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Yeah, there's some scary stuff on the roads.
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my two cents i tow a jd 955 with fell and bushhog with my 96 toyota tocoma it has a four cylinder engine i know its back there but it tows just fine the electric brakes on the trailor helps too
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there is a builder in my town that has an F- 550 with a roll off set up on it & he hauls his JD 970 around in the back of the truck when he needs to move it. It does look odd I must say. I haul my L3130 with a tandem axle trailer everyday. I use my mason dump to haul it. I alos use the bed of the truck to haul things while transporting my tractor. I haul trees, topsiol, brush whatever while hauling my tractor. I also have a 12' tandem axle dump trailer. I dont like to use it for topsoil. It can be tricky to manuever the trailer with all that wieght in it & also because its lower to the ground it doesnt dump in as tight of a pile, you have to essentially spread & dump alittle bit which can be a nuicence at times.
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A 955 with a loader and hog pulled with a toyota 4 banger.???? Man that seems to be pushing the envelope a bit.Is it hard to see the lines on the road while doing that?
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lbrown, my trailer is a Worthington, I ordered it from REP Enterprises in New Hampshire and was able to specify exactly how I wanted it set up. Its actually 5'6" by 14. With a tongue jack, alluminum rail sides, and the brakes it cost a bit over 2k. My minivan is a 2000 Plymouth Grand Voyager with a 3.3 6 cylinder. Its only supposed to tow 2k so I'm about 1k over with the tractor. Still, it seems to do fine even if I have to stop abruptly. My bext minivan will be a Town and Country rated to tow 3500.
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actualy i was quite surprised the yota does quite well the rear suspension is quite beefy and the truck squats very little when towing of course its alot in how you load the trailor too too much tonge weight and id be doin wheel stands.i generaly load it backward if the bush hog is on that way the weight is on the axles just perfect. i must say if that trailor had no brakes it would never stop it. so i leave plenty stopping distance just in case they fail!
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We have a rent it place here that has 3 Terramite Tractors they rent out.
They haul the Terramite on a trailer that is the same length as the tractor.They tow this with a flat bed or dump bed truck like the Ford F 350.
The trailer is different than most trailers. It's not a tilt bed and no loading ramps are needed.
The bed lowers clear down flat with the ground or pavement so you just drive straight onto the trailer.
Anyone have a trailer like this?
If U Haul won't rent you a trailer try an equipment rental place.
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I took another look at the pictures of your trailer.
The wheels on it look just like the wheels on my 8 foot utility trailer.
What size are they?
Looks like your trailer sits pretty low to the ground so the ramps up to it would not be quite as steep.
What do you use for ramps?
Could you tell me how much the empty trailer weighs
Wonder if the manufacturer ships to Ohio.
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Looks like the trailers have the vote.
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"Its actually 5'6" by 14. With a tongue jack, alluminum rail sides, and the brakes it cost a bit over 2k."
Mine is a 102" x 18' with four electric brakes. Cost me $1800 in 1997. My neighbor just bought the same thing new 2 months ago for $1750.
"My minivan is a 2000 Plymouth Grand Voyager with a 3.3 6 cylinder. Its only supposed to tow 2k so I'm about 1k over with the tractor. Still, it seems to do fine even if I have to stop abruptly. My bext minivan will be a Town and Country rated to tow 3500."
I hope you never have an "incident" with this rig. Your insurance will not cover any of it, liability or collision.
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