Who can't do without a utility trailer?

[gregfender]

I have discovered that I can't do without a trailer. I am tired of loading everything in my truck bed. My 5x10 utility trailer is the perfect platform for haling lumber, mulch, rock, block, and anything else that would mess up the truck bed.

Just an observation. I wonder who else feels like this.

 

[MoKelly]

I agree 100%. Much easier and simpler to use a small trailer vs. the bed. Plus, its better on my back.:thumbsup:

MoKelly

 

[dusty3030]

Me too. You can spot the trailer and leave it! If I'm getting a bunch of lumber or such I'd rather use it off the trailer at the project site. Might not get done that day or the next.

Lot easier to load and unload too. Getting appliances in the house I back up to the back porch and the drop gate on my little trailer lines up perfect. Wheel it straight off the trailer onto the porch and into the house.

 

[JD230511]

I also agree. I'm young ( 30 ) and don want to crawl in and out of my truck. So I have a 12x6 trailer that does most the hauling. Fire wood, helping friends move, etc. I also have a 16x6.5 ( I think can't remember exact width.) that gets the bigger stuff.

 

[bucktaker]

why do you own a truck?? min has a 8 foot bed that doesnt need extra tires, grease,lights,license

I do own a trailer.... will not dump 5 ton gravel over my truck bed nor haul equipment on it but for the size you describe a truck bed better

 

[Rancher Ed]

Interesting. We have a 12' x 80" 7K trailer, and 18' and 20' 7K car hauler trailers (plus a horse trailer and a stock trailer), and 2 crew cab long bed 1 ton diesel pickups. The trailers are great for getting hay in the summer and moving the tractors when needed (rarely), but we use the trucks for pretty much everything else. The 12' trailer has been really handy pulled behind the tractor cleaning up all the branch that came down during the snow & ice storm last month, but normally it sits most of the year.
Two of the reasons we don't use the trailers are due to the ground is soft over half the year, and trying to get a trailer positioned wherever tears the ground up a lot more that just using the trucks, and the 12' trailer can be a pain to position because of how short is it (compared to our rigs). Plus, it is easier to just use the trucks!

So aside from hauling hay into the barns in the summer, I would say we could do without the flatbed trailers pretty easily. If you had a short bed truck or the even shorter ones on some half tons, and your ground didn't turn to mud the second time you drove on it, I could see where a little trailer would be handy, especially if you had a short wheelbase tow rig to maneuver with.

Ed

 

[radioman]

90 percent of time I love trailers. easier to load, carry stuff, unload, getting extra capacity to carry awkward stuff. Also it allows me not to worry what to buy like a blazer or van as long it has towing capacity and still carry the kids.

 

[catskinner]

I haul a trailer everywhere, I'll just put tools in the truck, material in the trailer. I have a lawn cart all the way to a 28' gooseneck, about 6 trailers in all. doing firewood my 5x8 utility works great, haul it with the quad or truck, or tractor.

 

[Diamondpilot]

I do half and half. Only trailer I did not like was my GN. Hated losing my bed.

Chris

 

[s219]

Yep, I am a big fan. I've had a smaller trailer for years, but recently got a 7x16 7K landscaper to haul my tractor. Today, I picked up a 20' culvert pipe and a yard of #57 gravel. Tomorrow I will pickup a few yards of crusher run.