Diamond C Tilt trailer 48HDT ?

[George2615]

Here's my H&H Speedloader. It is 22 ft. Full tilt deck.

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It is covered with motor oil/diesel mix.
The deck doesn't get slick when wet but I expected it to.

It takes 35 pumps on the ram to set the rear down on level ground.
It has 5200 lb axles x 2.

I'm not sure about the balance point yet as I bought it used and it has a 10 k winch, battery and a spare tire under the front weighing the front down.

I plan on eventually moving the winch off the deck and to the front tongue area. Since the ram is occupying that space and a battery is already installed, I'll get a hydraulic power pack then. Maybe.

It is the best trailer I've had to date of about 10 through the years. One perk I like is the enclosed rear LED lights totally protected. Nice touch.

Lenny,
My prior trailer was the same as yours but 20'. The manual pumping of the cylinder to tilt the bed lasted about a week before I said enough of this crap. I bought a cylinder and hose from Surplus Center and a powerpack through Graingers and made it power up / gravity down. The lever on the powerpack allowed you to control the descent speed. Cylinder, hose, and powerpack cost around $600. The only thing I didn't like about the trailer was the front wheels came off the ground in order to tilt the bed.

 

[RichM752]

Yes it will be ordered with a rub rail and the heavy duty tongue box lid like whats on Rich's

That tongue box has a lot of room. It can easily hold a spare tire, and lashing gear. I stow chains,binders,ratchet straps, wood blocks, and other assorted gear.

 

[TMGT]

That tongue box has a lot of room. It can easily hold a spare tire, and lashing gear. I stow chains,binders,ratchet straps, wood blocks, and other assorted gear.

My dealer said he orders all his stock trailer with it.

What length is your trailer?

 

[RichM752]

My dealer said he orders all his stock trailer with it.

What length is your trailer?

It's 20' with 12" crossmembers. I kind of wish I would have got 22', but I manage with grapple chained to inside loader bucket just fine. The dealer I bought it from orders all his Diamond C trailers with 12" crossmembers, and the 3/16 fenders. I'm sure you will enjoy the trailer. They are built stout, like someone else said.

 

[TMGT]

Looked like a 20, the front deck kinda gives it away.

Sounds like yours is almost exactly the same as I plan on ordering other then the full length powered deck and maybe the black wood and tire mount.

Any idea what the empty weight is?

 

[RichM752]

Any idea what the empty weight is?

Right around 3800 the way its sits. The blackwood probably adds 100# and I'm sure there 150# of chains and equipment in the storage.

 

[TMGT]

Got a quote today with the 3/16 fenders and 12in crossmember spacing, it didn't have the rub rail listed to I have check with him on that. I'm not going to go with the blackwood deck or G range tires, probably upgrade tires when when I replace them, wasn't worth the $350 upgrade for what I do.

Trying to keep the OTD price under 8k

Rich, how many stake pockets are on your trailer and is your color the gray they have listed?

 

[RichM752]

I'm glad you asked that question. 6 pockets on each side. The after two are a smaller size than the forward four. I only noticed that when I measured when I was looking into buying/making some of those slide in d-ring thing of a majigs. I ended up buying 6 d rings from Harrissco on Ebay and welding 3 on each side, in addition to the existing d-rings.
The blackwood I have on only six boards as opposed to the entire deck.
I bought the trailer fitted out as the dealer ordered, with the exception of the tires which he swapped out from another trailer and tacked on a few bucks. The dealer I bought it from told me he orders all his Diamond C tilt trailers with 12" cross members and 3/16 fenders. And he sells a bunch of them. I drove the 345 miles each way for the deal, much better than the closer two dealers.

Mine is the silver color.


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[TMGT]

Good to know, I am debating on having them add the d rings so it's all painted together, not a big deal just if the price is right.
I put 9 d rings on my 18ft, 4 down each side and one dead center behind the coupler.

Just wondering where they'll put the added rings or can I specify, need to call Diamond directly and ask some questions.

Also going to call around and get a few more quotes, have some time as I still need to repair and sell at least my 10t trailer before I can buy it.

 

[Peter 315]

Hi, TMGT Did you look at load trail trailers also ?