trailer weight question
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trailer weight question
i am just wondering if someone could give me an estimate on what these car haulers weigh. the one that i have now is an 18 foot, 5-ton weight rating, dual axle, electric brakes, steel frame, and wood floor. also curious as to how much an average two car hauler weighs. thanks for the help!
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Alot of it will depend on how well it's built. If your running I beam vs channel and oak vs pine every lil bit can add up. On an 18' 10,000 gvw trailer I'd say between 3000#-4000#
My 24,000 gvw 21' equipment trailer weighs 4400# But I've got 2" pine deck and 10" C channel and dual axles (8 tires)
My 24,000 gvw 21' equipment trailer weighs 4400# But I've got 2" pine deck and 10" C channel and dual axles (8 tires)
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thanks for the replies so far guys. i looked underneath the trailer yesterday and it has about 8 or 9 i beams that are 2 inches wide supporting the floor, which is pine. may be a dumb question, but what is a c channel on a trailer?
*my friends 2 car hauler with I-beam structure and steel floor weighed in at 12,000 with 2 8000# axles
is that dry weight or gross weight? if thats dry weight, with two mid size cars on it youd be at 19,000#. and ford only has one truck that is rated to tow that much, the f-550 with a diesel engine and high capacity tow package. of course i do have several friends that have f-250's that are trying to figure out how all of their trucks "weigh" 8800# when some are crew cab and some are reg cab lol. so wasnt sure if that was the case there.
*my friends 2 car hauler with I-beam structure and steel floor weighed in at 12,000 with 2 8000# axles
is that dry weight or gross weight? if thats dry weight, with two mid size cars on it youd be at 19,000#. and ford only has one truck that is rated to tow that much, the f-550 with a diesel engine and high capacity tow package. of course i do have several friends that have f-250's that are trying to figure out how all of their trucks "weigh" 8800# when some are crew cab and some are reg cab lol. so wasnt sure if that was the case there.
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that was the registered weight, haven't actually scaled it. I pulled it with their 94 F250, 7.3 turbo 5speed, it handled it ok, but worked it pretty good, then also used my sister's C30 with 6.5 non turbo, 4 speed, it handled it, but dogged it pretty good. I would probably guess it to be a bit lower too, now that I think of it, but it is one heavy beast. The c channel is simply channel iron, it is shaped like a c kind of, so it gets called that sometimes. according to the door sticker, my 86 250 weighs 8600, but the actual scaled weight is 6200, so I imagine they rate these things heavier than actual for whatever reason.
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the 8600 and 8800 are the GVWR on the truck. which is the maximum the truck can weigh, fully loaded
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