Trailer Suggestions Please

That is great. You get to take things like that to the dump for free? We have to pay for dumping demolition stuff. They weigh your vehicle before you offload, then afterwards, and charge by the pound. Not sure how much something like that would cost, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be nearly $150.

 

That's great you were able to use the trailer. With " take-away " charges compared to what you paid for the trailer it has already paid for itself , more that once even.

I am very lucky like you are. The dump will take almost anything without any fees , well can't say free so to speak ; town taxes pay for it in one way or another I guess.
They will take a Battle Ship if you cut it up small enough.

 

My town dump would take the battleship for free - metal is a separate bin and is sold

Town Taxes pay the general dump costs, just not demolition material (or things like refrigerators), so that has to pay for itself. Can't complain about the demo material fees - pay as you go is fine by me since not everyone uses that service.

 

don2222 , I got the same HarborFreight trailer. Works fine for me too.

 

I have been on the hunt for a couple years for a 5x10 tandem axle. I like the footprint as it fits well on my driveway (with my truck parked in front) I find that my current 5x10 has plenty of space for what I haul but I routinely hit my weight limit before I fill it up when hauling wood. Apparently this smaller size with brakes and the higher load rating of a tandem axle is a difficult thing to come by. The search continues.

 

Well, look what I picked up yesterday off of FB Marketplace; a home made 6x8 trailer with picket sides and a Chevy truck back end for the frame. If I so desired, with the beefy springs and large vehicle tires, I could probably put more weight on it than the Explorer is rated to haul (it's rated at 5,000). It hauled well for the 43 miles coming home last night. $425.

First pic is from the ad since the one I took of the front was chitty. Other two are parked in my yard.



Ramps included and he supplied the tie to keep them from sliding around.


There are 2 tiedowns on each of the four sides which will be handy for small equipment hauling.

 

Nice trailer score for $425...That should serve you well for many years!!

 

Hello
Nice Trailers guys!!
I am thinking of getting a cover for the winter?
Mainly to protect from getting water in the wheel bearings.
How about you guys?
Any suggestions for a cover??

 

There's really no stability issues on a 4x8. However, if you can find a 5x8 easier, do it. As I mentioned before, the 1 foot wider will help with seeing it in your rear view.

 

Yeah, those work, but are a real PITA to back up with anything other than an ATV or lawn/ garden tractor. Good thing they are so light that you can just unhook it and move it around. But those little takers can go in the woods really easy.

 

YES, Thank you Horkn . That little fecker is impossible to back up. It's embarrassing when I try to back it into my driveway, so I usually just walk it in, especially if the neighbors are out.

 

Short tongue, it's just going to be a challenge. I wonder how the auto trailer back up systems would handle that even.

 

The 6x8 I ended up getting, I have to really stretch to see in the side view mirrors - for some reason I never realized how wide the Explorer is so assumed a 6' wide trailer would be wider. It is easy to see the trailer in the rear view mirror since the stake sides are taller than the bottom of hatch window.

 

At least you can see the trailer behind the vehicle.

Now just imagine how you can't see a 4x8 trailer behind a full size truck like mine. Not without the back up cam, and then that's just weird. I need to add tall posts on each side of mine so I can see it somewhere. The old one I had with a ramp back was tall enough to see. This current free one you can't see at all, just the back of the pickup bed. Can't argue with free though.

 

Like the beaver tail trailer eatonpcat ... How wide between the finders.. Just wondering what will fit.

 

Great deal...Wouldnt mind that to hall behind my car.

 

That's always an option, but there's so much you can do when you have a trailer to use wherever you want to.

 

Renting a trailer is an option, but I balk at that because I'm not likely to find one local. The local u-haul does not keep trailers so they have to be reserved - and even then there is no guarantee of availability even once scheduled (been there, done that - and not ended up with a trailer). So to be sure of availability, have to go to U-haul 30+ miles away. So two round trips of 80 minutes (and that does not count the transaction time, so would be even more) = 2.5 hours of time driving around unproductively just to do business locally (buy pellets, take snow blowers in for maintenance). Hey, and even if I did rent local, renting a trailer twice to take a snowblower in for maintenance is really not cost effective.

Spending $30 to rent a trailer to haul a couple of pieces of sheetrock or plywood from a BBS doesn't make sense either (although, more sense than $85 delivery fee that HD would charge).