Who can't do without a utility trailer?

[joemd11]

I have a 10ft aluminum utility trailer with a rear ramp/gate. For my occasional hauling needs it is great and is cheaper than a pickup truck. Just renewed the license plate for $30 for five years. Only problem I have is with people always wanting to borrow it.

 

[JDgreen227]

I have a 10ft aluminum utility trailer with a rear ramp/gate. For my occasional hauling needs it is great and is cheaper than a pickup truck. Just renewed the license plate for $30 for five years. Only problem I have is with people always wanting to borrow it.

Three people borrow mine, and they are all policemen...so I know they will take good care of my trailer. My way of thinking is, mine doesn't do any good parked so somebody may as well get some use out of it. In the near three years I have owned mine, it has been used maybe 36 times, and it cost me $1600 with the registration plate. That means it cost about $44.50 per use, and I could rent one for probably $25-30 per use. I am hoping in the next few years I can say it paid for itself....:thumbsup:

 

[farmboy12]

Three people borrow mine, and they are all policemen...so I know they will take good care of my trailer. My way of thinking is, mine doesn't do any good parked so somebody may as well get some use out of it. In the near three years I have owned mine, it has been used maybe 36 times, and it cost me $1600 with the registration plate. That means it cost about $44.50 per use, and I could rent one for probably $25-30 per use. I am hoping in the next few years I can say it paid for itself....:thumbsup:

But of course, you can't always just go grab a rental trailer. Theres calls and paper work, and time limits. So having your own makes things much easier.

We use our 6x10 with 3ft sides and a ramp gate pretty often. Every time we need to move a lawn/garden tractor, golf cart, atv, dirt bikes, etc. We use it to pick up air conditioners and air handlers and furnaces and the like for our company. Haul mulch, loose or bagged. But we also have 2 pickups in the driveway, one with an open 8' bed and one with a hard-top 6.5' bed. Therefore, this trailer only gets used every week or two.

We also have a 16' + 4' deckover for any of the larger tractors. This gets used about once a month. And a 2 horse trailer that gets used once a year. Plus plenty of off road and hay ride trailers.


Kyle

 

[RichZ]

I had both a Chevy Silverado 1500 and a Ford F250. The Ford got about 12 mpg and the Silverado about 16 mpg. I had severe sciatica until I had to have spinal fusion last summer, and it got harder and harder for me to climb into my truck beds. I bought a trailer from TSC on sale last spring, and now I use my Explorer to pull the trailer and I get 22 mpg hauling the same stuff (mostly hay square bales) and have a much easier time loading and unloading. I sold the F250 and took the Silverado off the road, and will probably sell it soon. I love having pick ups, but they use too much gas, and trailers are much easier to deal with.

Now, if I could just get good at backing the dang trailer up. I still stink at that.

 

[peabody]

I couldnt live with out my trailers. The 16 footer is used alot. The 14 single axel is perfect for just running to town for supplys. The goose necks for cattle and really heavy stuff.
peabody

 

[grnspot110]

I keep three: a 4x8' Snowco, great for small jobs; 6-1/2 x10' Woodworth, for the Mule, a couple of garden tractors, etc; & a 7' x 16' Woodworth for the bigger jobs. Sometimes pull two to area tractor shows. I prefer crew cab pickups & the newer 1/2 tons have too short of a bed to haul much, besides, I carry tools, etc. under a lockable hard cover too often. Trailers are just easier!

In MO, you can get 3-year plates, last I knew, the permanent plates here are only sold to commercial users. ~~ grnspot

 

[CompactTractorFan]

I can't do without lots of trailers

and lots of trailers you have. :confused2:

 

[CompactTractorFan]

We don't have a utility trailer, but if we did, I'm sure I could not live without it...

 

[lutt]

I have a 12' tandem axle utility trailer that gets used alot, I had the pin up tailgate/ramp on the rear,but it caught to much air going down the road. So i converted it to ramps,the tailgate was handy for hauling wood,but agrivating for other tasks. I can use the ramps for the mowers,tractors,and what nots. LUTT

 

[JDgreen227]

I have never thought a long ramp type tailgate on a UT would catch that much wind unless it was a solid type. Seems to me the towing vehicle would break up enough of the air that any resistance created by an open gate like mine would be minimal. But I may be wrong about that.