Super D unit

[LDB]

If you had no more than 32' or so I would thing it would be a single axle trailer. If building it brand new I might look into putting the axle 3-4' forward from the rear to leave room for a tuck under liftgate, as well as further helping with turns. I believe the issue with pups is they respond more quickly to inputs so you have to practice to be smooth with it and to not overshoot your intended spots.

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[Thornapple]

If you go to a single axel trailer wouldn't that defet the reason for the longer trailer?

I know - longer trailer means more freight but shouldn't it mean heavyer freight (if avalible) also?

If you have a single axel would you have to put dollies on the back?

 

[LDB]

I looked at 12k, 34k, and 20k axle capacities from front to back with single axle trailer and got 66k minus weight of equipment. If I had a Volvo 770 with absolutely all the bells and whistles and every book I could read in a year plus who knows what other junk of mine in it I don't think I could get it over 21k on the scale and probably something below 20k. I don't know what the trailer would weigh but pulled 8k out of the air so I figured with a single axle trailer it would have somewhere around a 38k capacity. Even if I'm way off it should have at least a 32-34k capacity. The second axle on the trailer is 4 more tires to buy and one level higher tolls to pay for probably marginal additional return.

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