Trying to figure out the label? How much it weighs & maximum capacity? Thanks for any help!
there is a rock yard near us that has a platform drive on scale that could weigh our trailer if we wanted.
We have used them to weigh the horses as we were wanting to verify the weight tapes were using , they charge $1 a head (tapes were pretty close for our horses)
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I have been able to find each of my trailers’ weights and capacities by checking their specifications on the manufacturers’ web sites.
What is the brand and model of your trailer?
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Based on the info that @axl found and your trailer’s tags, it looks like the combo weight of trailer empty (3500lbs) and contents shouldn’t exceed 7000lbs. So your horses and any gear put inside the trailer shouldn’t exceed 3500lbs as well to stay under the 7000lbs total.
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It was a Custom Adams 7’8, it’s a huge BP. I haven’t seen another like it, even on their website.
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7000 is the max weight on the axles. BUT, remember that part of the weight is carried on the hitch. So, with a BP, you might figure10-15% or so. This means that the axles of the trailer will support safely up to 7700 lbs or so. That’s probably a 14’ trailer so the actual weight of the trailer is roughly 3500, 250X14. This gives you 4200 lbs of load. That’s 2 seriously big, fat, horses plus your gear.
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Since tongue weight on the hitch has been mentioned, a really significant percentage of the tack and other things loaded into the front of the bumper pull trailer will be resting on the hitch, You can’t make the horses stand and further back to counter-balance and you need to be careful that tongue weight when loaded is below the rating for your hitch.
I bought a WeighSafe hitch with a built in scale and found that my re-locating my fender mounded spare tire to the tack room increased my trailer’s tongue weight by 50 pounds, just by itself. Toss a few hay bales in with the tack to take to a show, and I’d have an unsafe towing situation.
Of course, that also will open the weight-distributing hitch discussion.
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A weight distribution hitch is always good.
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My 2H BP TW empty is nearly 18%, it’s typically higher for a horse trailer vs. other BP trailer types. Empty, my TW is 500lbs. It nearly doubles to almost 1,000lbs when fully loaded with two horses for an away show or trip.
As mentioned above, the ball, hitch and hitch receiver on a truck should always be checked but receivers are oft forgotten, ya gotta get on the ground and look under your bumper to find the sticker. Fun/scary fact: most half tons have receivers with a max WC TW of 500lbs.
I created a spreadsheet to plug in numbers when I messed around hauling with a half ton to figure out my lowest common demominator, feel free to create a copy and play around if anyone is interested.
Be safe out there!
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I have not worked with Adams. But I bought a used Equispirit trailer. Equispirit has been fabulous about answering questions about their trailer.
Have you considered asking Adams Trailers? They may be a great source of information. Go to the source
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Yep this! I have an older Equispirit and contacted the company, I gave them the VIN and they were able to tell me the weight
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I tried contacting Adam’s and never heard back. 
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Adam calculates trailer weight at around 255/ft. So, yours is around 3570 empty.
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