Feedback on my 3place trailer please

[CReynoldsMIZ]

This seems pretty sketch to me. I would find a different setup, take it from me. I built one of these myself, here is the picture.



I am only carrying a JS550, which im going to guess probably weighs in somewhere around ~300 lbs with fuel. (Just guessing from carrying it a few times by hand on and off trailer).

I trailer with an 02 GMC Envoy with a Heavy duty rear suspension and nice big 4 disc breaks and with the two two seaters and the the JS550 on the back stopping gets to be a concern especially in the hilly terrain in the Ozarks I usually drive through. I would def do some test driving around with it and get used to the braking if you are going to go ahead and go with it, but my ski sits way back further than yours and when it is on the trailer and i take the trailer off I cant lift the tounge by myself, well maybe I can but I would guess it weighs probably about ~3 bills of tounge weight.

Be careful is all I am saying, I would feel alot more comfortable if you had the ski turned perpendicular to the others to scoot it back further.

EDIT: Also make sure if you are standing around the front of the trailer with the jack on it dont put your feet under the rails, that jack could snap in a jiffy and smash your foot to pieces, I have done this when the jack wasnt locked in right,

 

[donkey]

this is how I did mine,those ugly wheels have been replaced.
with all the skis full of fuel,tongue weight is 300lbs.pulls straight n stable,whether hooked to my truck,or towed behind the 5th wheel.

 

[Crofoot50]

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this is how I did mine,those ugly wheels have been replaced.
with all the skis full of fuel,tongue weight is 300lbs.pulls straight n stable,whether hooked to my truck,or towed behind the 5th wheel.

Well I made it the 4 hour drive but less 1 ski .... Played it safe , I know this will work good but have more work to do first ,THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT FEEDBACK

 

[Seadoobuddy]

View attachment 20438
this is how I did mine,those ugly wheels have been replaced.
with all the skis full of fuel,tongue weight is 300lbs.pulls straight n stable,whether hooked to my truck,or towed behind the 5th wheel.

Yes but at least you have a longer trailer with dual axles....was it a boat trailer at one time?

Well I made it the 4 hour drive but less 1 ski .... Played it safe , I know this will work good but have more work to do first ,THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT FEEDBACK

good choice....add a 2nd axle to be safer

 

[Coastiejoe]

A second axle will save the day I'm thinking.

It will help with the over-all GVW as well as the tongue weight..

 

[donkey]

Yes but at least you have a longer trailer with dual axles....was is boat trailer at one time?



good choice....add a 2nd axle to be safer

yes it was a boat trailer,,i'll let u guys in on a cool little secret.check out craigslist,type in free boat,most of them come with a TRAILER!
sure,u have to drag the boat off to the dump,(cost me 32buks to get rid of the boat),but I have 300 buks,including rims,tires n lights in a triple ski trailer.im currently building a 4 ski trailer,72 buks in it so far.i'll post piks when its done.

 

[mike_dmt]

I'd shorten that trailer tongue up by a looongggg ways. There's no reason to have 5-6 feet (from the pic) between the back of your Yukon/Tahoe and the pump and hull of that little XP, which is easily about half the width of the tow vehicle.

Think of a pair of LP tanks on a travel trailer. They are about 3 feet wide with a cover. Smallish travel trailers have a fairly short tongue. I'm looking at mine right now, and there is a maximum of 12"(inches) from the tanks to the receiver. Maybe 30" to the trailer itself, which is about 7' wide.

You would have to be just about hammered drunk to have interference. And even then you'll hit the side of the ski, worst case. Like if you we're backing your SeaDoos down an icy boat ramp in December and started to lose it. And then come to your senses, and say.. Wait.. it's really cold out and icy. I shouldn't go out on a SeaDoo today. I think I'm hypothermic,,, aw crap. I woke up in the hospital.

I'd scoot that trailer closer. Did you test it at stock length first?

I'm not trying to bust you up, don't get me wrong. I'm sure the mods took hours, and a number of cold libations. But I'd go backwards and start again. Like was said before, with the amount of weight, and the length of the tongue you're dealing with... Without proper bracing, it looks a little sketchy to me, even if you doubled the axle. Which realistically won't increase tongue weight capacity at all, just overall capacity.

My .002c, though. There's always a number of ways to skin a cat. Which is gross.

 

[mike_dmt]

This is for sale here... http://spokane.craigslist.org/for/3890525237.html

Again, boat trailer, but even if you 'knifed this thing, you'd hit the tongue before the toolbox.

 

[lamajama]

View attachment 20438
this is how I did mine,those ugly wheels have been replaced.
with all the skis full of fuel,tongue weight is 300lbs.pulls straight n stable,whether hooked to my truck,or towed behind the 5th wheel.

Towed BEHIND MY 5TH WHEEL? Holy Crap! you must be 60+ feet long???? That's legal in California??!!

 

[donkey]

Towed BEHIND MY 5TH WHEEL? Holy Crap! you must be 60+ feet long???? That's legal in California??!!

as far as I know,its legal in all states with a class A license.legal length in cali is 65ft,stem to stern.im at 68ft.so technically im over.
the trio pulls very true,been pullin doubles since hi school,never an issue.
my 4 ski trailer will be too long for doubles,about 78ft,so that's a no go for sure.heres a pik leavin havasu last yr with the 2 ski trailer,5th whl,n the grey truck.

 

[lamajama]

as far as I know,its legal in all states with a class A license.legal length in cali is 65ft,stem to stern.im at 68ft.so technically im over.
the trio pulls very true,been pullin doubles since hi school,never an issue.
my 4 ski trailer will be too long for doubles,about 78ft,so that's a no go for sure.

Wow. I couldn't imagine pulling something that long.

 

[Seadoobuddy]

as far as I know,its legal in all states with a class A license.legal length in cali is 65ft,stem to stern.im at 68ft.so technically im over.
the trio pulls very true,been pullin doubles since hi school,never an issue.
my 4 ski trailer will be too long for doubles,about 78ft,so that's a no go for sure.View attachment 20550heres a pik leavin havasu last yr with the 2 ski trailer,5th whl,n the grey truck.

Must be a trick in making tight right hand turns from a 2 lane road onto another 2 lane rd.

 

[donkey]

Must be a trick in making tight right hand turns from a 2 lane road onto another 2 lane rd.

hehe,,ya,the trick is that is doesn't happen,scanning n planning ur next move on the road is imperative!

 

[Brian J]

View attachment 20550heres a pik leavin havasu last yr with the 2 ski trailer,5th whl,n the grey truck.

Holy Chit! Looks like a lot fun packed into one vehicle. :thumbsup: