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<blockquote data-quote="truckbroke" data-source="post: 653900" data-attributes="member: 3236"><p>Trying to see if anybody has done this and is it as cut an dry as I`m thinking it will be. I`ve got a 36' wedge car hauler and have been thinking about adding a 3rd axle. My thinking is go to a trailer store like big tex and buy the brackets, axle etc and just measure the existing two axles mounting points and copy that for the 3rd axle. Is it that cut and dry or is there anything else I should think about. The trailer frame is the same all the way to the front and, I can`t see any reason why it couldn`t have just been ordered with 3 from the factory. It currently has 2 7k axles. The trailer weighs 5k and with two 5k rigs its basically over loaded. This last trip I went on I broke all the studs on one side of the front axle while I was running about 70 mph and it got sketchy fast. My thinking is add another axle for weight reasons and, if I have something like this happen again I can ratchet strap one up so at least I have two more axles to make up for the one that fails and I`m not stranded on the side of the road. Does having 3 axles make turning more difficult or is it no biggie?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="truckbroke, post: 653900, member: 3236"] Trying to see if anybody has done this and is it as cut an dry as I`m thinking it will be. I`ve got a 36' wedge car hauler and have been thinking about adding a 3rd axle. My thinking is go to a trailer store like big tex and buy the brackets, axle etc and just measure the existing two axles mounting points and copy that for the 3rd axle. Is it that cut and dry or is there anything else I should think about. The trailer frame is the same all the way to the front and, I can`t see any reason why it couldn`t have just been ordered with 3 from the factory. It currently has 2 7k axles. The trailer weighs 5k and with two 5k rigs its basically over loaded. This last trip I went on I broke all the studs on one side of the front axle while I was running about 70 mph and it got sketchy fast. My thinking is add another axle for weight reasons and, if I have something like this happen again I can ratchet strap one up so at least I have two more axles to make up for the one that fails and I`m not stranded on the side of the road. Does having 3 axles make turning more difficult or is it no biggie? [/QUOTE]
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