Backhoe-Pro trailer opinion

[prawnfarmer]

Information appreciated by anyone familiar with Econoline's Backhoe-Pro trailers and the Multi-Max suspension. I'm looking at an used, 10 ton,20+5 pintle hitch model. Any maintenance problems with the inside tires/brakes/axle alignments, etc?
 

[Jim Plunkett]

Run fast & don't look back.
 

[prawnfarmer]

Hmmm . . . that bad, huh?
I can see where checking air pressure (let alone changing out a flat on the insides) would be more difficult that dual tandems but didn't know about keeping the bogies aligned or how the trailers hold up in general.
 

[JDseller]

The worst thing about these is that any flat and you are stuck until you fix it. The ones I have seen have a pivot on each set of wheels that equalize them inside to out. If you have a flat the axle pivots the flat one to the ground. Plus the inside wheels are a real pain to change, really bad when loaded.

You should be able to find conventional dauled tandems worth the money right now. I have seen several here in Iowa for the low 4k range. Trail King is a common brand.
 

[prawnfarmer]

Yeah, the novelty is now fading real fast as I think about laying under a loaded trailer in the mud trying to change a flat tire.
Its at the tail end of the year, I need a trailer and I must be grasping at straws.
 

[caterpillar guy]

Could just change the axles out for ones that go through and head off the problem up front. If the trailer is cheap enough.
 

[VicS]

Like they say run! don"t look back. My cousin had one of these 4 axle trailers. My truck could hardly pull it on a crowned road. I guess the road is softer in the middle. It was a hoot to just check the air in the middle tires. Vic
 

[tractor vin]

did you find a trailer yet? where do you live? I have a brand new pintel forsale only selling it because I was able to get a gooseneck