Trailer/Hanging Weight?

97' CTD

97' CTD

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I am getting this new trailer and I wondered why do you guys take the hanging weight off of the front of the trucks when you trailer them? Is it to relive the stress on the front suspension I take it? I am just lazy and was going to leave it hang on the truck, So let me have it.
Brandon
 
Makes the truck shorter if your trailer isn't real long. Also probably helps level the weight out between the truck and trailer axles.
 
Ah, just get a real truck and the weights not an issue...I wish I only had to haul an 8500lb truck.

BTW, Brandon...if you need a real truck, I know where one is you can rent;)
Chris
 
Guys like me with a 10k bumper pull trailer need the weight off to be legal, and secondly, to get it to ride right with the weights on, I'd need to move it back further than I would like.

With a heavy GN you should be fine, but now that you mention it, a lot of guys with 'em still are throwing the weight off.

Maybe they just want to look badass, or it's the only exercise they get :D
 
some people remove the wieghts because they cannot load their trucks at all. Some guys have the wieght bracket low to the ground and the weights will hit the back of the trailor about halfway up the ramps. THough trucks such as the Superstreet and the Open class trucks with full weight boxes up front use a brace support or I have even seen some use a jack and jack stands under the wieght box to help keep the shock load from bouncing the truck and trailor over rough roads.
 
I do it to take the stress off of the front suspension. Probably wouldn't hurt anything. It is like the guys that are really gentle unloading their snowmobiles off of the back of a truck, then go out and are jumping 10 feet in the air with them. I have seen a guy in a parking lot, standing beside the sled just mash the throttle and the sled moved about 10 feet and cleared the truck and fell straight to the ground! If you are really concerned, get some air bags to support the weights, or some guys you jackstands. I would like to find an air bag to stick right under the weight bracket and then put some air in it.
 
Well if the weights clear the trailer I am going to leave them hang and then after the pull when I load to go home I will take them off I just would rather have them on when I get their so I don't rush putting weight on before the pull but after I can take one off at a time at my pace :hehe:.
Brandon
 
97' CTD said:
Well if the weights clear the trailer I am going to leave them hang and then after the pull when I load to go home I will take them off I just would rather have them on when I get their so I don't rush putting weight on before the pull but after I can take one off at a time at my pace :hehe:.
Brandon
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Or you could just show up on time.....and not 5 minutes before the pull starts.:kick:
 
I have a 24' goose neck with a 20' deck I wish the deck was 3-4' bigger. My truck always has the weight box on it, and the truck just fits.
 
Its more a matter of not being able to get the truck on and off the trailer with the weights on.

My trailers deck is probably around 4' off the ground.

Safety also comes to mind. If you got into an accident those weights would be like 100 pound bullets coming at your cab.
 
hang'n wieghts

Well The real reason is this..If you have a daully your fine..you have two extra tires so thats not a big deal.But when your a single wheel your flirting with a TIME BOMB..All that weight on them two tires will go BOOM..and your truck will sway too..So putting the weight on top of the trailer axels will be your best bet....
 
wanabsledpuller said:
Well The real reason is this..If you have a daully your fine..you have two extra tires so thats not a big deal.But when your a single wheel your flirting with a TIME BOMB..All that weight on them two tires will go BOOM..and your truck will sway too..So putting the weight on top of the trailer axels will be your best bet....
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I actually hang my weights on my uprights of my trailer I have an SRW. Pull the truck up on the trailer with the weights on the truck. Unload them hang them and tie them down to an upright. Now of course I moved my truck backwards on the trailer to help offset the weight. This is one reason I like slide in ramps, I can back my truck clear to the rear of the trailer if I want, without having to pull forward, fold the ramps, back up etc, et.
 
I always leave my 1,000lbs of weight hanging on the front of mine, but I have a LONG trailer and a short pulling truck, so I can put the truck back over the axles. I also have a SRW DD truck that I tow it with, and somedays I do wish it were a dually. In fact I just might make it into one if I can figure out how to do a short box chevy dually bed.

Jason
 
I pull the truck up to the trailer, unload the weights then load the truck, flip the ramps and toss the weights into the last part of the ramps.... it helps level out the load and they are in a easy spot to get to and wont fall out


here is a pic: you can see the top of them in the ramps and the orange blob says Kubota there is 3 on each side but I can get away with 2 or 3 more per side I guess

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I made a stand that is bolted to the trailer that my weight rack sits on. Then I put a ratchet strap on the weight bar just so it doesn't bounce at all. This way the weight is off of the front suspension and it is supported, oh yeah and it is easier. I am also very lazy when it comes to that kind of stuff. Oh I have a 25' GN.
 
I have to use ramp exstensions, provided by WPE :) seen laying on trailer. I also welded the diamond plate on the ramps to push the truck back on. I use the same ramps exstensions to load the mule from the side.

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Looks like this when loaded:

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and the wieght of the front rests on the air bag provided by WPE :) the air bag works great.

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BBD
 
I am guessing there is enough pressure, and being there isn't much of a suspension on the truck, and if you tie the truck down putting more pressure on the bag, I don't see it moving much.
 
There is a guy around here that has a nice chevy gasser puller that used a king pin plate from a semi trailer as his lower piece for his weight rack. Then he built a stand on his trailer and a 5th wheel is mounted on it. He drives the truck on the trailer right into the 5th wheel, it latches and he only chains the rear. If a guy can spare the extra weight it is pretty cool.
 
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