Does anyone know the weight capacity for the spindles/hubs of the rear
of a dodge minivan. I am building a trailer. Are they equivalent to
the common 1750 lbs spindle/hubs made for utility trailers?

On Apr 1, 8:39 am, mark wrote:
Does anyone know the weight capacity for the spindles/hubs of the rear
of a dodge minivan. I am building a trailer. Are they equivalent to
the common 1750 lbs spindle/hubs made for utility trailers?


Would it be fair to say the axle can take 1/2 of the vehicle GVWR on
the door placard? That'd be easy info to find.

Dave

mark wrote:

Does anyone know the weight capacity for the spindles/hubs of the rear
of a dodge minivan. I am building a trailer. Are they equivalent to
the common 1750 lbs spindle/hubs made for utility trailers?

I'd look at the sticker on the driver side door. I *think* gvwr is put
there.

Wes
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wrote:
On Apr 1, 8:39 am, mark wrote:
Does anyone know the weight capacity for the spindles/hubs of the rear
of a dodge minivan. I am building a trailer. Are they equivalent to
the common 1750 lbs spindle/hubs made for utility trailers?


Would it be fair to say the axle can take 1/2 of the vehicle GVWR on
the door placard? That'd be easy info to find.

Dave

More likely 2/3 or 3/4, assuming that the thing would get loaded more
toward the rear. Certainly if you design for 1/2 you'd be safe.

I wouldn't count on them being equivalent to anything other than the
rear axle in the same year and model of Dodge minivan -- Dodge isn't
exactly buying them off the shelf, so you can just plan on it being
custom-engineered for that vehicle.

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On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 05:39:07 -0700 (PDT), mark
wrote:

Does anyone know the weight capacity for the spindles/hubs of the rear
of a dodge minivan. I am building a trailer. Are they equivalent to
the common 1750 lbs spindle/hubs made for utility trailers?

The number you want is "Gross Axle Weight Rating - Rear" on the
vehicle data sticker in the door jamb. I'm not going to guess because
it varies greatly between models and years.

-- Bruce --

mark wrote in news:3efb3672-ec49-47f7-b02a-
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Does anyone know the weight capacity for the spindles/hubs of the rear
of a dodge minivan. I am building a trailer. Are they equivalent to
the common 1750 lbs spindle/hubs made for utility trailers?

I don't know specifically, but I do know one will take 3x 588 mile trips up
north with the van so loaded it was sitting solidly on the bump stops - all
suspension movement gone. Bit of a rough ride..but not too bad, and the van
ran another 50K miles after that.

--
Anthony

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