Hello, I am looking for advice from some of you that have already gone down the "buying a first trailer" road. I have a 2011 Ford Expedition with the factory installed trailer hitch setup.
We are snow birds, retired and play the seasons. We live in Central Wisconsin in the summers and Florida in the winters. I have a Honda Gold Wing Trike that I want to have at both locations so I will need to buy an enclosed trailer for it. I will need at least a 6X9 trailer to fit the Trike into and that will be a little tight. The Trike weighs in at about 1100#. We will also be transporting some household items between each destination with the Trike but not a lot of extra stuff there so I would say less than 2000# total in the trailer any any given time.
I don't need something that's so big that it will need special hitches and braking system modifications on the Expedition. I am looking to keep this simple and manageable and easily trailer-able. I see enclosed trailers with single and double axles. Do double axles give you a smoother ride? I assume more weight carrying capability with the double axles? Do double axles needs additional braking requirements on the Expedition? On a Single axle with the drop down back door will it be easy to get a Trike into the trailer? Or is a double axle much more stable to prevent the whole trailer from rocking while loading and unloading the Trike ? (pendulum effect)
Sorry for all the questions but I haven't owned a trailer yet. I plan to buy a New trailer so we don't have any issues for quite some time. Right now I am not interested in highly modifying my Expedition (if at all possible) to accommodate my trailer so it rides correctly and is not A$$ heavy with ease of loading the trike into it being primary concern. Cost for going up in size are nominal and not the main consideration if I can get into something a few feet bigger without adverse towing issues without Expedition modifications.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance, Jim
We are snow birds, retired and play the seasons. We live in Central Wisconsin in the summers and Florida in the winters. I have a Honda Gold Wing Trike that I want to have at both locations so I will need to buy an enclosed trailer for it. I will need at least a 6X9 trailer to fit the Trike into and that will be a little tight. The Trike weighs in at about 1100#. We will also be transporting some household items between each destination with the Trike but not a lot of extra stuff there so I would say less than 2000# total in the trailer any any given time.
I don't need something that's so big that it will need special hitches and braking system modifications on the Expedition. I am looking to keep this simple and manageable and easily trailer-able. I see enclosed trailers with single and double axles. Do double axles give you a smoother ride? I assume more weight carrying capability with the double axles? Do double axles needs additional braking requirements on the Expedition? On a Single axle with the drop down back door will it be easy to get a Trike into the trailer? Or is a double axle much more stable to prevent the whole trailer from rocking while loading and unloading the Trike ? (pendulum effect)
Sorry for all the questions but I haven't owned a trailer yet. I plan to buy a New trailer so we don't have any issues for quite some time. Right now I am not interested in highly modifying my Expedition (if at all possible) to accommodate my trailer so it rides correctly and is not A$$ heavy with ease of loading the trike into it being primary concern. Cost for going up in size are nominal and not the main consideration if I can get into something a few feet bigger without adverse towing issues without Expedition modifications.
Any and all advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance, Jim
