Birdmayon
Silver Member
Looking for new equipment trailer - aluminum or galvanized?!?
I致e currently got a 7k landscaping trailer that is a total POS. It is bent and rusted and just too far gone for me to put time or money into it. I知 looking for a 10k trailer, 16-18 ft, preferably with the equipment style ramps with built in supports. I壇 sort of settled on a Big Tex ET10, really nice trailer, however it is painted. I don稚 have a barn or garage to store it in. Was thinking about building a carport style roof to park it under, but I don稚 really feel like messing with that, nor do I want to look at it everyday. So then I started looking at aluminum and galvanized equipment trailers that I could potentially just leave out in the weather uncovered. H and H makes a really nice looking 10k 18 ft trailer and Load Rite makes a galvanized 10k 18 ft trailer. I致e read about concerns of eventual cracking with aluminum trailers (although a lot of folks have had great luck with them as well ). I will only be using the trailer occasionally, maybe 6 times a year. I may use it more often in the future if I start off-roading my Jeep. Doubt that stress cracking in aluminum would ever be an issue for me but who knows. The galvanized trailer seems to have everything going for it, longevity of steel but rust proof. But I don稚 know how good galvanization really is. I probably should致e started off by saying that I HATE rust. Looking to get a trailer that will last me a LONG time, and wanted to hear opinions on aluminum vs galvanized steel, and any personal experiences with H&H or Load Rite brands.
I致e currently got a 7k landscaping trailer that is a total POS. It is bent and rusted and just too far gone for me to put time or money into it. I知 looking for a 10k trailer, 16-18 ft, preferably with the equipment style ramps with built in supports. I壇 sort of settled on a Big Tex ET10, really nice trailer, however it is painted. I don稚 have a barn or garage to store it in. Was thinking about building a carport style roof to park it under, but I don稚 really feel like messing with that, nor do I want to look at it everyday. So then I started looking at aluminum and galvanized equipment trailers that I could potentially just leave out in the weather uncovered. H and H makes a really nice looking 10k 18 ft trailer and Load Rite makes a galvanized 10k 18 ft trailer. I致e read about concerns of eventual cracking with aluminum trailers (although a lot of folks have had great luck with them as well ). I will only be using the trailer occasionally, maybe 6 times a year. I may use it more often in the future if I start off-roading my Jeep. Doubt that stress cracking in aluminum would ever be an issue for me but who knows. The galvanized trailer seems to have everything going for it, longevity of steel but rust proof. But I don稚 know how good galvanization really is. I probably should致e started off by saying that I HATE rust. Looking to get a trailer that will last me a LONG time, and wanted to hear opinions on aluminum vs galvanized steel, and any personal experiences with H&H or Load Rite brands.
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