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<blockquote data-quote="TacomaJD" data-source="post: 454846" data-attributes="member: 1780"><p>As soon as it is financially wise for me to make the move, I want an enclosed trailer to haul my rig in and start camping in. Think my rig is like 13-14' long tip to tip, so a 24'-26' would be plenty for me. I then of course, would sell my 18' all metal car hauler to comp some of the costs of the enclosed. My car hauler has dual 3500# axles with one braking axle, which seems to be more than enough for what I haul, which is only my rig, (estimated 4500#, plus probably 2500 approximate pounds of trailer. So I am flipping through enclosed trailers on craigslist and the ones in the $4k range mostly have the same dual 3500# axles under it, but both are braking axles on some which is good. But I figured they would have heavier axles in such a big trailer?</p><p></p><p>Say by the time I have my rig in it, bunch of tools, camping gear, maybe build a pretty solid built work bench/storage area out of wood, mount generator on front, and just fill it full of whatever junk I need when I go wheeling (spare 39" and trailer tire(s), extra propane tanks, heater) do you think that would be pushing the limit of the dual 3500# axles? I mean what is the realistic safe operating weight capacity of a dual 3500# axle trailer? </p><p></p><p>Something like this is what I've been looking at, they are around $4,000-$4,500</p><p><a href="http://bham.craigslist.org/hvd/4796670904.html" target="_blank">http://bham.craigslist.org/hvd/4796670904.html</a></p><p></p><p>Then it looks like the ones with 5200# axles are around $5650 like this one</p><p><a href="http://nashville.craigslist.org/bfd/4788311699.html" target="_blank">http://nashville.craigslist.org/bfd/4788311699.html</a></p><p></p><p>Then the 7000# version is roughly $6300</p><p><a href="http://bham.craigslist.org/hvd/4790524133.html" target="_blank">http://bham.craigslist.org/hvd/4790524133.html</a></p><p></p><p>And I'm also questioning how good my ole 2500hd 6.0L gasser will pull a loaded enclosed! Ultimately I want to get to where I have a decent way of camping when I go wheeling. So far, that could be done best by enclosed trailer, or other and less luxurious options include buying a camper top for my truck or a 3/4 ton suburban to camp in. A slide-in truck camper isn't really an option because a nice one is so damn expensive for how small the bastards are and I really don't want to fawk with loading one up and chaining it down every time I want to camp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TacomaJD, post: 454846, member: 1780"] As soon as it is financially wise for me to make the move, I want an enclosed trailer to haul my rig in and start camping in. Think my rig is like 13-14' long tip to tip, so a 24'-26' would be plenty for me. I then of course, would sell my 18' all metal car hauler to comp some of the costs of the enclosed. My car hauler has dual 3500# axles with one braking axle, which seems to be more than enough for what I haul, which is only my rig, (estimated 4500#, plus probably 2500 approximate pounds of trailer. So I am flipping through enclosed trailers on craigslist and the ones in the $4k range mostly have the same dual 3500# axles under it, but both are braking axles on some which is good. But I figured they would have heavier axles in such a big trailer? Say by the time I have my rig in it, bunch of tools, camping gear, maybe build a pretty solid built work bench/storage area out of wood, mount generator on front, and just fill it full of whatever junk I need when I go wheeling (spare 39" and trailer tire(s), extra propane tanks, heater) do you think that would be pushing the limit of the dual 3500# axles? I mean what is the realistic safe operating weight capacity of a dual 3500# axle trailer? Something like this is what I've been looking at, they are around $4,000-$4,500 [url=http://bham.craigslist.org/hvd/4796670904.html]http://bham.craigslist.org/hvd/4796670904.html[/url] Then it looks like the ones with 5200# axles are around $5650 like this one [url=http://nashville.craigslist.org/bfd/4788311699.html]http://nashville.craigslist.org/bfd/4788311699.html[/url] Then the 7000# version is roughly $6300 [url=http://bham.craigslist.org/hvd/4790524133.html]http://bham.craigslist.org/hvd/4790524133.html[/url] And I'm also questioning how good my ole 2500hd 6.0L gasser will pull a loaded enclosed! Ultimately I want to get to where I have a decent way of camping when I go wheeling. So far, that could be done best by enclosed trailer, or other and less luxurious options include buying a camper top for my truck or a 3/4 ton suburban to camp in. A slide-in truck camper isn't really an option because a nice one is so damn expensive for how small the bastards are and I really don't want to fawk with loading one up and chaining it down every time I want to camp. [/QUOTE]
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