Towing 6x12 UHaul
#1
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Towing 6x12 UHaul
Towed this 6x12 enclosed trailer with surge brakes local about 60 miles round trip no problem with the 2007 F150 4.2 V6. Mounted to the stock bumper hitch with a 5000 Lbs ball and plugged into the flat four pin for the lights. The top of the ball on bumper is 23 inches. Uhaul hooked it up and let me tow no problem. I never went above 55. Truck handled it great even when fully loaded with household goods from our storage unit.
#2
Beer Drinkin Hell Raiser
Towing UHaul
Thanks for the info - I'm about to rent the 6x12 for a trip from NC
to NJ. Wasn't sure how it would be with surge brakes - got 2011 Scab 4wd - will have some household stuff packed into it also. Have to take a route that
will take me thru the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke Va (visit brother- if I don't I wont hear the end of it).
to NJ. Wasn't sure how it would be with surge brakes - got 2011 Scab 4wd - will have some household stuff packed into it also. Have to take a route that
will take me thru the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke Va (visit brother- if I don't I wont hear the end of it).
#3
Grumpy Old Man
Surge brakes and a weight-carrying hitch for that low-profile 6x12 enclosed trailer will probably work just fine - PROVIDED you have the floor of the trailer perfectly level front to rear when wet and loaded on the road, and you load the trailer so it has less than 500 pounds tongue weight.
Use a 4' carpenter's level and check the level of the wet and loaded trailer. If the floor is not accessible when loaded, then use the roof of the trailer.
If the trailer is not level, then use a shank/ball mount that will result in a level trailer. Those cost only $20 to $30. Maybe a 2" drop will be enough, but you'll probably need 4" drop or more. Here's one:
http://www.etrailer.com/Ball-Mounts/Draw-Tite/2753.html
#4
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Thanks for the info - I'm about to rent the 6x12 for a trip from NC
to NJ. Wasn't sure how it would be with surge brakes - got 2011 Scab 4wd - will have some household stuff packed into it also. Have to take a route that
will take me thru the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke Va (visit brother- if I don't I wont hear the end of it).
to NJ. Wasn't sure how it would be with surge brakes - got 2011 Scab 4wd - will have some household stuff packed into it also. Have to take a route that
will take me thru the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke Va (visit brother- if I don't I wont hear the end of it).
If you stop in Roanoke, y'all gonna be real close to Franklin County VA ('shine capitol of the world)
#5
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Surge brakes and a weight-carrying hitch for that low-profile 6x12 enclosed trailer will probably work just fine - PROVIDED you have the floor of the trailer perfectly level front to rear when wet and loaded on the road, and you load the trailer so it has less than 500 pounds tongue weight.
Use a 4' carpenter's level and check the level of the wet and loaded trailer. If the floor is not accessible when loaded, then use the roof of the trailer.
If the trailer is not level, then use a shank/ball mount that will result in a level trailer. Those cost only $20 to $30. Maybe a 2" drop will be enough, but you'll probably need 4" drop or more. Here's one:
http://www.etrailer.com/Ball-Mounts/Draw-Tite/2753.html
Use a 4' carpenter's level and check the level of the wet and loaded trailer. If the floor is not accessible when loaded, then use the roof of the trailer.
If the trailer is not level, then use a shank/ball mount that will result in a level trailer. Those cost only $20 to $30. Maybe a 2" drop will be enough, but you'll probably need 4" drop or more. Here's one:
http://www.etrailer.com/Ball-Mounts/Draw-Tite/2753.html
#6
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Thread Starter
Thanks for the info - I'm about to rent the 6x12 for a trip from NC
to NJ. Wasn't sure how it would be with surge brakes - got 2011 Scab 4wd - will have some household stuff packed into it also. Have to take a route that
will take me thru the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke Va (visit brother- if I don't I wont hear the end of it).
to NJ. Wasn't sure how it would be with surge brakes - got 2011 Scab 4wd - will have some household stuff packed into it also. Have to take a route that
will take me thru the Blue Ridge Mountains in Roanoke Va (visit brother- if I don't I wont hear the end of it).
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BlackKnight81 (06-24-2015)
#7
None of them have tongue jacks. They do that so people are less likely to unhook the trailer and do something stupid (like load it when it's not connected to the tow vehicle).
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Ricktwuhk (06-23-2015)
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#8
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I know I saw a video online of the same trailer I rented that had a jack on the tongue. Must have been an old video. Makes sense they don't have them because you can fit a lot of crap in those trailers.
#9
I don't think it's the weight so much as, when the trailer is empty and you step on the back, the tongue unweights and you can start rolling. It can still happen even without a jack but, without a jack people are more unlikely to unhook the trailer to begin with. Take a look at a dump trailer, a lot of them have a tongue jack and also jacks at the rear so they can be loaded when not hooked up to a vehicle.
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STSCDave (08-02-2015)