Problem isnt turning in the field, Its trying to get into the field to start with, narrow roads, narrow gates, just much more convenient, there are plenty of guys that are running 26ft and 28 ft trailers in our area, its basically the norm, very rare to see anybody over 30, expecially a 36 or even a 42, According to my math on the bridge formula i can be at 74,250 lbs total Gross vehicle weight, so figure a truck weighs in the 15,000 area, a 28' neville trailer weighs 9100 lbs which would allow for 50,150 lbs of grain divided by 60lbs wheat would be over 800 bushels, which is more then you can even get on a 28' trailer, usually probley only haul 700 to 750. More then likely im going to be hard pressed even getting to 72,000 lbs. All my trips are usually at most 15 miles to town. Not to worried about the bridge formula..........also not to worried about getting to 80,000 lbs. A bigger trailer then 28' really doesn't do me much good, maybe a 30', it would allow me to harvest longer to start and to end with, but we only have a 400 bushel grain cart and itll take us around 2:30 hours as it is to fill a 28' trailer harvesting 7.5 acres an hour with our 1460, saving money on a trailer and going with a bigger grain cart, or perhaps going with two cheaper smaller trucks and trailers would be more benefical because the biggest thing we run into is 3 hour wait lines at the elevator, at that point it really doesnt matter how big your truck is if its sitting in line, haveing a second truck or bigger grain cart helps you more, just another couple points that 28' is a good fit for the money, no need to spend anymore on a bigger trailer that is hard to maneuver with and doesn't increase capacity that much.
Thanks for the advice though, if i get the acres and the bins to store grain and a more experienced driver, then ill consider a bigger trailer.
