flatbed trailer suggestions

I am looking at buying a new trailer.  Bumper pull, 12k or 14k, deckover with beavertail.  Will use it for hauling tractors, bales, farm stuff.  Not a lot of miles a year.  Current trailer is HD, but no brakes.  Gets a little dangerous fully loaded with bales behind a F150.  Any brands to avoid, or what are good ones.  Most local is Big-O's, seem a little spendy.  I've looked at PJ's, they seem like a good value.  What should I look for, axle wise.

I like the PJs, the Big Tex Mexs are real spendy, but the quality is good, I don't know about it being better than anyone elses.  I would amek sure you go with the 7K axles, and brakes, as you said.  On trailers like these the biggest thing is going to be lighting, and the quality of the lights, and the protection of the wire.  If the manufacture simply drills/cuts holes in the frame and threads wire through to the lights, I would shy away, the really good ones run it in conduit or some other means of protection, look at the connectors are they heat shrink glue style or simple crimps, are the lights the newer sealed LED or the old bulb.  Those are going to be your maintenance items.  Also look for ease of greesing the hubs, I have seen, rare but seem some 7K axles in oil bath style, but probably hard to come by, but that would really be the ticket.  Otherwise zerks in the ends of the caps make if nice.

i have a kaughman trailer  ist 14000 gvw 20ft deck and 4ft beavertail i have hauled my 7045 ac at 14500 lbs i kno way over weight but ut handeled it great its a gooseneck tho i dont like how bumper trailers pull

Have you considered just replacing the axles on your current trailer?  For a grand or less you could find some good axles with brakes and newer tires.

All this with a 150 ?.....sounds like an accident looking for a place to happen !!

i have an H&H car hauler. i've only used it to haul materials, so i'm wishing i would have bought the deckover w/ 7k axles. it's been a good trailer. very sturdy jack, wires ran in conduit, boxed framing, lifetime warranty on the treated deck. i know they make a light and heavy duty version of the deckover. they're also out of iowa, so depending on how far you are from the plant, i guess that'll affect price.

Brian Jasper co. Ia wrote: I'm with the good Dr on 12K to 14K bumper hitch on an F150. Not a smart idea. You need to be looking at goosenecks...

I agree 100%.  I put 13k on a bumper pull and 3/4 ton 02 dodge but I only had to go about a mile.  No way I would have pulled it any further.

I have 2 PJ's one car hauler 7k and a gooseneck at 14k -- like em both

PJ....I have a 20' deck over bumber pull 14,000 lb and pull with 2004 F150 4x4 super crew 5.4L and haul 3 pallets of fertizler with no problems, have 1,000 lb torshion bars and sway control.

I like my new trailer

I have a Moritz F series gooseneck too. I have been very happy with it. Mine is a 20ft deck with 5 ft dovetail that will lift up flat with the deck. Only problem with it is I wish I had bought heavier axles. Mine is 14500 gvw and I find that I am at or over the trailers capacity on almost every load I haul, the trailer has never gave me any trouble hauling but my next trailer will be heavier duty.

Saw a b and b from somewhere in iowa, at an event this summer looked like a nice trailer, anybody know anything about them?

I have a bumper hitch tandem axle deckover wtih beaver tail.  Has two 14,000 axles with brakes.  Trailer weighs 3,700 pounds empty, so leaves ~10,000 pounds for payload.  I've had it loaded up to close to capacity with a couple of tractors, and it pulls fine behind my 2002 F250 diesel.  Had to buy a 15,000 pound rated receiver (stock Ford unit was only rated for 6,000 pounds!) and appropriate hitch and ball.  This also puts me at the 20,000 GCVW rating for the truck (truck weighs around 7,000 pounds).

Brad(WI) wrote: Yes, behind a 150. Big loads I will put the 250 or 350 on it, but my main vehicle is a 2004 F150. It has a higher towing rating than my old 92 250 Dodge w the cummins. I don't want to own a 10k trailer and a bigger trailer. Most loads will be from field to farm. Would like a nice reliable trailer for heading to auctions. I checked into new axles, but the hitch needs to be redone and its starting to rust, could use new planking. Would like a new or nearly new one .

There is no way an F150 can have a higher tow rating than a 1992 D250 Diesel. I have a 1992 D250 diesel and it can pull a 14000 lb load with ease. The F150 rear end will fail with that kind of load. There is a reason they did not make gooseneck hitches for the F150.

I have had both, and according to the label on the door, my F150 is rated higher. There is a big difference between 4 wheel disk brakes (ford) and rear drums (old dodge). My truck has more pulling power with a load, I have owned both. My concern isn't about pulling a heavy load, it can do that with ease. I'm worried about stopping that load. I don't want to turn this into a brand war, its simply old design vs newer stuff. They do make a gooseneck ball for a F150 too, as an employee has one and my neighbor is getting one. He's switching to a new f150 from 2 year old F350 diesel. He doesn't use the diesel enough to justify it. The loads he pulls (14k cornpro gooseneck) the 150 will handle.