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QUESTION:I'm wanting to get a trailer heavy enough to pull a Backhoe. Right now I
need to use if for moving my household items, forklift, and machinery. I
have an old 1/2 ton truck, 4WD, manual transmission, thought it might be
enough to get me moved, I'm only moving 4 to 5 miles away. In the future I
plan to sell my truck and get a 3/4 ton or 1 ton, whatever it takes to be
able to pull a backhoe. The longest pull of the backhoe will probably be to
get it home from wherever I buy it. The other use of the truck/trailer
would be to go to sales and load machinery, drive the forklift on the
trailer and head home. Plus I thought I might be able to get some odd jobs
moving machinery for others.
Anyway, how much does something like a Case 580 weight?
Would I need a gooseneck trailer or ?
What size of truck would be the smallest recommended for pulling the trailer
& backhoe around locally (<10 mile trips)?
Also, what kind of licensing fees are there on this kind of equipment?
Do equipment rental places rent trailers that can move a Backhoe?
Would such a trailer usually be equipped with the 6 pin or 7 pin trailer
connectors?
I would like a trailer that could attach to the rear of the truck so that I
can use the truck bed for hauling, at least on lighter loads. If I could
buy one trailer that would attach to the rear of the truck and still be
heavy enough to pull a backhoe or my forklift, that would be perfect. I
just thought if I buy a backhoe, a trailer to move it would enable me to get
some jobs for it on the side.
Any ideas?
ANSWER: A quick search for "Case 580" shows it to weigh in the neighborhood of 16,000
lbs.
In my experience, my last truck, a 1/2 ton Chevy with 350, was not too
comfortable pulling a Bobcat (4800lbs) on my 16' dual axle trailer. The
trailer complained a bit too. This is one of the cheaper trailers, fine for a
load of trash, lumber, even a small Kubota tractor or smaller car.
That backhoe would be far too much for a 1/2 ton truck. I currently have an
F-250 and would only consider pulling something that heavy with a gooseneck
trailer. A bumper pull trailer would place too much on the back wheels of the
truck. If you pulled the hoe around much, I'd suggest a dually. And yes, you
definitely want the 7 pin trailer connection, because that means the trailer
will have brakes and you'll need them for a backhoe.
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