Come On Load Trail - You Can Do Better

[strantor]

A local dealer carries Load Trail and they looked like good trailers on the surface.

Did you look any deeper? I did, and I didn't like what I saw.

 

[Timm250]

A local dealer carries Load Trail and they looked like good trailers on the surface. I was looking for used and bought a 2008 M&M that is no longer in business. I do like our 22' tilt trailer with two 7K axles and how it handles. Ramps and I do not mix for several physical reasons.

Was that M&M out of Sikeston MO?

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Did you look any deeper? I did, and I didn't like what I saw.

No. I drove past them and went to the office to ask about used trailers.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Was that M&M out of Sikeston MO?

Yes. A Heartland dealer in Goreville Illinois had it listed on VCI out of Paducah KY.

He told me M&M history. It still has fair thread on the factory tires and was about half the price of a new Heartland 14K tilt . It has a damping cylinder so it doesn't slam in either direction if I move too fast going off or on that I like.

 

[Timm250]

Yes. A Heartland dealer in Goreville Illinois had it listed on VCI out of Paducah KY.

He told me M&M history. It still has fair thread on the factory tires and was about half the price of a new Heartland 14K tilt . It has a damping cylinder so it doesn't slam in either direction if I move too fast going off or on that I like.

I have a 25' goose neck I bought from M&M in 2000. It's well built & a good trailer.

 

[fried1765]

Well it violates sound business practices to hire 'non working' workers.

They made it legal but other wise there would be little tobacco grown in KY if non USA citizens were not willing to work in that industry.

Therefore: I it is LOGICAL/NECESSARY to break the law.....to grow tobacco!
So now I understand.
What other laws do you recommend be broken?

 

[two_bit_score]

Therefore: I it is LOGICAL/NECESSARY to break the law.....to grow tobacco!
So now I understand.
What other laws do you recommend be broken?

We could rob a lot more banks if it wasn’t illegal?



TBS

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Therefore: I it is LOGICAL/NECESSARY to break the law.....to grow tobacco!
So now I understand.
What other laws do you recommend be broken?

Why do you say it is LOGICAL/NECESSARY to break the law?

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I have a 25' goose neck I bought from M&M in 2000. It's well built & a good trailer.

The first think I did was to get it up to 80 for a short distance and it pulled smoothly. It still has tires on it that are as old as the trailer. It is a bumper pull since that is the way our trucks are set up. While my truck max rating is 11.2K under ideal conditions I wanted to get a 14K rated trailer so I never have pull and overloaded trailer since it has always been the other way around.

I wanted tilt so I never had to deal with ramps again. Today I saw a guy back off his trailer and he cut too hard and one of his front tires when off the ramp. The noise got my attention because the bounce was no small thing but the rear tires were already on the gravel. Our deck is 4' steel (non tilting), 16' of wood then 2' for steel at the back. I plan to use it for like brake jobs, etc so I can stand and do a brake job. I use it a lot for a work bench at the shop where we are rebuilding the engine in the 1948 B Allis Chalmers for cleaning parts and painting. I picked up another 2 5/16" ball to use on a tractor when using it for a lift or work area.

I had never heard of M&M so thanks for your experience. I will never know the nationality of its builders I guess.

Maybe M&M over built quality in their trailers and did not charge enough to make a profit.