Car hauler questions

[eight]

Yeah I was wondering about 2 and 5/16" why do you think its so important sharpe?

He's just concerned about the rating. A 2" ball is used on a 7,000 lb trailer all the time, but most 2" balls and hitches are only rated for 5,000 lbs. You can get bulldog hitches rated to 8000 lbs in 2", and a 2" ball rated for 10,000 lbs, they're just not common.

I've never seen or heard of a failure.

[BMFScout]

Remount the plate and replace the lights with LEDs. If the trailer has rubber mounted normal lights, the kind that go in cutouts, you can leave those on. They last very well. The cheap $25 walmart light setup many trailers use suck. Make sure it has new tires. I have started a new policy of trailer wiring where I run a ground wire to every light, eliminates ground problems. Also started using extension cords for the wires because of the double insulation. Solder and heat shrink every connection. Light problems are for suckers.

Probably the best tech ever out of Kopecki!

[CheapJeep]

http://www.countrysidetrailers.com/contact.html

here's the name of the place.

My dad bought his 20ft utility trailer from them in 2000. It's heavy duty with 5200 lb 8 lug axles with brakes and has held up ok considering how much he uses or rather abuses it. We've had to replace the inner fenderwells a couple of times and numerous taillights/wiring. Also added a receiver hitch to use the winch. The main problem I've noticed is that the paint didn't hold up well and is now rusting. Then again it has been used alot, weathered, and is 7 years old so maybe it's time for a resto.

About two years ago he bought a single axle 12' trailer from them and it has held up great. I know they've made a ton of improvements to their shop/business since we bought the first trailer from them and I would definitely say their quality is better.

[Seth]

The extension cord idea i like alot. don't know if its always needed, but def something to keep in mind.

kopeckis right about one other thing for sure - light probs are for suckers.

[CRaSHnBuRN]

He's just concerned about the rating. A 2" ball is used on a 7,000 lb trailer all the time, but most 2" balls and hitches are only rated for 5,000 lbs. You can get bulldog hitches rated to 8000 lbs in 2", and a 2" ball rated for 10,000 lbs, they're just not common.

I've never seen or heard of a failure.

like I said, 2" is fine for me as far as strength. Its just that we already have a trailer with a 2-5/16" hitch, so its more for ease of use, but not necessary

[jerryg79]

There's another place betw louetta and 2920 on Kuykendahl that i saw today, trailer man or something like that, i'll try to get a # tomm. They had 3-4 car haulers in stock from what i saw.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

We have a problem here on the ranch w/ coons and cows eating any exposed wiring. I learned at an early age how to rewire trailers as I did it just about every year on our hay trailer.

[Sharpe]

He's just concerned about the rating. A 2" ball is used on a 7,000 lb trailer all the time, but most 2" balls and hitches are only rated for 5,000 lbs. You can get bulldog hitches rated to 8000 lbs in 2", and a 2" ball rated for 10,000 lbs, they're just not common.

I've never seen or heard of a failure.

Exactly. My trailer has a 10400 lb load rating but the F'ing hitch on it is only rated for 5000 lbs. That makes sense... I have one of those three ball hitches and the 2" ball is rated for 6k so that makes me feel a little better but with pigpen loaded I am at least 7k in truck and trailer weight.

Ed, on a little 10' jalopy trailer I have the boyscouts that built it (seriously, my dad bought it from a boyscout fundraiser) put the wiring in counduit It has never had any light problems... Just food for thought

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Every year I tell g-pa to keep it out of the pasture when he parks it, but he never listens. I guess he likes keepin me busy. All our stuff is run through some sort of pipe, but none of it is completely covered (like where it drops to the brakes and comes up to the taillights). I never had good access to loom before, so most everything gets loomed now and that seems to cure most of it.

[Seth]

sharpe has found the trailer that weighs nothign!

[agjohn02]

Name Dropper!!

bob gooseneck still owes me ten bucks!!!

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Nice try, but the Carabas are a decent family. I used to show cattle w/ them in hike skool.

[BMFScout]

bob gooseneck still owes me ten bucks!!!

Vic, you sunuvagun!!!

[Sharpe]

sharpe has found the trailer that weighs nothign!

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[DRAGOONRANCH]

He is sayin pigpen needs to go on a diet (You said the truck and trailer weigh only 7k IIRC)