My wife and her dad bought this trailer for our skid steer while she was in North Dakota and I was in Texas. Yesterday and today was the first chance I got to spend any time with it. I noticed that it seemed to have an unusual amount of drag while pulling it empty. It weighs 1960 pounds empty. I wouldn't think that should drag the truck down a lot. I am pulling it with a 2000 F450 flatbed with a 7.3. It drags the truck down pulling the trailer empty more than carrying a load of 5-6000 pounds on the truck.
I looked at the tires and noticed a couple of things. First not even two of the tires matched. The tires on the front are 1 1/2 inches taller than the back set. A couple of the tires were a little under-inflated.
We are running this trailer on the highway back and forth from Texas to North Dakota. Sometimes it has a 5,000 pound skid steer on it, along with another 500 pounds.
Would the mismatched tires cause it to drag like this?
What kind of tires would be good to put on this? It has 15" tires and I know I need trailer tires.
Thanks,
I looked at the tires and noticed a couple of things. First not even two of the tires matched. The tires on the front are 1 1/2 inches taller than the back set. A couple of the tires were a little under-inflated.
We are running this trailer on the highway back and forth from Texas to North Dakota. Sometimes it has a 5,000 pound skid steer on it, along with another 500 pounds.
Would the mismatched tires cause it to drag like this?
What kind of tires would be good to put on this? It has 15" tires and I know I need trailer tires.
Thanks,