Load Max gooseneck trailer??

[tractor12]

   Found a 22foot Load Max gooseneck trailer on farm sale. Auctioneer said it was 10 ton  , but has single tires upon inspection and 15000# GVWR.  Looks like new and also has hitch for semi  fifth wheel . My question is how much over load can you go. It is a two axle , single tire very heavy built trailer. Want to haul 8-9 ton backhoe at low speeds  from farm to farm  , township roads, not on highway or thru city or interstate.

also can use semi and or heavy 3/4 ton pickup if one is better on heavy loads.  Would i destroy it  or can the gooseneck handle it  ?    Not worried about weight limit for fines , just  for breaking  ramps or axles.  will it handle  it or should i stay away and buy the ten ton tandem dual wheel trailer.  thanks in advance. would be a nice trailer for everything else i would haul.

[pan ag]

If you are committed to overloading it, let's look at a few things before you buy.  The thing that will get you first is the tires.  See if their  weight ratings even adds up to 15,000#.  It may have a pair of 7,500# axles, but often they will put 2800# tires on pretty flimsy wheels, so you'd be maxed out tire wise at 11,200#.    Second, the trailer weighs at least 5,000#, so you've got maybe a 10,000# capacity.  If you carry 18,000# on it you will have to try to get as much weight on the truck as possible.  Might be too much for a 3/4 ton.  Slow and easy would be good and keep off the embargoed bridges.

[nwobcw]

I have a similar Big Tex trailer.  The weight rating on tire sidewalls don't add up to the 14K rating of the trailer.  I don't know the exact number and it's sitting in too much snow to go out and look but I remember looking at the tire rating when I bought it last summer. Get the dual wheeled 10 ton.

[nwobcw]

The weight rating on the tire sidewall states 3042#.  235-85-16 tires.  That's barely 6 ton.  Meaning at least a ton has to be supported by the truck.  I haven't weighed it but I estimate the trailer itself to weigh 4000#.