Re: Is a dual tandem trailer too much for a 3/4 ton?

Posted by Dean Olson on December 20, 2010 at 07:29:03 from (12.111.48.248):

In Reply to: Is a dual tandem trailer too much for a 3/4 ton? posted by Gwiz on December 19, 2010 at 19:03:22:

2 years ago I researched the same issue. Here's what I came up with:

I have a 06 3/4 Dodge mega cab with he 5.9 Cummins. My truck is rated for about 21K with truck, trailer, passengers, and cargo. I went with a 20+5 deck over gooseneck with 14K capacity, 2 single wheel axles. Trailer weighs about 5000lbs empty, truck weighs about 7k. I'm at 12K of my 21K capacity and I haven't loaded the trailer yet. I have hauled 2 Farmall H's and definately didn't want any more. It handles comfortably with about 6k on it. At 6k payload + 5K trailer + 7K truck I'm now at 18,000lbs.

I believe that you can't/shouldn't use the capacity of a dual tandem trailer with a 3/4 ton truck. If so then it doesn't make sense to have the added maintenance of the extra tires,bearing's, and lost fuel mileage dragging the extra weight that you can't use.

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