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Bill from Scotland

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I bought this old trailor chassis today to convert into a transporter for some of my Massey tractors but dont know how much weight it will carry. I was told it was used to house a CAT powered compressor (now removed) and that it was of American manufacture. Tyres are rated at just over 3000lbs and axles are Dexter P-11 Model SLR. The chassis is long and wide enough to carry my machies just needs some additional metal to make floor and add some loading ramps. It alos has a hydrolic pintle type hitch with mention of 20000lbs.Any information much appreciated.
Bill
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With 8 bolt rims, I'd guess it has 7000lb. axles. Could only be 6000lb. but those are usually 6 bolt. Ditch Witch had similar trailers. Maybe it was originally a trailer for a Ditch Witch trencher? Dave
 
I would say you have a good heavy trailer ! if it was a Cat aircompressor then it was heavy. the hitch sounds like it has hyd brakes. I am sure that trailer would handle anything you could drive on it- with a good deck.
nice find !
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With a three axle trailer you will need a sizable towing vehicle or the "tail will wag the dog".

Once in Escanaba MI I watched a 1/2 ton pickup pull a 3 axle trailer loaded with lumber. The trailer started to whip the pickup and the guy thought he could accelerate and pull it straight. The hitch finally tore off and the trailer hit a light pole instead of the Harley dealership.

My personal experience with whipping was driving a 2 ton C60 Chevy dump truck pulling a Miller tilt top with a Case 450 dozer on it. I didn't have the dozer forward enough to give sufficient hitch weight. I almost gave up as I could barely crank the steering wheel fast enough to stay ahead of it. I finally got slow enough to regain control and it was 20 MPH the rest of the way. (Along with a stop to use up all the toliet paper)

About your trailer, I know nothing.....
 

I don't remember you posting about having any MF tractors that would be a load for that 3 axle trailer, but it needs a lot of modification to make it a tractor hauler. Can't see everything from pics, but looks like you have 2 opeions. 1. Floor down inside the frame rails and cut out the rear cross member to the level of the new floor. Best option if the tractor will fit between the side railes. 2. Floor flat across the side rails, building up crossmembers to go under the new floor. It would then be wide enough for anything reasonable but you would have to have long ramps to load that high. I get nervous loading a tractor on my gooseneck, but then I'm the nervous type when loading tractors.

That SUV in the pics looks a little light to be pulling a heavy trailer with much of a tractor, but I understand the German licensing/tax laws allow some light combinations.

KEH
 

Bill,
Sorry I had a brain lapse when addressing you as Dave. Apoligies to Dave also. Ignore my discussion about SUV and German traffic laws.

KEH
 
Bill, that looks like a stout trailer. I don't know what kind of MF tractors you have, but it should haul about whatever you want to put on it with those 3 heavy duty axles.
 
I intend hauling it with a Massey 1155 and carrying a MF 97 or MF 1130 on the trailor if I thought it was up to the job. Both tractors are real heavy. My plans are to create a floor over the wheels which gives me the greatest width. I intend sloping part of the rear of the existing frame then adding swing up/down ramps for loading.
Bill
 

That'll work. Remember to put supports under the ramps so the hitch won't lift up when the tractor weight hits the ramps.

KEH
 
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