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WILL MY TRUCK PULL THIS
There's a HUGE difference between "pulling" as in going down the Interstate at 65mph and pulling it at 30mph around town.
We have an older (1997?) Toyota Tacoma 4X4 up at our summer place as a UTV. The factory box was replaced with a flatbed. It is our main utility buggy now. When cutting firewood we routinely put 2,000 pounds of wood on the truck and double that behind in a trailer.
It has absolutely no problem pulling it.
You want to be gentle on the steering and brakes, but it does it no problem.
Best of luck.
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WILL MY TRUCK PULL THIS
Skip,
We use a single axle trailer, around here called a "low-boy" that is commonly used by paving companies to move their small rollers with (See picture below) to move our mini-ex around. They are almost always equipped with a 5,000 pound axle.
The same single axle trailer trait that is normally a hindrance to a small tow vehicle, that it acts as a pivot, is a boon for what you're doing. By adjusting the mini-ex fore & aft you can very precisely adjust the tongue weight.
For maximum traction you can put more weight on the rear drive tires by moving the unit forward towards the tongue.
Since we use a tractor to tow it around sites the same way often, this makes it really handy. Besides, a single axle doesn't rip up the ground when you turn it tight backing up like a tandem does.
Best of luck.
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Skip,
GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) is what the trailer is rated to carry. In other words the maximum the trailer should weigh fully loaded.
GAWR (Gross Axle Weight Rating) is what the axle is designed to carry.
In this case it appears they have reduced the GVWR by the empty (Tare) weight of the trailer so that you can't overload the axle.
You are correct though, the trailer can carry 2,900 pounds.
Note however I said "rated" to carry. These limits are artificially lowered to account for things like the shock load of potholes at highway speeds, etc., etc.
At barely over walking speeds on your driveway, the risk is almost non-existent and you can safely add 25% to maybe as much as 50% to that 2,900 pounds depending on the rest of the trailers construction.
Your ideas about premature wear are bang on, but again, at walking speed, not likely to occur ever.
Don't forget, there is also the issue of 'tongue weight', on a standard setup like that trailer, about 10-15% of the total weight of the trailer is on the tongue. So, if the excavator weighs 3,000 pounds, 300 of that is transferred to the tow vehicle so it only weighs 2,700 pounds to the trailer axle. In an earlier post I mentioned loading heavy to the front to increase tow vehicle traction, doing so you could easily put 25% on the tongue, then the excavator would only exert 2,250 pounds on the axle, the other 750 ponds would be on the back of the tow vehicle.
Best of luck.
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