Deckover Trailer opinions and options

[bcp]

Now that ^^^ is a versatile trailer!

And being pulled with one of those trucks we can't get in the USA!



Bruce

 

[newbury]

<snip> Your truck should be fine when loaded properly so you can leave all that load equalizer crap to the camping crowd.

Unless your hitch requires a WD for over x,000 lbs. My hitch is rated to 12.5K with WD, 5K without. I got a WD rather than a new hitch.

 

[RedNeckRacin]

I think you need to look up your truck ratings and find a trailer that will get you the most bang for the buck. What I mean is, a 25+5 10 ton GN with tandem duals looks great, but they are heavy enough that your not going to have much capacity left over to legally carry around. If you found a nice lightweight Quality or appalachian trailer (I personally don't like either one since they are so lightly built) then you should be able to get a respectable payload on it and not be dragging around an anchor when empty. I sold my BP trailer last year becase it sat around rusting away. I am running my 20+5 Moritz with an adjustable tail now and it does almost everything I need. I can get that thing into places a small bp would have trouble with. Being able to turn past 90* is something a BP will NEVER do. (although I never do it loaded) The ease of loading and unloading from a deckover is great. If your really concerned with the height, they have low profile trailers that pierce the main beam to get you a couple inches lower. It really does make a difference when your climbing the tail to get up on the deck.

 

[ovrszd]

I think you need to look up your truck ratings and find a trailer that will get you the most bang for the buck. What I mean is, a 25+5 10 ton GN with tandem duals looks great, but they are heavy enough that your not going to have much capacity left over to legally carry around. If you found a nice lightweight Quality or appalachian trailer (I personally don't like either one since they are so lightly built) then you should be able to get a respectable payload on it and not be dragging around an anchor when empty. I sold my BP trailer last year becase it sat around rusting away. I am running my 20+5 Moritz with an adjustable tail now and it does almost everything I need. I can get that thing into places a small bp would have trouble with. Being able to turn past 90* is something a BP will NEVER do. (although I never do it loaded) The ease of loading and unloading from a deckover is great. If your really concerned with the height, they have low profile trailers that pierce the main beam to get you a couple inches lower. It really does make a difference when your climbing the tail to get up on the deck.

Yep, I agree about the weight. My 28+4 dual wheeled GN weighs 6850lbs. You don't gain as much payload as you'd think. But,,,, after blowing a tire at 75mph with two Jeep Buggies on I won't go back to a lighter single wheel trailer.

The ability to turn a GN around also appeals to me, as well as how smooth they pull. My learning curve was that they shortcut more than a Bumper Pull trailer.

I've got both types and pull the GN most. I can't back a BP trailer for squat now......

 

[MBTRAC]

And being pulled with one of those trucks we can't get in the USA!



Bruce

Interesting perspective, being that "DownUnder" us Aussies also admire the trucks we can't get buy locally that you guys have in the USA - F series, Rams & the like.........:thumbsup:

 

[RedNeckRacin]

Yep, I agree about the weight. My 28+4 dual wheeled GN weighs 6850lbs. You don't gain as much payload as you'd think. But,,,, after blowing a tire at 75mph with two Jeep Buggies on I won't go back to a lighter single wheel trailer.

The ability to turn a GN around also appeals to me, as well as how smooth they pull. My learning curve was that they shortcut more than a Bumper Pull trailer.

I've got both types and pull the GN most. I can't back a BP trailer for squat now......

I def agree about the single wheel trailers. I'm really ready to upgrade to a tandem 12k axle 40 footer with a hydraulic tail when the budget allows but for the money they want for them, id almost be money ahead to just buy a older semi and drop deck trailer. The 10 ton GN trailers are so heavy that if you get the 10k axles, you really dont gain much payload for alot bigger trailer. Its funny you mention about backing the BP up, I used to be pretty proficient with them, now its almost comical after having the GN for so long.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I def agree about the single wheel trailers. I'm really ready to upgrade to a tandem 12k axle 40 footer with a hydraulic tail when the budget allows but for the money they want for them, id almost be money ahead to just buy a older semi and drop deck trailer. The 10 ton GN trailers are so heavy that if you get the 10k axles, you really dont gain much payload for alot bigger trailer. Its funny you mention about backing the BP up, I used to be pretty proficient with them, now its almost comical after having the GN for so long.

I personally hate dual wheels. I had a 25'+5' GN with 12K axles.

Maintaining it was a pain and tires were tough to find. My current trailer is a tri axle. Same load capacity, normal 16" tires, simple to do bearings and brakes on, ect.

And no, tire scrub is not a issue. It pivots around the center axles. No worse than my tandem trailer.

Chris

 

[RedNeckRacin]

DP, I think you and I are just going to have to agree to disagree.


I prefer duallies (For towing heavy, they aren't much for daily driving), tandem duals, hydraulic or adjustable beaver tails with fold down ramps, and Goosenecks(Though with the prices of the bigger ones, I'm think a semi trailer is in my future). Your experiences tell you different and thats fine. We will just have to argue it out.

:stirthepot:

 

[brain55]

I def agree about the single wheel trailers. I'm really ready to upgrade to a tandem 12k axle 40 footer with a hydraulic tail when the budget allows but for the money they want for them, id almost be money ahead to just buy a older semi and drop deck trailer. The 10 ton GN trailers are so heavy that if you get the 10k axles, you really dont gain much payload for alot bigger trailer. Its funny you mention about backing the BP up, I used to be pretty proficient with them, now its almost comical after having the GN for so long.

Isn't that the truth, I joke that I used to be able to parallel park my bp trailer. Now after having my gn for 5 years I get all crossed up with a bp.

Brian

 

[MBTRAC]

Following on from my post#9 & acknowledging the photo's below of one of our specialised trailers is far larger than probably what the originator of this thread had on mind, conceptually we are also considering building something similar in a smaller c.5T scale dual axle single wheel set up to move our skid steers around - IMO for fast ease of (relatively) safe/stable loading it's hard to beat (by lowering the ramp approach angle, minimising the ramp length & for track machines eliminating the ramp over tilt/balance - this set up lessens/eliminates the highest risk areas of the loading cycle being the source of most accidents/injury when relocating machinery )->