Only Experience Can Answer This...

How wide does a wedge have to be to load a dually?

Doing a quick search, the width of the rear wheels of almost any dually I can find is 96". So is it safe to say the trailer needs to have runners that are at least 96" from outer edge to outer edge? Or can it be 90" and have 3" of each rear outer tire poking out?

Or worse, does the trailer need to be 102" wide because you need SOME clearance (roughly 3") on each side of the outer rear wheels?

I am about to have a trailer fabricated...and I HAVE to be able to put ONE dually on it for a particular client'm-

Whoever answers this...please...no guessing. I need to KNOW. Besides the obvious risk involved, the cost to widen the runners, more steel, more weight of the trailer etc.

 

You misunderstand what I am asking. I am aware of the 3 common widths of trailers. None of them have a line in their specs or pitch that says (hypothetically) "Trailer Width: 96in (Capable of Hauling DRW Vehicles)"

Another person may argue that "Hey, The3SomeTrailer, what are you, an idiot? If the outer rear wheels on a vehicle you wish to haul are 98in wide, and your trailer is 90in wide, you're gonna have 4in of your clients wheel hanging off, thats a no can do buddy"...and my question, and this is me being brutally ignorant of something that very well may be common sense to other people, is whether having those outer wheels sticking off, but the inner wheels on the runners, is ok, no biggie.

Was that better, or clearer?

Is there a law, or rule, or ordinance, or common sense thing that says, "both wheels have o sit completely on the runner"?

 

I appreciate the info, but it doesn't answer what I need to find out. Again, my question may not have a numerical answer, it may be a common sense one.

With a 2-3 car wedge trailer, being pulled by a Ford Super Duty, If you wanted to load a F350 DRW (dually) onto your wedge trailer, and the outermost width of the Dually's tires are 96"; how wide does the wedge need to be? Is it the common sense, instinctual answer of "96in"? Or are 90in wide runners ok, and it is ok that the outer wheels on the dually tires stick out?

 

bingo! thats what I needed.