4x4dually
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Inner or outer seal jory
Inners. All pads on all four hubs are soaked. Kinda mad about it having only 3000 miles or less on the trailer.
Inner or outer seal jory
I wished you would have....then I wouldn't have a box of all new brakes and seals in the shop waiting to go on because the cheap ass Alko hub seals leak.
Trade you my 20' lol
I'm free saturday if you want a hand. no homo.
Does anyone make a small trailer axle that DOESN'T have inboard drums from the 1930's? I mean come on, am I the only one that thinks pulling the hub to replace brakes is idiotic?
A little late to the thread, but I just recently looked closely at a Big Tex 24k lb gooseneck dual tandem that a guy brought to Dad to fix. I couldn't believe how flimsy it was built. The design was great, but the materials were sub-par IMO. For instance, the " 3-inch c-channel cross braces" are not the same as structural steel c-channel...they looked like 1/8" flat that had been rolled into a c-channel shape. Everything on the trailer followed this pattern, from the braces on the goose neck, to the ramps, etc.
The trailer was rolled hauling a little D3 dozer that shifted going a round a corner. The little pin that holds the coupler to the ball bent and released the trailer. Both safety chains snapped at the cast iron attachment point. Trailer was being pulled with a 2nd gen dodge dually.
I've not seen other brands of new trailers up close, but I hope they all aren't like this. I suppose it works for some applications, but I was appalled at how attempts at cost savings has driven down the quality of construction materials.
--Eric
I kinda understand and don't mind folded sheet metal in spots to save some weight. My trailer is heavy as hell and feels loaded even when it's not. The entire deal falls on the driver. If you corner too fast with a D3 freakin' dozer on a 1-ton truck and you roll....you can't expect the trailer not to fold up. $.02
But it's NOT an equipment trailer.
I have a buddies brand new 14' Big Tex Dump Trailer. It looks like a diamond from a distance. Check out the workmanship and you will be surprised. When it says rated for 9300 lb payload...by god it means it won't dump a pound over it. I've shoveled more effin sand in the last two weeks than I want to. I tell the sand pit to give me 4 tons....I end up with 5 to 5.5 everytime. Jerks. LOL
I've had to explain how well this crossman is built... People think is on par with avg tandem 20-24k trailer... I'm like no this was designed with/for 9k pin and 15k tandems.. That's a big tex 30XN with full bridge options, peirced frame and 22ppf I beams
I wouldn't have a problem grossing the current trailer with 12k axle out at 33,000lbs that's roughly 25,000lbs on deck capacity.. My dually can't handle the 9,000lb pin Weight...not enough axle/spring capacity, I have had 7,000lb pin weight on the crossman and no sign of struggle to handle the weight...
Most companies won't go over 26,000lb gvw due to FET tax.
I've yet to find a steel trailer manufactor be able/willing to tell me their GN neck's are designed/rated for XXXXlbs..