I’ve been looking for a utility trailer for awhile now and saw a few of these on Marketplace. I did a little research and found Home Depot sells their rental stuff right off their website. I found this trailer two towns over, drove over there, purchased it and picked it up a few days later after they found out they could sell it with a bill of sale and not wait for the title. It’s an 2018 Ohio Steel UTL5008, GVWR 2990 lbs (trailer weighs between 750 and 800 something lbs), all LED lights, 3500lb Dexter Axle. The ramps are removable and you get drop them down against the deck. Deck is in good shape: I need to find a good welder to fix this area where the Tounge jack mounts up to: I’d like to add some sides to this unit so I can haul mulch and soil. It has stake pockets up front and these pocket like things on the sides. Open to suggestions: They took a few bucks off because the running lights don’t work, but the brakes and blinkers do. The 4 pin harness needs to be replaced; has a few splits in it. Poking around, there’s no ground on the trailer. It seems that all the white (ground) wires go directly to the plugs for the lights. Any ideas on how this setup works regarding grounds? The expanded metal on the gates is rather thick! As of you can see, some of the welds have broken. I’m going to straighten out that metal and use my booger welding skills to fix that up. I’m excited about this one! It tows really nicely when empty. Looking forward to seeing how it does loaded. I got the trailer for $1,100 which I thought was a really good price given how well it’s built.
As for your ground question. I assume all the lights ground though the plug back to the battery rather than relying on the ball/hitch connection to ground back to the vehicle battery. That's the better way. Then you won't get flickering trailer lights going down a bumpy road.
Yep, ground through frame via plug. That's a great buy on the trailer. Very stout units. The UHaul galvanized trailers are tanks also.
Great looking trailer! I like that the ramps will lay down. Mine doesn’t and that would be a lot less wind drag, im thinking.
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Awesome! Thanks for letting me know how the ground works. I’ll be sure to keep this thread updated as I fix things and upgrade them. Already thinking of adding a hand winch and a tounge box.
