What do you have for brakes on this trailer?? I have 2 32' goosenecks flat beds, and a 36' aluminum stock trailer, with 10k HD dexter axels and I put electric over Kodiak hydralic disc brakes on them what a huge difference you don't even need truck brakes and they work just as well in reverse. You ever back down a gravel drive way with 10 tons of hay on??

It cost $550 (www.kodiaktrailer.com) per axel, $350 (Redneck trailers) for the elec/hydo unit, and like $75 (NAPA)for brake lines, hoses and fitings.

They make an 11" and a 13" style rotor, also they use a 1 ton early 90's GM caliper so you can buy the brakes at any auto parts store. I run the 11" rotors on the trailer with the 16" rims and the 13" rotors on the with 19.5" rims.

Thats another thing I bought a bunch on 8 lug 19.5" GM P-chassie rims, had a machine shop cut the pilot hole to 4.75" and I use 225/75/19.5 14 ply tires and they where like iron. I buy them wholesale for $135 each. I must have 150,000 miles on my 19.5" trailer tires and they still have half tread, I think you can get 3-4 time more life out of the 19.5 then the 10 ply 235/85/16, also they are rated for 3600# dual as opposed to 2778# on the 16's.

As soon as I come up with more 19.5" rims I will out fit my other trailers with this set up, the also work well on pre '97 ford dullies.

happy hay hauling,
Jay

yea i had Elec/hydro put on when i bought the trailer... after some hair raising experiences with the 5er RV, i decided to spend the extra money... its definitely a nice thing to have especially since i like the trailer to do most of the braking anyway...

yea the heavier tires would be nice.... i need to upsize and when i do, i might order something with 19.5's....

if you call local truck junk yards you should be able to buy those 19.5 rims for $20 to $50

Hey, doy you know the tounge weight and the gvwr of your jayco? and have you towed it since the new truck? Im looking at a Jayflight 27bh and not sure how much of a struggle it will be with my 2009 F-150 FX4 supercrew.

Here is a couple pics of 2 recent heavy towing trips from Denver to my home, all done in 40HP tow tune with no issues with EGT's or tranny temps, shifts etc

first 2 are about 16K lb trailer weight and the last one is 21K lb trailer weight.
6 pallets of Retaining wall block
http://forum.gopowerhungry.com/membe...-trailer-1.jpg
http://forum.gopowerhungry.com/membe...-trailer-2.jpg
4 pallets of flagstone, a diesel generator and 3 wheelchair lifts... and a pool table base...
http://forum.gopowerhungry.com/membe...lb-trailer.jpg

Dang, thats quite a load. How far did you have to pull it? Do you have any kind of Weight Distributing Hitch?

North side of Denver to South side of Colorado Springs about 80-90 miles.. 21K was pulled at night in the snow with the oppisite side of the Fwy shut down for the Obama's Motorcade. about 20 miles of the frw was on freshly packed snow...
WD hitches are for Girls:smiley_roll1:

Here is mine from last Years opening of the zMax Dragway.

http://i328.photobucket.com/albums/l...n/fe547f9b.jpg

Nice!


That four wide drag racing they do there is nuts!

I dont remember the tongue weight but we were able to pull a jayco 26bh with an '04 expedition about 30 miles in hilly terrain. Had a 4.6 under the hood but no electric brake module in that vehicle. Pulling was easier than we thought it would be. The expy isn't the greatest to pull anything because of the soft suspension but a regular truck shouldn't have that problem.