Alright, well I looked at a gooseneck a week or two ago. Twin 7000# axles, brakes etc, around $4500 brand new out the door. The guy said the trailer weight was around 3500#'s, which gives me 10,500#'s of load capacity. With 400 brake rotors....I'm already there.

So, I got to thinking. I don't want a trailer with the wheels under the bed cause it raises the deck of the trailer higher than I need or want. So that eliminates 10,000# axles with duals. I have been tossing around the idea more and more about building a trailer. This way I could build it how I want it, and get the actual weight of the load higher after I subtract the trailer weight. So I was thinking about this, 22' gooseneck, with 3 7000# axles all with brakes which would give me 21,000, minus roughly 4000# for the weight of the trailer leaving me with 17,000# of load capability. Which I believe should pretty much cover anything I'll ever need to haul. I plan on renting a dozer from work, a John Deere 450 which tips out at 16,000#'s and I would much rather haul stuff myself instead of paying for it to be hauled ALL the way to my house.

So if I did load it with 16,000#'s, plus the 4000# for the trailer equaling 20,000#'s total, is a 2500 ok with that? I guess I mean legally. The reason I have to ask is because my truck had work done before I bought it and the morons did not put the sticker back in the door. Then after my accident in July, same thing, the body shop did not put a sticker back in the door. So I basically have no idea. I know with the triple axle setup the trailer would bare the brunt of the weight as far as being loaded with 16,000#'s. I know the truck(engine/trans) are more than capable of pulling it, but would it weigh out right if I got pulled over by the weight police? I know I would have to register it for that as well, or at least close. I don't plan on hauling that heavy all the time and probably pretty rare, unless I haul a farm tractor or something to fix.

I know, I know, you guys are saying, "why such overkill if you won't be hauling frequently?". I like to do things once. I don't like to buy something and then a month or year later go, darn.....I need something bigger. The utility trailer I have has served it's purpose, but with the addition of the Dodge to our driveway....it has pretty much shrunk down to useless size.

So I guess the final short question would be.....if I loaded it with 17,000#, plus 4000#'s for trailer weight, triple axles all with brakes is that gonna be to much weight as far as door sticker for my truck??

Thanks for any info!!


Shawn

 

Yes.

Your TOTAL weight should be about that (including the truck).

Would I worry about it? No.

I would go for the triple 7's. Tandem duals are o.k, but like you said, extra deck height and two more tires to fool with.

 

I think a 22' triple GN will weigh significantly more than 4K #...

the 20' GN I built out of steel rectangular pipe weighs 4500# fully dressed:

 

PJ, I happened to notice where you lived......that's funny!!

 

You seen it?

One of the funniest pieces of sketch comedy in recent years.

I live in Port Deposit, MD.

 

Check out my deck over - it has the pierced frame so it is low, and it has the 20,000# weight rating - it's in my gallery.

 

Dodgeguy, I have an 18' goose neck built by a local company. The trailer weighs 3840# and is rated for 3500# on the tongue. It uses two 6000# drop axles and has a GVWR 15,000#. After Katrina hit I made several runs south with bottled water. We would load two pallets, side by side, then push them forward, for a total of eight pallets. The water and packaging weighed about 9600 lbs and was mostly carried by the trailer suspension. I have noticed a small difference in the tire wear on the RF tire since then. I would encourage you to reconsider using drop axles if you're going to haul heavy regularly. -Rick-