Mower Trailer Question - Anyone own or used a dove-tail utility trailer?

[Beltzington]

I already have an 18' car hauler but it is to big to keep in my back yard and it is a 100-mile round trip to pick it up from where I keep it so I am looking at a 5.5x12 foot utility trailer to haul my mower or UTV. I have rented a 6x12 utility trailer from TSC and discovered my mower deck drags when loading or unloading, not real bad, but I would prefer it not happen. While searching online I found a manufacturer that builds utility trailers with a two-foot dove-tail, it also come with a shorter 3-foot ramp.

Heartland Trailer Manufacturing - Home

Will a two-foot dove tail on this small trailer make loading/unloading easier or is this just a marketing gimmick?

 

[bcp]

I really like tilt trailers.

219 Aluma | 5.5'x12' | Utility Tilt Trailer | Single Axle | Aluminum 8256 | Lone Star Trailers

Bruce

 

[Beltzington]

I really like tilt trailers. Bruce

Have far do you have to drive up the deck before it "gently" lowers you to level? Also that is 2+ times the $1200 I was hoping to spend.

 

[travlitt]

I already have an 18' car hauler but it is to big to keep in my back yard and it is a 100-mile round trip to pick it up from where I keep it so I am looking at a 5.5x12 foot utility trailer to haul my mower or UTV. I have rented a 6x12 utility trailer from TSC and discovered my mower deck drags when loading or unloading, not real bad, but I would prefer it not happen. While searching online I found a manufacturer that builds utility trailers with a two-foot dove-tail, it also come with a shorter 3-foot ramp.

Heartland Trailer Manufacturing - Home

Will a two-foot dove tail on this small trailer make loading/unloading easier or is this just a marketing gimmick?

Why couldn't buy a 5.5x12 trailer and you build a 2' dove-tail for it?

 

[bcp]

Have far do you have to drive up the deck before it "gently" lowers you to level? Also that is 2+ times the $1200 I was hoping to spend.

That was just the first sample I found in your size. My tilt trailer is smaller but so much easier to use than ramps. It tips when the center of gravity of whatever it is passes the hinge point.

Bruce