Tongue weight
Question for the experts.... If you have two enclosed trailers, the SAME size 6x12.single axle, and the other tandem axle, loaded with the SAME load.....Which trailer would have the LESS tongue we...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
Pay attention to semitrailers. Some of them have rear axles several ft apart.
When truck makes sharp turn, one axle goes perfectly sideways, regardless only 2 axles.
That the price you have to pay having non-steering tandem axles.
For my low boy trailer, the issue was that nobody was making quality tires in the size. I was buying them cheap, but then they did not last.
Sure would be easier do what semitrucks do, spend $600 per tire, but run 1/2 million miles on it.
Bottom line, triple axle trailer is not best for turns, but very good for anti-sway.
I drove an 11 axle steel truck for years, 163,000 gross. A bit more than you haul around... Actually, about 104,000 payload depending on the truck, engine and fuel capacity.
With an 11 axle, (8 axle trailer), 3 axle tractor, all axles are on air and on the trailer, the rearmost axles (2) lifts as well as the front 3 to mitigate tire scrub as much as possible. On a multi-axle spread trailer, the front axles are steerable and the back lifts.
With 3 down turning, one of the axles will scrub depending on how the trailer is loaded or the road is crowned, plus, its hard on the suspension because the suspension (and trailer frame) has to absorb the twisting stress. I own a tandem axle gooseneck with duals on each and oil filled axles. Much better tire wise to deal with and with a close tandem you can haul as much (if not more) than any pickup truck can pull. I've put 40,000 pounds on my gooseneck before and went down the road. Not fast, but I went. 20, 2000 pound round bales of hay is quite a load.
