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Anyone haul a big SxS and a jeep on the same 20 foot trailer?

jhama78 said:
DMG Give us details on your trailer... thinking a cherokar and krx are gonna weigh near 5500-6kish, if your trailer is heavy and only has 3.5k axles you might be near the edge of weight rating for them.
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It is a 7k trailer that weighs 2k. It has brakes on both axles and a very heavy duty frame. I have put 9k on it a few times.
 
Jeffh555 said:
I think that's the move, XJ all the way to front and then extend rear of trailer to hold KRX.

I assume you mean to back the XJ because the XJ rear overhang is longer than the front overhang? Also moves the weight back a little.

If the KRX is backed on, then the trailer extension doesn't need to be as strong/heavy.

I'd mock of something sketchy to see where you want the weight distribution to be, something like long equipment pallets to hold the UTV.
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I think you'll be way too heavy on the tongue that way.


I did something kinda similar, but the Sami may be a little shorter than the krx over all. I would bet you could still pull this off with the krx and XJ though.

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Hard to tell but the Sami rear tires are sitting on a 12x12 that's sitting on the tongue.

Towed this about 1000 miles without issue. Well, except the cheap trailer wheels cracking :homer: but it towed fine.

Also, most sxs's are close enough to 50/50 that it doesn't make much difference which way it's pulled on.
 
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That trailer looks longer than mine.
 
TRINDU said:
I wouldn't call an angle iron frame trailer heavy duty.

Don't get me wrong, my 7k 18ft is also angle. But its far from stout.
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It has a double frame section and doesnt flex like other 7k trailers i have used. But yeah, it is HD for a 7k trailer. Not for a 14k trailer
 
DMG said:
It has a double frame section and doesnt flex like other 7k trailers i have used. But yeah, it is HD for a 7k trailer. Not for a 14k trailer
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Is the tongue channel or angle?

I wonder if someone added something underneath. Usually the boards sit down below the lip of the angle.
 
DMG said:
It has a double frame section and doesnt flex like other 7k trailers i have used. But yeah, it is HD for a 7k trailer. Not for a 14k trailer
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what do you mean by double frame? the wrap around tongue?
YotaAtieToo said:
I wonder if someone added something underneath. Usually the boards sit down below the lip of the angle.
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no, that's just cross member placement.
 
TRINDU said:
what do you mean by double frame? the wrap around tongue?


no, that's just cross member placement.
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You build his trailer then? :laughing:

I've been around a few of that style trailer and none of them had the boards flush like that. Not saying it not possible they built it that way. But if it's really as stout as he says, there is a chance someone added shit it to stiffen it up.
 
My angle iron trailer is flush on the top, I see probably 50/50 on flush vs dropped.

I'm only 16 feet, but probably wouldn't trust angle iron to haul two rigs. I see it flexing too much behind the axles with an extension off the back.

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Jeffh555 said:
A buddy put his XP900 sideways on the front of the trailer for KOH one year. Yeah, it's completely over the width limit, but we all agree the cops probably aren't gonna hassle you if you don't look like a hot shot and don't drive like an idiot. That's a 2013 XP900 with 81" wheelbase and 28" tires. You're not gonna pull that off with a KRX.
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Yup. Had a buddy put two Samurais on a short trailer once. The front one was SIDEWAYS, LOL.
 
YotaAtieToo said:
Is the tongue channel or angle?

I wonder if someone added something underneath. Usually the boards sit down below the lip of the angle.
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My friend owned it before me and they did add some stuff underneath for ramp storage that included another crossmember. It also has the foot high rail across the front. Regardless, it is relatively stiff and heavy for a 7k trailer.
 
DMG said:
My friend owned it before me and they did add some stuff underneath for ramp storage that included another crossmember. It also has the foot high rail across the front. Regardless, it is relatively stiff and heavy for a 7k trailer.
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I wouldn't call an L-channel trailer stiff. I'll give you heavy though. :flipoff2:
 
Remove bed, extend wheelbase, install flatbed and haul KRX on the flatbed. Then haul Cherokee on trailer.

Like this but with a flatbed. From when I hauled a crew diesel mule. F-150 power! :homer:

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But realistically back the Cherokee on trailer as much as possible and build a trailer extension (2ft ish) and put KRX on back of trailer.
 
If you were to line up the KRX and Cherocar end to end (like you would tow them with a bigger trailer so a little spacing between the two), how long is it?
 
ridered3 said:
If you were to line up the KRX and Cherocar end to end (like you would tow them with a bigger trailer so a little spacing between the two), how long is it?
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Ill line them up this week after the snow melts a bit.
 
Just using OAL specs from the net, I need 25 feet. Subtract the overhang on each end, 23? Feet.


Trailer deck is 18 feet. I like this trailer and will keep it. I wonder if I need another trailer, 25 or 27 feet.
 
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DMG said:
Ill line them up this week after the snow melts a bit.
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Cool deal and was just curious. If the deck were 20', you may be able to squeeze an old RzR 800 and XJ onto the same trailer, but it would be close.

Had a buddy that built some driveover ramps/pockets for his 24' trailer in order to fit his RzR 1000 and Sami buggy (overall similar length as an XJ, just lighter) tip to tail. RzR would pull onto the trailer, over the mini-ramps at the front of the trailer and drop the front tires into the little pockets and then the Sami buggy would aprk about a foot away from the RzR. Trailer had 5200 axles and was always pulled behind various 3/4 ton trucks.
 
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raising one end high enough to fit both wouldn't be the way i'd do it.

best way imho would be to extend the front and rear with ramps.

an x3 is just over 11ft over all , you can see here what i did to get 2 on a 20ft trailer. being that you can hang a bit off the back with the Cherokee you might make it work just like this. put the the krx in front of the cherokee and meassure front he front of the krx to the back tire of the cherokee and youll be able to figur it out from there.


*just seen your deck is 18ft. the deck on this trailer is exactly 20ft.

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(yes is was very tight turning, but the trucks flat bed also had extensions going back a little. a RZR is almost exactly 10ft overall. we did 3500mi with this setup and didn't have any turning problems just being mindful to not jack knife. could only turn it toosharp in reverse and even then the rub point was the job box, not the golf cart tire.)
 
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Are the ramps spanning the truck and trailer?
 
I would say the easy button is SXS bed rack and regular trailer.
But a F-150 has a really,really low payload out the gate and a KRX is going to look like a Monkey on a football on top of it.

A rack like above to get the KRX up in the air is possible but it's gonna be either a wild tongue load or if the chero was loaded backwards etc. to get tongue weight in line it would seem VERY sketchy to tow at highway speeds.
 
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