I just purchased a 1996 triton lite trailer. It has new wheels, tires, and pessure treated decking. My question what is the most weight I can put on this trailer. I am looking to buy wood pellets and would like to put about 1600-1800lbs on it. The trailer is aluminum and in excellent shape. Any suggestions on how much i could put on it? The tag says GVW 2000lbs

Thanks
John

GVW means Gross Vehicle Weight. The total of what you are hauling plus the trailer should not exceed 2000 lbs. So you need to know the weight of your trailer. Also make sure your tires are rated for that much weight. It will be stamped on the sidewall.

I think you're pushing it, but you already know that. If the tires are in good shape, running at max inflation shown on sidewall, bearings have been recently packed, and you don't have far to go, you should be okay. Watch weight distribution. Make sure load is evenly distributed, and your tongue weight hasn't disappeared/increased drastically. I usually watch the tongue height at the ball before/after loading. Pretty easy to get an idea of what you have going on that way.

I think you're pushing it, but you already know that. If the tires are in good shape, running at max inflation shown on sidewall, bearings have been recently packed, and you don't have far to go, you should be okay. Watch weight distribution. Make sure load is evenly distributed, and your tongue weight hasn't disappeared/increased drastically. I usually watch the tongue height at the ball before/after loading. Pretty easy to get an idea of what you have going on that way.[/b]
Thanks for the input. I think 1000 lns centered should be ok? What do you think? I figured 2000lbs was too much

Your call. FWIW, a couple of late model sleds can easily go well over 1000lbs. As mentioned, just monitor tongue weight closely. Too little can be as bad or worse than not enough. I mention that again as I have this mental image of a trailer load of pellets sloshing it's load off of both sides because it's swaying so badly..... just me though. Go for it!

I have the same trailer and we use it to buy 1 ton pallets of pellets as well. distribute them over the whole bed and then we throu ten bags or so in the back of the truck just to make sure we arent pushing it too much and it works fine.

I have the same trailer and we use it to buy 1 ton pallets of pellets as well. distribute them over the whole bed and then we throu ten bags or so in the back of the truck just to make sure we arent pushing it too much and it works fine.[/b]
thats what i figured put 10 bags or so in the truck then distribute the rest all over the trailer. As for them swooshing all over the road, i dont think they would due to the fact the every bag weighs 40lbs and if you leave half of them on the pallet they are wrapped in heavy plastic and only about 3 feet tall.

Thanks for all the input guys,
John

thats what i figured put 10 bags or so in the truck then distribute the rest all over the trailer. As for them swooshing all over the road, i dont think they would due to the fact the every bag weighs 40lbs and if you leave half of them on the pallet they are wrapped in heavy plastic and only about 3 feet tall.

Thanks for all the input guys,
John[/b]

just put the all the bags in the back of the truck