First flatbed

I worked for a company that East flatbeds for a while. If that trailer is the same model as we had, good luck keeping the lights working. Wiring harnesses where too short or something. By the time we had those trailers a year or two the wiring harnesses were trash. Every time you loaded the trailer heavy enough to flatten the arch you could watch lights go out. Then it was time to find the broken wires and splice it up. Happened all the time. And it seems the arch would flatten really easy on those trailers too. I wasnt impressed by East trailers. I wouldn't buy one.

 

Once hooked up to the trailer you measure from the center of the front drive axle to the center of the rear trailer axle then look at your state's bridge weight chart. If that distance is good for 68k you are good to go.

 

I thought he meant the same thing, about concentrated loads on the trailer.

 

Quality advise!

 

@Hogleg

Buy it. Use it.

Who owned it and how it was used is far more important than brand at this age and price point. Don't let the lack of abs worry you in the least and for the love of all things high and holy don't worry about the lights. Minor repairs are expected with equipment at this age; rest assured the wiring harness is all stretched out and relaxed by now.

 

Plus remember your truck doesn't have it either.

BTW, what did you wind up doing with the frame and rear axles?

 

I'm guessing the best idea would be to take the sleeve off the frame, bead blast it to get rid of the Rust, and put it back together with a new crossmember. That probably is the least expensive and labor intensive way of going about it.

 

That's what I'd do... Take the sleeve off, pound off the rust chunks, and then abrasive blast it. But I'd just weld up the old crossmember instead of getting a new one... but, that's just me.