trailers again...

[Pks]

Gary,

You have me convinced. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif There's one problem, my piggy bank only has 2500 Georgi Boys and I need the trailer long before I can accumulate twice that amount. Why does money always go away faster than it comes in? /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Thanks for sharing your experiences. You really do seem to like that trailer. Hmmm, a trailer that I want to play with... nice idea.

 

[MicroPilot]

@Gary in IN: Got any pics of your trailer? What does something like this cost?

 

[Yankee]

"Get thee a tilt bed trailer. "

Good perspective, thanks for the detail.

I've got a few questions. Does a tilt bed trailer work as a poor man's dump trailer? I know it only tilts so far, but it would sure beat shoveling out a pickup bed. Perhaps you can even use a FEL?

The second question is ramps. The link to George's shows a tilt trailer with short ramps at the back. Do all tilts have these, and are they fixed or removable (with a lot of the implications you pointed out, except less weight)?

Last, are they all beavertail?

 

[ges]

Hi Tracdoc......

Thank's, yes it's 5/16G70 Transport chain. I got it from TSC, (Tractor Supply Company). I have also seen it at our area Home Depot later. TSC cut it to the lengths that I wanted for free and had the extra G705/16 hooks that I needed. Look real close at their prices though. If I remember correctly, it was cheaper to buy their 30ft unit with 2 hooks and then cut it and buy 2 more hooks than to buy it by the footand buy all the hooks. Might not be that way now.

The ratchet load binders are 3/8", but will accept 5/16 or 3/8 chain. Breaking strength of 26000 lbs., working load of 6600lb.
Ordered them from Baileys.

The screw pin shackles are 3-1/4 by 5/8. I already had them.

Oh..Baileys has all this stuff in their catalog, but as always, it pays to shop. Hope that answers your questions, George

www.baileys-online.com

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Pks,

I bought mine used in average condition at auction a few years ago for the kind of money you mention. I was familiar with them because I had bought tow dollies from the manufacturer in the past and had become a dealer for them back then and had priced one of these at that time so I knew this was a buy.

Never let it be said I could keep a bargain a bargain, though. After I got it home I decided I'd do a couple things to spiff it up a bit. There it began. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif I spent some money on a new jack because I wanted a heavier drop leg style. I added some additional tie downs to the bed (you can never have too many). I rewired everything (just to be sure I knew everything was good), and, while I was at it, put on some LED brake/turn lights, LED side marker lights and added some more lights besides. I bought new fenders (yet to be installed) and added some toolboxes for chains and straps and an 8,000 pound Warn winch.

I've taken a lot of teasing about all of my little upgrades I've made to the point of having it called my "million dollar trailer" around the shop. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif You're right about one thing, though. I really do like it. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

Good luck getting something you'll like, too. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Micro,

I'll check on the cost on a new 18' model next week and try to post it here. I'll spec a base unit with only what I feel is necessary to make it useable comfortably without making it a "million dollar trailer" in the process. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

I've posted some pictures of mine before but I'll try to take some next week to show it here. That way I can show off the toolboxes and winch that weren't on there in those earlier pictures. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Gary_in_Indiana]

Yankee,

My trailer has a 22' bed so the angle when tilted isn't much and would probably only dump something like bowling balls. As to using an FEL, I'm not sure exactly what you mean. If you're asking about lifting the whole front end by the tongue (the only way I see to get a severe angle), I imagine it would work but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't use that as my first option. Then again, I have dump trucks). /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

As to whether or not all tilt trailers have ramps, I can tell you unequivocally that they do not. Mine is full width at the rear so I can load wide or narrow front tractors, cars, trucks, motorcycles, trikes, etc., with no problems.

As to the beavertail, mine doesn't have the conventional beavertail drop because with this loading method the problem the beavertail is there to avoid doesn't exist. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Yankee]

I meant that by tilting it, you have access to the load with the FEL - you can just scoop out instead of shoveling. Alternatively, if you do shovel, at least it's a tilting load - easier to do than a flat pickup load, sort of a combination of shovel and push.

The reason I asked about the beavertail is that when I went to the "Georges" site, it showed a tilt with a beavertail

 

[ChrisBWJ]

Looking forward to seeing your numbers Gary. I think I'm in the market now for a trailer!

 

[LBrown59]

<font color="brown">How about a trailer that neither tilts or uses ramps?
Instead the bed lowers clear down flat with the ground </font>