I am going to move a Bobcat loader for a friend but I don't really know how to load it properly on a double axle trailer. When you load how do you know where to place the thing on the trailer - front to back to get the correct weight distribution. I know it would be easy if I had a scale (10-15% tongue weight) but that's not really an option. What is the % of weight for a 5th wheel or gooseneck - is it the same as a regular tow behind trailer?

Should I try to guess where the center of mass is and make sure it is in front of the axles? I have only hauled small dirtbike and utility trailers and some big boats on trailers but these don't take any planning.

Thanks!

 

goose neck can handle more "tonge weight", just load it until it looks right. the back end of your truck should set down a bit, but not enough to raise the front.

 

I haul my bobcat all the time....its best to load it onto the trailer backward most bobcats are heavier at the rear

My tag trailer has only got 14 ft bed and my bobcat is 12 ft long so it fits good over the trailer axles....I have loaded it bucket facing forward a few times but my trailer will sway more that way at higher speeds

 

The way I do my car hauler, is pull it up till the truck is more or less level . do a test drive to check for sway, no sway should be go togo. never hauled a bobcat, but this is the way I load my trailer with no problems ever so far. Click on my truck in my sig.

 

I've just loaded my tractor till the back of the truck goes down about 3 inches. Be sure to support the back of the trailer. I lifted the back of the truck off the ground once because I forgot to put the legs down. It was on a small hill and got exciting trying to get the tractor on before the whole thing rolled away.

 

That must have been a butt-puckering experience.

I just try to center everything over the axle. With what I haul though, that rarely happens, and with the offset of my axles, I always have plenty of tongue weight.

Chris

 

Before I got my Ram, I loaned a 383 to a friend that had a 75 power Wagon. W250. At thetime he thought he locked the 383 up , I went and grabed the trailer, with just the front tires on the the very bad of the trailer, The dakota wheels were off the ground, he had to hold the pedal. So something to lift the back of the ram up!!