can someone tell me the tongue weight of an empty m105 trailer???

[leeinmemphis]

Hey everyone,

I'm picking up a truck/trailer on Friday. The seller had an m105 that he offered to me for a fair price so I chose to purchase it. The trailer has bows, sideboards and a tarp that could probably stand to be replaced. My main question is this: the trailer is missing the front jack assembly and I am trying to figure out how to handle it. When I get it home I plan to unhook it from the truck and am planning on using a hi lift jack to get it off the truck but I'm trying to figure out how heavy the tongue weight is(typically handled by one person?) so I can have something for the tongue to rest on.

 

[gimpyrobb]

Nope, one person is not a good idea to handle it by them self.

 

[leeinmemphis]

do you have any idea how much tongue weight would be for one that's empty? I would like to weld up a tongue stand before I go pick it up but don't know how heavy I need to make it.

 

[Shoprat 19th Engr]

use a floor jack , 20 inch 4x4 and a jack stand and you can do this yourself

 

[Csm Davis]

Lee never checked it but rough 300lbs

 

[Thunder in NWOR]

For standard M105A2, not loaded: 310 pounds on pintle.
With landing gear assembly removed, its much less.
Without landing gear assembly, I moved mine around on the driveway by myself, (not very far - ha!!!).

 

[swbradley1]

Yep, 300 or so pounds sounds about right. Younger I worked out with twice that, now, no way. I use a 4 foot farm jack. A real Hi-Lift jack.

 

[leeinmemphis]

thanks guys. I have a plan......we'll see how well or bad it works out lol