How do you load your inline cargo trailer?

[IGBT]

I am toying with the idea of getting a Featherlight 7x14 cargo trailer with a small v-nose and only a rear ramp door. I have some other uses for it but it would haul the two Expy Sport 153" snowmobiles we are buying (if they will fit). I am going to model the trailer and snowmobiles in Rhino to see how/if they fit. I think for tongue weight reasons the track of one needs to go into the V and both engines need to face the rear and be over the two axles. I may be wrong about this.

So that would mean backing them in up the ramp or winching them in. That doesn't sound quite like it will work.

For those of you who use an inline trailer to carry your sleds but don't have a front door ramp to drive them in, how do you load them?

 

[NorthMNSledder]

I have always seem them just loaded in forward and then backed out. Gives a bit more tongue weight and makes it easier then backing them up the ramp to load them.

 

[tuneman]

It'll be tight, but they should fit. Although, I recommend getting at least a 7x16. It probably won't cost any more, fuel consumption is negligible and you'll always want a longer trailer.

You can just drive them in the back and back them out. Several snowmobile specific trailers tend to move the axles slightly further back to account for the extra weight, but not cargo trailers. Plus, you'll probably find that those expy sleds are more evenly weighted than you'd think, or at least not enough of a weight imbalance to need to back them in.

 

[Sled208]

Get one with a ramp door in the V-nose. My 7x14 + 5' V nose works great for 2 sleds. Drive them in the nose and out the rear.

 

[IGBT]

Get one with a ramp door in the V-nose. My 7x14 + 5' V nose works great for 2 sleds. Drive them in the nose and out the rear.

That sounds about perfect for our 2.7L ecoboost F150 4x4. Who makes that model and do they sell it in Washington, Idaho, Oregon or Montana?

 

[IGBT]

I am thinking someone should start an aluminum snowmobile trailer manufacturing shop in the Northwest. Everything seems to be in the Great Lakes or North East USA.

Pro-line looks awesome....if you live in New Hampshire...

 

[Sled208]

That sounds about perfect for our 2.7L ecoboost F150 4x4. Who makes that model and do they sell it in Washington, Idaho, Oregon or Montana?

Shipping might be more reasonable than what you think. They had similar legend trailers for sale at Hay Days for $7,700 brand new with finished interior and 6'6" ceiling. My dealer is Town & Country Trailers in Burnsville, MN. Jerry is the name of the guy I deal with.

 

[slyrydr]

That sounds about perfect for our 2.7L ecoboost F150 4x4. Who makes that model and do they sell it in Washington, Idaho, Oregon or Montana?

....so what kind of mileage does your 2.7 get at say...70 mph on flat ground, no wind ?, not to change the subject, but maybe a little...

 

[IGBT]

....so what kind of mileage does your 2.7 get at say...70 mph on flat ground, no wind ?, not to change the subject, but maybe a little...

About 23mpg at 70mph on the interstate with no wind. Not pulling a trailer though.

 

[IGBT]

We are going to go with a Triton TC128 (they call it a hybrid but it is like a clamshell sort of except with a ramp door). Seems nice quality and easy to park in a crowded sno park.

 

[NorthMNSledder]

We are going to go with a Triton TC128 (they call it a hybrid but it is like a clamshell sort of except with a ramp door). Seems nice quality and easy to park in a crowded sno park.

Your going to be happy with that. Triton makes a nice trailer.

 

[NorthMNSledder]

That sounds about perfect for our 2.7L ecoboost F150 4x4. Who makes that model and do they sell it in Washington, Idaho, Oregon or Montana?

That surprises me as that's the same as were seeing out of a 2017 3.5 Eco crew cab 6.5' bed with all the towing options. I would have thought the 2.7 would have been higher.

Or is it better at lower speeds and takes at beating at highway speeds?

 

[IGBT]

That surprises me as that's the same as were seeing out of a 2017 3.5 Eco crew cab 6.5' bed with all the towing options. I would have thought the 2.7 would have been higher.

Or is it better at lower speeds and takes at beating at highway speeds?

It is hard to say since few people will drive any really long distance (400 miles) at 35 to 45mph but it seems to get about 27 to 29mpg at that speed.

As a comparison, our Isuzu 5.2L diesel cabover with 20 foot flatbed gets 14mpg at 70. Fully loaded with 10,000 pounds on the flatbed and pulling a 3500 pound boat and trailer it only gets 10mpg and it won't even do 70 except maybe downhill.

 

[Pro-8250]

That surprises me as that's the same as were seeing out of a 2017 3.5 Eco crew cab 6.5' bed with all the towing options. I would have thought the 2.7 would have been higher.

Or is it better at lower speeds and takes at beating at highway speeds?

Exactly. My 3.5 super crew with the 6'5" box and max tow package gets 23 in town. Have not had the opportunity to tow anything or make any long trips.