GreatWhitehunter
Veteran Member
I need a little help deciding which trailer type to go with.
I had started a thread a little while back on deck over widths and thought I was set on the deckover.
I had planned to buy new and order it as I wanted but found a deal on what looked to be an ideal deckover. So last week I made a 4 hr journey to central NY to purchase the trailer. It was a 20' PJ deckover 16'+3' 14k 2006 model. The seller assured me it was in excellent condition although the pics were really poor but being that the seller seemed techo challenged I gave the benefit of the doubt. Upon arrival it was obvious the trailer was in poor shape. PC peeling off in sheets,deck and tires all used up. And then I come to the hitch channel. All mangled up to where I would be able to use it on the lowest holes as I need for a 1 ton.
So after telling him no thanks I began the trip back, I decided at that point I wasn't going mess with someone else's issues and I'd order a new trailer.
I really wasn't fond of how high the deck was and it seemed to me that my 110 TLB would be sorta top heavy on a deckover. The deckover's also seem to weigh more than low pro's and cost more. I had thought the deckover would make the trailer more versatile for uses other than tractor hauling, which is what pushed me towards the deckover in the first place.
Over the weekend I came across a new Cam Superline low pro split tilt that really caught my eye. Of course the trailer available isn't long enough so I sought quotes for a custom ordered unit. I was pleasantly surprised at the price today of just under 7K. That's for a 21' low pro with fork pockets 12k jack painted NH blue( matches the truck) 16k derated to 14k to stay under 26k combined 10 week lead time delivered. The width is 81" so the only attachment that I'd need to watch would be the 8' Woods rake. And best of all Cam doesn't use powder coat so touch up won't be an issue.
I'm thinking this trailer would really serve my purposes well as it'll easily hold palletized items as well as logs and other misc items it haven't thought of yet.
Cam does do some unusual stuff on the gvw, what I mean is they factor in the tongue weight to the gvw. So two 7k axles rate the trailer for 16k, two 6k axles get a gvw of 13800. This is the first manufacture I've noticed rate this way. With the 110 weighing in at 8k roughly and liking to take extra attachments I'm opting for the 14k gvw which they'd normally rate at 16k.
Anybody have any words of wisdom before I place the order?:confused3:
I've never struggled with this kind of purchase before but this one is really causing me headaches.
Matt
I had started a thread a little while back on deck over widths and thought I was set on the deckover.
I had planned to buy new and order it as I wanted but found a deal on what looked to be an ideal deckover. So last week I made a 4 hr journey to central NY to purchase the trailer. It was a 20' PJ deckover 16'+3' 14k 2006 model. The seller assured me it was in excellent condition although the pics were really poor but being that the seller seemed techo challenged I gave the benefit of the doubt. Upon arrival it was obvious the trailer was in poor shape. PC peeling off in sheets,deck and tires all used up. And then I come to the hitch channel. All mangled up to where I would be able to use it on the lowest holes as I need for a 1 ton.
So after telling him no thanks I began the trip back, I decided at that point I wasn't going mess with someone else's issues and I'd order a new trailer.
I really wasn't fond of how high the deck was and it seemed to me that my 110 TLB would be sorta top heavy on a deckover. The deckover's also seem to weigh more than low pro's and cost more. I had thought the deckover would make the trailer more versatile for uses other than tractor hauling, which is what pushed me towards the deckover in the first place.
Over the weekend I came across a new Cam Superline low pro split tilt that really caught my eye. Of course the trailer available isn't long enough so I sought quotes for a custom ordered unit. I was pleasantly surprised at the price today of just under 7K. That's for a 21' low pro with fork pockets 12k jack painted NH blue( matches the truck) 16k derated to 14k to stay under 26k combined 10 week lead time delivered. The width is 81" so the only attachment that I'd need to watch would be the 8' Woods rake. And best of all Cam doesn't use powder coat so touch up won't be an issue.
I'm thinking this trailer would really serve my purposes well as it'll easily hold palletized items as well as logs and other misc items it haven't thought of yet.
Cam does do some unusual stuff on the gvw, what I mean is they factor in the tongue weight to the gvw. So two 7k axles rate the trailer for 16k, two 6k axles get a gvw of 13800. This is the first manufacture I've noticed rate this way. With the 110 weighing in at 8k roughly and liking to take extra attachments I'm opting for the 14k gvw which they'd normally rate at 16k.
Anybody have any words of wisdom before I place the order?:confused3:
I've never struggled with this kind of purchase before but this one is really causing me headaches.
Matt
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