Utility trailers - what should i know?

[Doughknob]

I saw some with one axle at 5000 or 7500. Better one strong one or 2 at 3500 each?

If I needed more than a 3500lb single axle, I’d go dual axle. In 23 years with my single axle utility, I’ve only once needed more. And then I just had a friend haul a car for me.

Single axle is so much easier to move around on the property. I take mine into the woods for logs. Easier to use on narrow trails. Easier to back up. Takes less storage space. I’ve even taken the sides off and hauled wide things.

 

[Doughknob]

….. I need a smaller one that can haul purchases home like a SxS (2800 lbs +/-), at….

Won’t the seller deliver that?

 

[Torvy]

Won’t the seller deliver that?

Probably, but I am more likely to want to take my UTV somewhere than my tractor.

 

[bullbreaker]

If its a cargo or horse enclosed type trailer torsion axe system is better than leaf spring @ least from my experiences .

 

[Hay Dude]

I have a small NNT 78” x 10’-6” mower trailer. Holds either my ZD331 or my F3680. It is over 10 years old and has held up surprisingly well. Have done so much with it. Paid for itself 10 times over. Has 3500lb GVWR.
Nice for delivering 2 round bales or 1 large square bale to some of my little feed hay customers. Use it all the time. Cost me nothing in repairs or maintenance, but slapped 2 tires on it 2 years ago.

 

[Torvy]

Any thoughts on PJ trailers? They have a 77"x 12' trailer with an optional 5200 axle...capacity ends up being just under 4000 lbs. Still light enough to be pulled by UTV with a few hundred pounds and can haul the utv and any related gear with no trouble.

 

[ArlyA]

Like this??

 

[Hay Dude]

If I needed more than a 3500lb single axle, I’d go dual axle. In 23 years with my single axle utility, I’ve only once needed more. And then I just had a friend haul a car for me.

Single axle is so much easier to move around on the property. I take mine into the woods for logs. Easier to use on narrow trails. Easier to back up. Takes less storage space. I’ve even taken the sides off and hauled wide things.

Really? I think a single axle trailer is much more challenging to back up than a tandem axle.

 

[Hay Dude]

Like this?? View attachment 754081

Thats a really nice trailer. Your wife handles the 6x6 and trailer really well!

 

[Tractorable]

Any thoughts on PJ trailers? They have a 77"x 12' trailer with an optional 5200 axle...capacity ends up being just under 4000 lbs. Still light enough to be pulled by UTV with a few hundred pounds and can haul the utv and any related gear with no trouble.

I love my 7 x 14 PJ single 5200lb axle trailer. Only thing is it doesn’t have brakes, so while the axle can take ~4000lb of payload, it’s limited by law to 3500lbs max weight. If you need to haul 16ft fence boards you’ll need to remove the rear gate/ramp.

I’m about to upgrade to a 24ft Diamond C 14K Hydraulic Dampened Tilt (HDT) because I want the capability to haul tractors and vehicles.

 

[Tractorable]

Also, consider ordering a trailer in any other color than black. Trailer theft is a huge business and when’s yours gets stolen you can at least tell the cops to look for the blue one among the sea of black trailers.

 

[ArlyA]

Gee, nothing of ours is locked. Keys are in the 6x6 in an unlocked shed. Where do you live?

 

[Torvy]

Also, consider ordering a trailer in any other color than black. Trailer theft is a huge business and when’s yours gets stolen you can at least tell the cops to look for the blue one among the sea of black trailers.

If they can get past my dogs and my guns, a little paint will not stop them.

Good idea though. I would more likely 'custom' paint my own. Also, engrave information in hidden areas.

 

[check]

I would go with a single axle, with brakes. I have a dual axle car hauler, but it’s quite the beast, and eight teen feet long with a Beavertail. Great for hauling cars and my Kubota BX25, but I rarely use it. Mostly use my 5 x 10 single axle with brakes.

 

[Tractorable]

Gee, nothing of ours is locked. Keys are in the 6x6 in an unlocked shed. Where do you live?

I own a rural property in Virginia where theft is unlikely but I’m currently on assignment to White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. No one is stealing my trailer because I live in a “gated community” aka military base with lots of armed guards. However, for the folks who live in town theft is problem. Living 40 miles north of the border your trailer could be in Mexico being used by the Cartel in under an hour.

 

[ArlyA]

Ya, bigger is not always better. We don't have brakes on our 7x14 Doolittle and can't say I miss them.

 

[WM75Guy]

Triple M Trailers/Sundowner of Texas in Canton is a great place to buy a Big Tex trailer. We just bought the small Big Tex 30ES from them and have another new Sundowner horse trailer on order. They have a very large top notch service department.

Triple M Trailers - Lakota Horse Trailers For Sale, Living Quarter Trailers For Sale, Stock Trailers For Sale - Sundowner of Texas

www.triplemtrailers.com

 

[Doughknob]

Really? I think a single axle trailer is much more challenging to back up than a tandem axle.

How so?
I have backed both and find single axles to respond much quicker and precisely to turning inputs. I find tandem axles to want to sort of ‘slide’ into turns. But if that is a desired thing then, hey, its all good. I just like mine to move precisely and sharply where i point it. Maybe its just me.

 

[Doughknob]

Gee, nothing of ours is locked. Keys are in the 6x6 in an unlocked shed. Where do you live?

You are not supposed to tell anyone that! Rural midwest has its benefits.

 

[Fishin-4-a-Livin]

Ya we'll our little T quality trailer had no tie downs, zero. So I added them. The expanded metal on the ramp wasn't welded in enough spots so it just bent down from UTV's and ATV's going on and off. So I welded it on a bunch more. The 2x2 tubes the ramps was made for the lightest square tubes I'd ever seen and one broke. So you guessed it, I replaced it with a 1/8 wall. I've got more things to mention in the high quality department but that enough for now..

Maybe they build their small trailers to a different standard. I’ve never paid attention to the smaller ones.

That’s actually good info to know because I am in the market for a smaller utility trailer.

But I do know that their bigger 14k and above trailers are rock solid.