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Impressive Power: FX4 Ford Maverick tows 4,000lbs dump trailer and UTV!
Impressive Power: FX4 Ford Maverick tows 4,000lbs dump trailer and UTV!
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Impressive Power: FX4 Ford Maverick tows 4,000lbs dump trailer and UTV!
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My fx4, awd, ecoboost 4000 lb tow package, tows a 2100 lb. boat package like it's not even there. Going up I-95 on ramp no struggle, no sway no drama. Merge at 70 to 75mph. I slow to 65 for the ride home Coming from full size crew cab Ram 1500 I am astounded by how capable it is!
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I agree! The utv and trailer was nothing for the truck to pull at about 2k. Only at fast take off did I feel the Maverick really trying with the 4k trailer.
Well when towing a deere 1025r tlb it has 70lb wheel weights with loader and back hoe its 2350lbs plus 140lbs alunium trailer was hard to find a trailer that wouldn't go over the max capacity and still haul the tractor or the trailer would be over capacity to do it. Basicly the most expensive option was the combo that kept it 250lbs under the max payload. It struggled on steep hills cutting power and going on the highway at was a little dicey ended up just going a little slower and it was fine. The brakes on the trailer worked good but at freeway speeds with wind you have to slow down a bit
Now this is truck stuffWell when towing a deere 1025r tlb it has 70lb wheel weights with loader and back hoe its 2350lbs plus 140lbs alunium trailer was hard to find a trailer that wouldn't go over the max capacity and still haul the tractor or the trailer would be over capacity to do it. Basicly the most expensive option was the combo that kept it 250lbs under the max payload. It struggled on steep hills cutting power and going on the highway at was a little dicey ended up just going a little slower and it was fine. The brakes on the trailer worked good but at freeway speeds with wind you have to slow down a bit
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That double axle trailer is only 140lbs!?!? What’s the make/model because I’d be interested in something like that. It’s crazy to think 140lbs of aluminum can support that much weight!Well when towing a deere 1025r tlb it has 70lb wheel weights with loader and back hoe its 2350lbs plus 140lbs alunium trailer was hard to find a trailer that wouldn't go over the max capacity and still haul the tractor or the trailer would be over capacity to do it. Basicly the most expensive option was the combo that kept it 250lbs under the max payload. It struggled on steep hills cutting power and going on the highway at was a little dicey ended up just going a little slower and it was fine. The brakes on the trailer worked good but at freeway speeds with wind you have to slow down a bit
My 6x10 Aluma brand aluminum trailer single axle weighs in at 400lbs.
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Yeah that seems more reasonable. I imagine the axles have to be steel at a minimum. I can see the frame being aluminum but double axels have to be at least several hundred pounds I’d imagine.
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guessing he meant 1400lbs... this is exactly the sort of thing i wanted to see, as I am considering the possibility of eventually towing a car (2500lbs) + trailer... which means shopping for the lightest possible trailer...
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Makes sense
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Seeing the Cummings Trailer sticker, and the BC license plate, it's probably one of these, at 1400#
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Seeing the Cummings Trailer sticker, and the BC license plate, it's probably one of these, at 1400#
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thanks those lightweight alu trailers aren't cheap... i would think an aluminum deck might save weight compared to the hardwood...
I think the best can hope for is a 14ft somewhere between 12 and 1400
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