My homebuilt car trailer is about 1800lbs empty and was built with used tandem 3500lb Dexter Torflex axles that I installed new brake shoes and fresh bearing grease when I built it. I pulled my 3500 lb (approx) race car along with around 600-800 pounds of tools and spares 40 miles to a local racetrack every Saturday night for 4 summers in a row (probably around 100 round trips of 80 miles eachl = 8000 miles total in 4 years). I was often in a hurry and ran over 70 mph on many occasions. First two years was a 2002 V8 Tundra... Last two years was a 2011 V8 Tundra. I never had ANY issues. Still use trailer on occasion to haul my tractor/mowers/cars etc.
My total weight was always over 6000 lbs. With that proven track record I would not hesitate to pull this trailer at it's max 7000 lb rating. Of course my tires were brand new at the start of my 4 yrs of racing and I ALWAYS checked pressure and kept it at the max load tire pressure. I did blow out 1 tire two years ago while pulling my broken down BMW 330 (trailer tires were about 5 years old by then with maybe 10k mileage on them). I had a spare so it was no big deal.
__________________
German autos: '79 911 SC, '87 951, '03 330i, '08 Cayenne, '13 Cayenne
0% Liberal
Men do not quit playing because they get old.... They get old because they quit playing.
|