Another Trailer

[Lavender2]

Agree with @seedcorn . Shell out extra $$ for a heavy duty utility trailer and no worries getting home.

Unless you have your heart set on vintage and dump, there are a couple utility trailers on CL I would consider.... http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/grd/5097525195.html
http://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/grd/5125964061.html

Most ATV trailers are capable of 2000# - 2990#. Plenty of room for a yard of soil or 1-2 yards of compost, or all sorts of treasures you must haul home. And a little extra shoveling builds muscle ya know.

My son put short sideboards on ours, hauls 2 yards of compost. Heavy duty steel, found it used for $500.



Brand spank'n new, a good steel one is only around $1,300.

 

[Nyboy]

I thought I did, I bought a new one from tractor supply about 2 years ago. But I didn"t know anything about trailers trailer has web bottom not good for moving dir,t more for moving things like dirt bike. I talked to nephew about adding wood to bottom and sides, he thought it would add to much weight to tailer

 

[Nyboy]

@Lavender2 the 2nd trailer is like one I have from tractor supply. With truck being worked on, my trailer budget is very low only couple hundred

 

[Nyboy]

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...-floor-utility-trailer-4-ft-x-7-ft-2-000-gvwr I bought this trailer 2 years ago a mistake

 

[Lavender2]

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...-floor-utility-trailer-4-ft-x-7-ft-2-000-gvwr I bought this trailer 2 years ago a mistake

Sell it for $300. and upgrade?

OR maybe their dogs need grooming.

 

[Nyboy]

A couple of years ago I bought a never used small garden trailer with pin hitch for tractor for $25. That trailer comes in very handy moving things from one part of yard to another. Good deals do happen on CL just have to wait.

 

[Smart Red]

http://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/pr...-floor-utility-trailer-4-ft-x-7-ft-2-000-gvwr I bought this trailer 2 years ago a mistake

Looks a lot like the 5' x 8' trailer I purchased this spring. I think I've already recouped my cost in not needing pick up and delivery of tractors and other implements. One of the first things we did was to put a wood bed on the bottom mesh using carriage bolts.

The sides could have wooden sides added in the same way for carrying loose sand or soil or make the sided removable. The rear ramp is still without wood since we don't use the trailer for hauling loose materials, but we could add wood if wanted.

Best to use treated plywood for this application, but not necessary since the wood isn't against the ground and should dry off quickly.

 

[seedcorn]

That was a 2,000 trailer. Pull that on road, be very careful to be legal. Over weight tickets are not cheap plus the fines for not correctly securing load can get expensive. 2 years ago, they were keying on pick ups with small trailers as most people didn't realize all the regs you must follow. Michigan makes Indiana look like slackards in terms of enforcement. IF you cross a state line, that opens up a whole different can of problems. Not positive but it is not legal on interstate and axels have a max speed of 45 mph-at least in Indiana.

 

[Nyboy]

Red how much weight did the wood add ? I first bought the cheaper trailer tractor supply had. By the time I got brand new EMPTY trailer the 5 miles to my house mesh was pulling away from frame. Without unhitching drove right back to TS, upgraded to next trailer.

 

[Nyboy]

My place was subdivided from a farm in 1970s. Farmer sold off most undesirable for farming land for house building. My soil is thick clay that holds water in rainy season and bakes to cement in summer.All around me is fertile land used for growing everything from corn to apples.Yet my soil is death to most plants , over the years I have been adding truck loads of manure and good soil. A load cost me anywhere from $150 to $300 . Now image all around me people with livestock placing ads for free manure you pick up.CL has at lest 3 of these ads a week. The pick up truck when finish will be for light hauling, maybe a tree or 2 maybe a flea market table. I want a cheap strong trailer for much heavier hauling like soil, stone and manure. I don't know what final cost on restore of truck is going to be, so trailer budget is very low.