1025r Gets a New Trailer, That's Not Normal 

A bit late now, but I bought an 8 x 18 car trailer to haul my Kubota BX2680 on. It'll fit the tractor, loader, box blade, tiller, pallet forks, pretty much all the attachments and implements I have plus the tractor. Its a tandem axle with brakes on both axles. You can never have too much trailer honestly. I'd rather have a longer trailer and fit my tractor and implement completely on the trailer than have the loader bucket hanging over the front of the trailer or the implement hanging off the back of the trailer or in some cases with a smaller trailer you'd have both of those issues. The trailer I got does have steak bed pockets so I could build sides if I ever wanted or needed to. One of the important things to consider as well when buying a trailer, is the ramp length, too short and you have a steep climb to get on and off the trailer, making loading and unloading more dangerous. Longer ramps are a much better option for safer loading and unloading. My trailer has 5 foot ramps and its pretty easy load and unload my tractor and implements/attachments that way. Another thing too, if you have a belly mounted mower deck on your tractor you'll definitely want longer ramps, as your break-over angle from the ramps to trailer deck would be less to keep from getting the mower hung up when you transition from the ramps to the trailer deck. Same goes for other implements and attachments as well, you really don't want to be getting stuff hung up or stuck trying to load or unload it can make for a very scary situation if you aren't careful. The trailer deck on my trailer is wood, make sure if you get a trailer with a wood deck to get some sealer and put on it as well to increase the life of the trailer deck. I've been thinking of adding some sort of non-slip pads to the trailer deck as it will get pretty slippery when its wet, covered in snow or ice.

@@wildbill23c very nice buddy! Glad you found yourself a nice trailer now .. sounds like it’s gonna do everything you want! Is it a car hauler style or a landscaping trailer? I personally want a car hauler style as I’m tired of the sides all they do is get in my way.. either that or a nice dump trailer.. You’v seen how my driveway is sorta small so I don’t want to go as big as 18 but would prefer a 14 or when a 16’ trailer to fit my needs.. anything larger and it would make pulling in and out of both my driveway and my customers driveway very difficult. I want a tandem axle car hauler or a tandem axle low boy dump trailer.. this post I made was a year ago and sadly I still have not been able to find one in my area due to covid and when I do it’s either way too high priced or I don’t have the cash on me and miss out on it by someone else buying it first.. sooner than later I’ll find me a nice one tho so people can stop saying my trailer is too small 😂 Stay safe buddy!

@@BiffsEquipment Mine is a car hauler. 2 trailers in one basically. I sold my old car trailer so I wanted a trailer I could use for multiple purposes, but with working trailer brakes LOL. My old car trailer's brakes never worked, and was never able to figure out why. New trailer has brakes on both axles. I wanted a 16 foot trailer, but they sold the one I went over to the dealer for before I got there, they had the 18 footer sitting there so I took it. They had 2 18 foot car trailers in stock, funny though the salesman looked at the prices on both, one was $500 more expensive because it was a 2022 model, the one I bought is a 2021 model. Steel prices made the 2022 model more expensive. Trailers here in Idaho are selling fast too, they can't really keep up with sales, just like my Kubota dealer LOL. Yes, I'd love to have a dump trailer, but I cannot afford one, they're $15,000 and up. A 6 or 7 foot by 12 or 14 foot tandem axle dump trailer would be great, and I could haul the tractor in it if I needed. This past month and a half I've hauled 2 loads of gravel, and 2 loads of fill dirt in my pickup bed utility trailer...its a pain in the *** to have to shovel all that stuff out of the trailer by hand. If I had a dump trailer it would have cut the time spent on both projects at least down to about 1/4 of the time....yes, 3/4 of that time was spent shoveling the gravel and fill dirt out of the trailer into a wheelbarrow. Your driveway is pretty narrow, so a huge trailer would probably cause more problems in the long run in your case...a 16 footer would be ideal for your use....the 18 foot trailer I got is the smallest trailer you can haul a full size pickup on, not that I need to do that but its what was in stock and I got a deal on it for $3800 as I had them throw a spare tire in the deal too. Haven't hauled my tractor on it yet, I've hauled pipe, pallets, and a sub-frame for a car, but haven't needed to take the tractor anywhere, and honestly I hope it stays that way, I really hate having to pull trailers especially where I live, people are dumber than a box of rocks around here, pull out in front of you, then creep along just to turn into the next parking lot...or they love to tailgate trailers for some odd reason.

The loading could be the reason the axle was NOT in the correct position. Blocks under the rear main frame OR mount 2 wind down jacks (one on each side at rear) to use as stabilizers. Ever load on a tiltbed trailer? Eliminate the ramps and is more stable (PERSONAL OPINION) to load on. A "Deckover" is higher but doesn't have wheel wells to take up deck space. And can be loaded with palletized material easier.

Willie Martin Thanks Willie. I’m gonna pick up some weldon Jacks soon, and get them on when the weather breaks. Wood blocks in the meantime 👍🏻

Ty Canavan hey Ty, thanks for the info. Any recommendations for the jacks? Do they make bolt on or do they need to welded? Thanks for watching, Tom

They make both kinds, bolt-on and weld-on, your trailer supply shop will have them and even Amazon but before you choose which kind, analyze what fits your need, since you have a dove-tail you should look at one that rotates even with the deck so that you don't hit it by mistake or it limit the width you put on the trailer or see if it might be more simple to put a couple of blocks under each side, anyway works. Good Luck and Nice Video !!!

Nick Hill Yep, going to put on some Weld on Jacks soon.

Yeah, I agree. Not 100% sure what's wrong there, but my brain tells me something isn't right....I have a tandem axle trailer that I use to haul some materials to different job site, so it does get hauled empty quite a bit, and I have never ever seen anything like that.

DF5152 Will Do

DF5152 So both springs should be attach to the top of the shackles and the bottoms are attached to the equalizer. ‘\../‘

Yep, it was flipped too. Corrected the other day, going to mention it in the next video. Thanks, Tom

Wow, I never seen those before.

Some of them have stabilizer jacks on the back corners of the trailer for that very purpose. Some people attach their own. The issue in this video is he needs a drop hitch in the receiver of his pickup, the tongue is way too high for loading and unloading.

Yep, it was flipped too. Corrected the other day, going to mention it in the next video. Thanks, Tom

DAVID TOBIAS I’m going to get two at harbor freight. 2000 pound capacity each. I also like that you can use them to lift the tires off the ground with the front jack when storing.

@@ataleofthreecabins1025 thay work great on back I just swing them down don't adjust but dont do like we did one time and move with them down lol whoops but no damage.

Never fun when you buy something and find out its broke before you even get to use it haha. Luckily for him this was just a common thing and an easy fix.

l337pwnage Thanks! Your right it was flipped on the rear axle. I corrected with 2 jacks. I’m going to mention it in our next video.

Trailer weighs around 1800 pounds. GVW it 7,000. Tractor varies, but with the Loader and Backhoe just under 3000 pounds.

Yep, had to do both sides.

A Tale of Three Cabins . good job 👍

david78840 depending how heavy of a load you move around it can pivot. I do crank down pretty tight on it and many times need a rubber mallet to loosen it. Moving my large trailer(empty) it has moved but never came off. Smaller items (log splitter, 10’ trailer) it does not budge. If on a hill or incline I would not move anything heavier then the tractor.

It can work itself loose while moving trailers, it can and will bend your bucket as well. A much easier and better way to move trailers with a tractor that doesn't have a draw bar is to use a 3 point mounted receiver hitch...I think I paid about $70 for mine off Ebay. Put a regular hitch in the receiver, same one that goes in your pickup's receiver, backup to the trailer and simply raise the 3 point and off you go...I always latch the trailer tongue latch onto the ball just to be safe though, don't want to hit a bump and have the trailer drop off the ball while you are moving it...Its so much easier to line up the hitch to the trailer with one of the 3 point receivers than it is trying to do it with one of those clamp on bucket hitches...another method I've seen people do is mounting a ball on the bucket itself, but again you can and eventually will bend the bucket. I know a few pallet fork manufacturer's have built in receiver hitches in the pallet fork frames, so you can remove the forks, put your hitch in the built in receiver in the fork frame and do the same thing, might be easier to see and line up with the trailer that way as the bucket wouldn't be blocking your view.

@@wildbill23c Thank you for you comment. I learned a lot from it. Have a beautiful day.

Yep, did a quick blurb about it at the beginning of my next video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S48Mh_mO2sA.html

Yep, I corrected in the next video.

You are right, I corrected and commented on my next video. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-S48Mh_mO2sA.html Thanks, Tom

Hey Turd (If that's your real name(that's a joke)). I never professed to be an expert. I mentioned many times I have never had a double axle trailer or tractor before and learning everyday. I started this channel to share and learn. I received many great helpful comments and hope other like me will benefit from them. Thanks for sharing your great wealth of knowledge and being so helpful.

@@ataleofthreecabins1025 a little touchy? And it's a family name actually ;-P

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