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    Haha thanks guys, i'd post pics of it but I'm pretty sure I don't want DOT or state police to stumble across the pic LOL my trailer is a 22' tilt deck car hauler with two 3500# dexter axles, load range D trailer tires, brakes on both axles. We had em all directly on top of the axles. It squatted the trailer until the frame rails were resting on the axles. Trailer weighs 2500# so you should only have 4500# load on it. Can't believe it didn't bend an axle, bust a hub or rip a tire off the bead. This wasn't intentional but the trailer was off road on unlevel ground when we loaded it and didn't realize the amount of weight we were putting on it. Once I got out on level ground and started to actually move the load down the road I realized it was waaaay heavier than we might have thought... Ya'll would really crap if ya knew what we paid for the whole load hahahahahah............. ridiculous profit margin is all I can say. They weren't free but close enough!!!

    Crazy thing is the total load size was 5' x 8' x 3' tall. Didn't take much deck space on the trailer considering the weight.



    Dexter makes some really freakin' tough trailer axles that's all i gotta say!!!!!!

    PS- worth mentioning that I hadn't been saving these up for any amount of time. Picked them up at one location, and as mentioned, there's another 4,000-5,000 lbs worth of them there yet to go. That makes it even sweeter not having to handle them more than loading them once and not sitting on them for any period of time! Woohoo!
    Last edited by Bigblue12v; 04-19-2011 at 06:38 PM.

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