4 long tracks on a 20' floe open trailer

[Bocephus]

i am looking for an open 4 place trailer. im not finding much in my area except a 20' (plus the V) floe trailer. will 4 153-155'' sleds fit on this thing without hanging off too far?

 

[CO 2.0]

Looks similar to my 4 place Bear Tracks trailer 20ft open. With two Cat M8 162's front and back, the back one hangs off ~14" of track. 153's should be under 10" off the back. Plenty of space for what you're looking for.

 

[Bocephus]

Looks similar to my 4 place Bear Tracks trailer 20ft open. With two Cat M8 162's front and back, the back one hangs off ~14" of track. 153's should be under 10" off the back. Plenty of space for what you're looking for.

yikes...didnt think it would be that far...

 

[CO 2.0]

It's really a non issue for me. Never had any issues and don't see any potential issues either unless you like to back into things...

 

[Bocephus]

it has the floe "patent ski clamps" with it. they are a quick clamp that you dont need to turn on to tighten (or so the seller says, im not quite sure how they work.) if this is the case, i wonder if a guy could put the ski clamps behind the spindles rather than the front.....thus moving each sled forward 9-12''..........?

see pages 10-11 http://www.floeintl.com/assets/pdf/500-95500-00.pdf

 

[CO 2.0]

Looks like a T channel design just like mine. If so you should be able to move the tie downs anywhere you want on the trailer.

 

[niles]

I have a 20' floe and i normaly haul 2 146 and 2 154 and they hang over very minimal. Mine has the t track so i can keep em pretty tight.

 

[Coldfinger]

If you put the clamps behind the spindle there is a lot less to prevent the sled from sliding off the front of the trailer in the event of an accident or otherwise abrupt stop.

 

[MORSNO]

yikes...didnt think it would be that far...

Measure your sleds. A 153/155" sled is 11' long. Momma told me to never do public math, but I think that is around 2' longer than a 20' trailer without loading them tightly together.

 

[Blk88GT]

it has the floe "patent ski clamps" with it. they are a quick clamp that you dont need to turn on to tighten (or so the seller says, im not quite sure how they work.) if this is the case, i wonder if a guy could put the ski clamps behind the spindles rather than the front.....thus moving each sled forward 9-12''..........?

see pages 10-11 http://www.floeintl.com/assets/pdf/500-95500-00.pdf

I had a Floe trailer with this system. I don't know how you would save space doing this, but you could put the clamp anywhere. I wouldn't do it though.

I did find that the rears of the sleds needed some help to stay put, so I welded a nut to a plate and screwed it to the bottom of the deck and drilled a hole through. I used a third tie bar and some all thread and clamped the skidframes down with it. Worked great!

 

[Nytroty]

We have made at least 20 trips out west with our 20' floe... We have even had 5 on it several times. Just as long as they are straped down good it's not that big of a deal if some hangs off the back... We have had up to 3 feet sticking off the back and as long as they were straped down good they didn't go anywhere! You will be toatlly fine with 4.

 

[Bocephus]

thanks guys

 

[Highmarker]

Yep, have an enclosed with only a 20' box and fit 2 162's and 2 154's. It's tight, but they fit...with an open you will definatly not have a problem. My two place open has a 10' box, so they hang out about 6 inches....never been a problem. You can also slide them up into the v several inches to gain space. Thats what we do with the enclosed. No biggie