Towing a mini exavator with ford 250 super duty?

Question

I am interested in buying a mini excavator what kind of trailer ,the excavator will weigh about 5500lbs give or take to modle i get. will my 250 be able to tow this. ill have to get a trailer break system put in. It has a 7 prong connector but theres nothing for braking in it if i am correct?

its a 2004 Ford 250 super duty

would a regular car trailer work? i don't know how much they can hold.

Answer 1

well it depends on the trailer some trailer breaks are electric some are surge brakes and there is even more your best bet and most cost efficent is to find the trailer you are going to use and see if it has breaks.

you should out weight what your towing by about 750lbs.

The trailer should have a sticker or in the manual depending on how old it is should tell you the max cargo.

Answer 2

man that truck was made for towing, as far as the trailer a regular car trailer aint gonna work, u should get a flat bed or a goose neck trailer

Answer 3

Go look at tandem axle flat bed trailers with electric brakes and about 7000 lbs. GVWR. Most trailer dealers will have a good selection of them. The other thing you would need is a good brake controller on you're truck. I would suggest the Tekonsha Prodigy

http://www.tekonsha.com/prodig.html

If have all that, you're F-250 will more than read for the job. My company has smaller 1/2 ton trucks that pull 7000 lbs. GVWR equipment trailers all the time.

Answer 4

Trailer wise I cannot help you. But we are talking about a F-250 Super Duty. It should have a Tranmission cooler already installed. TOW AWAY my friend. You own MORE than enough truck to tow that excavator.

Answer 5

yes. you have more than enough truck to tow this.  my uncle and i pulled a semi up a hill with his. so yeah... youve got truck. dont under estimate it. car trailer should do it. but at least get a tandem axle. most tandem axle trailers already have brakes so if u hook everything up you're good to go. 7 pin = braking. however a brake controller (sits up in the cab and controls how much work the trailer brakes are doing) is strongly reccomended) 4pin= lights only.

if you do get a car trailer. look at what its maximum capacity is. go to a trailer dealer. (the one ur going  to buy from) and ask them which trailer best suits your needs (they tend to know what they're doing)

and when i say car trailer i mean flatbed that weighs well more than you can push around by hand