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  Color My World
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Location: My perfect world bubble | I'm in the market for a new trailer and could use some advice. I will be pulling with a 2015 GMC 2500HD Duramax 4x4. Truck is rated to pull just under 18K lbs with a pin weight of just over 3K. The trailers I'm looking at are a 3H Platinum with a 10' short wall, empty weight 10,500 lbs and a 4 Star 2H with an 8' short wall, empty weight 8500 lbs. These are Outlaw conversions so they are heavy. The cost difference is negligible; my concern is not having enough truck to safely pull/stop the 3H but having trouble selling the 2H later down the road. Thoughts? Not surprising, the Platinum dealers have told me I will have no problem. The 4 star dealer said I'd be pushing it with anything bigger than the 2H. It's only my daughter and me, we only have 2 horses and don't plan on buying/hauling more than that. Thanks in advance!!
Edited by Paintbrlrcr 2015-07-24 6:07 AM
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Location: Oklahoma & Texas | You'll be pushing it with the platinum...by the time you load 2 horses equipment and fill your l.q with clothes n tack and feed n hay and water in the tank and whatnot..you'll be close to 15k-16k...not to say the truck can't do it but on a hot day u p n down hills or whatever you'll be max capacity...i have a 3h with 8 ft sw and an f250 with the 6.7 ..my trailer weighs 7400 empty but i can tell you with 2 horses and loaded with tack n feed and water n my stuff...I'm not out of power but i don't want my trailer dragging me around or bogging me down and it's close sometimes...and I pay real close attention to my gauges and when it's 98 degrees out and I'm loaded down its at 220 degrees on my engine which is as high as I want to be...240 ish is where starts to wear on the engine...cooler weather Temps aren't so bad but this time of summer you'll notice it with a loaded down trailer mine doesn't overheat but i want my truck to last so I'm pretty cautious pulling....that being said I love having a 3rd stall in my trailer for storage when I don't have a horse in it...maybe you can find a 3h with slightly smaller l.q or built a tad lighter..10500 is pretty heavy empty |
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Industrial Srength Barrel Racer
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| I wouldn't pull that Platinum with a 3/4 ton. I have a 3 horse Platinum with a little larger short wall and I pull with a 1 ton. I think I'd be scared to pull it with anything smaller. |
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Location: mi | I used to pull a 3H 4star with a 9' short wall with either a chevy 2500 duramax or a Ford F250 7.3. Both trucks had more then enough power to pull it and stop it what they lacked was support. Had I pulled with either for more then a season I would of wanted to add helper springs to bump it up to 1 ton support. That being said. I am not sure why everyone thinks a 2H would be hard to sell. I looked all over for a nice quality 2H before I finally ordered new because they just were not out there. So I don't think you will loose your butt because it is a 2H. I think a well taken care of top of the line brand will hold its value. |
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Veteran
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| The way they are rating these new trucks is a little decieving. Rated for 18k INCLUDES the wieght of the truck. So if said truck is 8k trailer can only be 10k. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | My trailer is about 11,000 lbs empty. When I took it to town and weighed it with my 3/4 ton GMC (2008), the weight on the rear axle was over the axle and tire rating and would have been right at the max on a 1 ton SRW. So I pull it with a dually, which is way more stable anyway. |
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The Advice Guru
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| You also have to look at your tire rating, even single axle one ton majority of tires are not rated for the weight |
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