down the road from the plant. I was there a couple of weeks ago showing my grand-son where I grew up.
PJ uses the land where I grew peanuts as a teenager. (FFA Project). The owner lives across the road from the plant in a shack. (Looks to be about a four million dollar shack)

charlie n · Sep 3, 2012

I looked at PJ, McLaunder, and Trailerman and bought the 3rd choice.All 3 are nice trailers but the Trailerman came in $1000.00 cheaper.I haul 175 square bales with no problem.I'd stay away from a tri axle for the simple fact that there a pain to make short turns with.Another well built is the Starlite built in Claremore OK.Good Luck

ubzb puller · Sep 3, 2012

Thanks guys for the help and opinions. I really appreciate it. Looks like the tandem duelly it is.

toolz · Sep 3, 2012

With that much weight, I wouldn"t go with anything less than a tandem dual trailer. If you"re in the middle of nowhere and blow a tire, chances are you"ll be fine till you get home, and won"t be changing it by the side of the road. Just yesterday I checked the air in my tires- one was at 30psi. If I didn"t have a tandem dual trailer, that tire would have probably overheated and blew out on my last trip (I haul 19K regularly).

I have a 40" PJ with a hydraulic tail- best built trailer I have owned. Mine"s a 2008, and the only complaint I have is that the powder coating is peeling pretty bad under the trailer. Gonna have to do some touch-up soon. I figure powder coat should have lasted longer if it was done properly.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 3, 2012

I got my new PJ model F8 several weeks ago. Its a 14,000 LB. low profile, 24 foot ( 21ft flat deck, 3ft beaver and the 3 ramps, 102 wide with three stand up ramps. It tracks down the road great loaded or empty. I have moved my Farmall 450 ( 6,800 LBS. ) with it several times. This trailer scales in at about 4,400 LBS. empty.

fixerupper · Sep 3, 2012

From the experience I've had with triple axles, one tire out of the six always goes bad fairly fast. One time it can be on one side, the next time the other side, different axle. Go figure! Jim

Anonymous-0 · Sep 3, 2012

I know a place that custom builds trailers but also sells PJ dump trailers because they can't build them as cheap as PJ. PJ are well built trailers or they wouldn't sell them.

Walt Davies · Sep 3, 2012

I have 19 ft. With pintle hook three axle singl tires flat bed with beaver tail and built in ramps. I tow it with my Ford 9000 with an 8 V 71 supercharged. 5 over 4 with over drive. Pulls real good but I do have the weight up front to handle anything. We loaded both truck and trailer with around 600 XMas trees last year.
GVW on truck is 48,000
GVW on trailer is 18,000
Walt

Nebraska Cowman · Sep 4, 2012

The officer that came to our club meeting told us that 26,000 is the magic number you want to stay under for the DOT. That is "Combined Gross Vehicle Weight" which includes the weight of the pulling vehicle. I don't know what your status is as a DOT driver but this is something you may want to consider.

dhermesc · Sep 4, 2012

And the 26,000 is the GVWR - as in Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. Doesn't matter what you are tagged for or the actual weight you are hauling (unless you are over weight). The trailer can only be 10,000 pounds of that total. Most decent gooseneck trailers are rated 12,000+.

Pete in MD · Sep 4, 2012

dhermesc,

The GVWR of the trailer can exceed 10,000 as long as the Combined GVWR of the tow unit and the trailer does not exceed 26,000.

Pete

Anonymous-0 · Sep 4, 2012

Best is tandem dually. We've got a tri-axle because it was bought for roughly 1/2 the cost of a dually. Isn't used a lot but has been as far as N. Dakota. Primary issue is the cost vs function. Both will carry your tractor but one does it more elegantly..

JD PHIL · Sep 4, 2012

GATOR MADE TRAILERS are good but I think they are shortcuting quality in the past year or so,I would check them out anyway.

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