Inline vs Wide

NDFARMER95 · Mar 3, 2013

All aluminum. 7x31 vs 8.5x29. Go west couple times a year otherwise pull mainly around home. Pull with either a deleted 6.7 cummins or deleted 6.6 duramax. Have a 7x27 now. Wanting to go bigger to fit 5 sleds easliy with extra room. Kinda wanting the 8.5 wide for the ease of loading sleds but am I going to kick myself when I go out west? What's your guys experiences?

hornson3 · Mar 3, 2013

Go with the wider trailer.

Mafesto · Mar 3, 2013

I love inline trailers.
But heck, you have a diesel & you'd need like a 31' inline for 5 sleds.
In your case I'd go 8.5 wide.
I don't think you'd be disappointed either way really.

willgeorge · Mar 3, 2013

IMO the 7 will pull nicer, easier to see around when towing. more aerodynamic and at only 2 ft longer its probably not going to matter much on the total length of things. just make sure you can really get 5 sleds in there if that's your goal.

ndmtnsledder · Mar 3, 2013

Is it a 8.5 over the wheels or 8.5 with the wheel wells cut into the trailer. From what we've seen the trailers that sit over the wheels pull the hardest. We pulled my 7X25 one trip behind a 1500 hemi with sleds and some friends had a 8.5X22 over the wheels behind a 2500 8.1L both pickups in good mechanical shape. They got worse mileage had more trouble with wind and we pulled away from them going up hills the only thing we can figure out is the wind resistance under the trailer makes a big difference. Its hard to beat how nice a 7ft wide inline pulls but I know what you mean on the ease of loading and room.

NDFARMER95 · Mar 3, 2013

Talkin bout the one with the wheels set inside. Not a deck over. Buddy has a steel framed deckover and talk about a lead weight. Just wondering if it will make that much of a difference for the ease of use when not stuffing sleds in for going out west.

Mafesto · Mar 4, 2013

Inline vs wide.....
Pretty much boils down to how far you have to tow the beast.
Those of us who are looking at 800+ mile (each way) trips, I wouldn't think of a wide body trailer.
If I lived out west & had a 100 mile or less drive I would at least consider a wide one with the wheels inside the trailer.
You couldn't give me a deckover for any purpose.

NDFARMER95 · Mar 4, 2013

Yeah go atleast 650+ one way. In a perfect world, go inline and buy a deck for dickin around home and wherever else. Same boat. Them deckover's plain suck. Think I'll keep my eye open for an inline.

summ8rmk · Mar 4, 2013

So r there wheel wells inside the trailer?
I have a 16'+5'Vx8'6" 7ft tall inside deck over interstate. I luv the room inside. I can cram 4 sleds if needed. Normally have 3 sleds inside and i can take out any one of the 3 without touching the other 2. My buddy has a 24'? X7' 5'6" tall inside(don't stand up on ur sled when loading) he can haul 3 sleds only. Its so narrow the sleds cannot pass each other inside the trailer. And unless ur short u cant stand up inside either. But it does tow a lot easier.
My fat trailer doesn't bother me one bit on the highway. Its the old skinny lanes in town that scare the crap out of me lol. My buddy has to go through a lot of crap to unload and load if he isn't using all 3 because he has to unload all 3 sleds to get 2 out.
I prefer the convenience of the wide tall trailer!

If I didn't have a diesel I might not like the tall fat trailer on the highway. The worst mileage I've had towing it with 3 sleds over Snoqualmie pass at 75mph was 11.5mpg.

ndmtnsledder · Mar 4, 2013

With no personal experience I could be wrong but I always figured a 8.5 with wheel wells inset wouldn't pull much harder then an inline. The biggest problem I've seen with them is they are usually heavier cause they are car haulers. I think my next one will be a vnose gooseneck 22ft box 8.5ft wide 6.5ft inside height. After switching from a 23ft 4000# bumper pull travel trailer to a 32ft 9000# fifthweel. Its a foot wider, 1.5ft taller, 5000#s heavier, my mpg stayed the same and I it feels so much easier to tow more stable and wind has less effect. I figure the comparison should transfer to an enclosed also.

NDFARMER95 · Mar 5, 2013

With the 8.5 wide there would be wheel wells inside. I figured with it being aluminum frame the weight would get offset. The only thing is the majority of the miles are 85 down interstate and say 12 with the inline vs 9.5 with a wide is a fairly decent difference going that far.

meathooker · Mar 5, 2013

i have a 28' x 8.5' x 6.5' (inside height) and love it. we can easily fit 5 sleds but 6 if really needed. can still pull it at 80 without a sweat. its nice to start the heater about 30 min from the parking lot and have a warm trailer when you get there; with enough room between the sleds for everyone to get dressed. also the trailer works for cars in the summer, rzr, etc ... heck i can even fit (3) long track sleds and a rzr xp.

if you get the 8.5 i doubt you'll ever say "i wish i got the small trailer" but if you get the narrow one i'd bet you occasionally would wish you had the wider.

butters77 · Mar 5, 2013

Fwiw... we went to west yellowstone last month which was 1800 round trip, had a 12 stroker pulling a deck over and an 08 dmax pulling an 8.5 x26 steel . We both averaged around 9

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NDFARMER95 · Mar 5, 2013

Meat I kinda see where your going with that one. Kinda leaning towards a 8.5x29 aluminum frame with 5200# axles but just wondering if that extra foot and a half in width makes a huge diffence for drag seeing there about the same height, length, and weight.

Were the pickups stock or deleted?

butters77 · Mar 5, 2013

Stockers

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ndmtnsledder · Mar 5, 2013

butters77 said:
Fwiw... we went to west yellowstone last month which was 1800 round trip, had a 12 stroker pulling a deck over and an 08 dmax pulling an 8.5 x26 steel . We both averaged around 9

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Not to start something but that kinda makes sense. The 12 stroker I'm assuming is a 6.7L . On a trip last winter we met some friends part way out west with a 08-09 dmax can't remember the exact year same size trailer but aluminum frame and one less sled then us. They were doing 70 and getting 9.5 we were doing 80 and getting 11 with my 6.7L with about 5k miles on it with more miles the mpg has improved. To me your example says a deck over pulls harder then a 8.5 with inset wheel wells.

revrider07 · Mar 5, 2013

I have the 12 6.7 and average 8 to 10 depending on fuel and wind with deck over. I have owned a 6.0 chev 08, 5.9 dodge 05, and a 03 duramax mpgs have been the 8 to 10 for 15 years on trucks I have owned. I have spent money on tuners and exhaust with no mpgs results when pulling. I have a buddy I sled with a 12 6.7 says he gets 12 pulling a car trailer. We took his truck and enclosed car trailer to Milwaukee to get a car and we got 9 funny how that works. With 12 ford after 70mph the economy is gone. I will own a 27 inline aluminum before next year since Polaris saved me 3500$.

NDFARMER95 · Mar 6, 2013

I've always known deckovers pull hard. But when we went we averaged like 11.5 or so with a deleted 6.7 cummins with a 7x29 inline all aluminum. Get like the same pulling a 36ft gooseneck horsetrailer that probably weighs 7000#. I know its not apples to apples. And I've always seen huge gains with getting rid of the emissions. Night and day difference on what I've seen.

revrider07 · Mar 6, 2013

Gooseneck horse trailers pull easier than a 4 place open and much easier than deck over. I will not spend any more money on mpg gimmicks on diesels when pulling them mpgs have has not increased maybe gain 1 to 2 mpgs empty but not worth the investment IMO.

2188 · Mar 6, 2013

12 Ram cummins....27(22+5v) 7 wide all aluminum, 4 sleds 670 miles to west yelowstone 9.3mpg...home stretch 30 mph tailwind 670 miles 12mpg...all at 80 mph. Same trip empty I made 13...FWIW.

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