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Originally Posted by Mark13
I wouldn't be afraid of a 14k tag trailer on a 2 5/16 ball. Providing the truck, the hitch, the ball mount, and the ball are all rated for it and in good shape. It seems most of the time it's on a hitch, ball mount, and ball rated for 10k but it's rusty enough no one can read the numbers anymore so they just go with it.
Not to say a pintle is any better. Most of the pintle's you can buy at the local stores aren't good for much of anything heavier then a medium sized skid steer and a normal skid trailer. Before I knew things I know now my 5 ton pintle was plenty. 99% of the time it still is because if it's heavier then that it's going on my goosneck anyway. I feel safer with my 2 5/16 ball rated for 30k and a hitch setup on my truck good for 18k then I do with my 10k pintle on the same trailer (minus the different hitching requirements for each trailer) even if the load is still reasonable for the 10k pintle.
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Mine is from Buyers its not a no name brand so I assume its good quality. I haven't had a issue with my pintle. how long would a or should a ball last? What goes wrong with a pintle? My skid weighs 8000lbs give or take. Total trailer weight is close to 11k. I've contemplated going the gooseneck route just haven't found a deal on a deck over.
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Originally Posted by 4wydnr
You could have some issues loading cars on to a deck over trailer. The only cars I ever hauled were demo cars and we had issues loading them, the good thing was we didn't care about cosmetics. The main problem was getting high centered on the transition from the dovetail to the deck.
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I've had that happen even with a pick up truck on it. More the ass end of the truck scraping.
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