All Aluminum Equipment Trailer

Rara Avis · Nov 6, 2008

Lanchester Trailer :: Equipment Trailer Sales

This trailer weighs only 3,050 lbs. empty and carries a GVW of 14,000 lbs.

NOT CHEAP...6172 LanChester Price: $13,500

wkpoor · Nov 7, 2008

I almost went that route including the Brazilian hardwood deck. Could have got mine done for a little of 10K dollars custom built locally. Still seemed alot for occasional home use. That is actually only about 1200lbs. lighter than my 20+4 with self cleaning dove and 10" main beams. Oh yeh but double the price. I suppose if a guy really needs the extra payload capacity and didn't want to jump to a tandem dully it might make sense. My other question is about winter salt on all that purdy aluminum.

Builder · Nov 7, 2008

You know the old saying about aluminum: "half the weight-twice the price"

I would think that trailer would be an excellent choice for a guy hauling with a dually that needs all the capacity he can possibly get.

Ductape · Nov 7, 2008

I looked at those in person as there is a dealer about twenty miles from me. I thought they were NICE ! I really like the 24' tilt deck deckover.... if it had 6000lb axles instead of 5s, it would be ideal. Affording it is a different issue altogether though........

QRTRHRS · Nov 7, 2008

Hopefully, we will not get into that old debate over commercial/non commercial but that old magic number, 10,000 pounds comes to mind. I would think the market for that trailer is pretty limited.

Diamondpilot · Nov 7, 2008

We are seeing a lot more aluminum trailers in the boating world. I sold a 42' trailer to a guy to haul his 38' Baja. It had 6x6 wood bunks and 3 6K axles sporting 15" wheels. Anyway we backed it in to the water deeply the first time to adjust the bunks and put the boat on and the darn thing floated up. The tires and the wood bunks were enough to make it float if put in deep. Once everything was set up right it was fine and he swears by it. He pulls the boat with GM 2500 Dmax and it does a much better job than his old steel trailer that weighed nearly twice as much. He now has his load down to the 12-13K mark and with the addition of air bags to his truck all is fine.

As for salt and grime he drops the boat off at the lake in the spring and we dock it for him overnight. He then takes the trailer to the truck wash place and they give it a acid bath for about $150. It comes back looking like chrome and better than new.

Chris

john_bud · Nov 8, 2008

QRTRHRS said:
Hopefully, we will not get into that old debate over commercial/non commercial but that old magic number, 10,000 pounds comes to mind. I would think the market for that trailer is pretty limited.

There is only any "magic" about the 10,001 pounds when your towing vehicle is over 26,000 pounds. It's a point that many are confuslated about.

jb

LBrown59 · Nov 8, 2008

Ductape said:
I looked at those in person as there is a dealer about twenty miles from me. I thought they were NICE !
*I really like the 24' tilt deck deckover.... if it had 6000lb axles instead of 5s, it would be ideal.

Affording it is a different issue altogether though........

It also needs a dump bed and a roll back feature.

Builder · Nov 8, 2008

john_bud said:
There is only any "magic" about the 10,001 pounds when your towing vehicle is over 26,000 pounds. It's a point that many are confuslated about.

jb

You mean when the trailer is 10,001 lbs and the combination of vehicles is over 26,001lbs

For example, you would be required to have a class A CDL if you were driving a GMC5500 (GVWR 19,500lbs) and towing a 11,000lb trailer.

However, no airbrake endorsement is required.