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Walnut Grove, MN. | any comments about these trailers? |
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| They were good people to deal with. I bought a trailer direct and had it shipped. Called them and talked for a minute or two to figure out options and (Scott) the salesmen emailed me the paperwork signed and returned it. The trailer below was a special 17,000lb forklift trailer so it had to be special made so two weeks later they call and said it's going to show up on X date at X time and it was here within an hour of the time they figured the week prior. As far as the trailer quality it's what you would expect from any of the manufacturers. Just as good as anything out there, its a trailer right. Nobody in our area can haul a forklift and we are starting to deal in them so that was the reason for our purchase. Makes a great trailer for the mini excavator too. 17.5" tires are the best thing on HD trailer. That's a 14,000lb Hyster on there and it doesn't even squat. 
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Central Missouri | Absolutely HATE mine. I have spent more in repairs in 3 years than we paid for it. I have never over loaded it once and I have had to replace: leaf springs, hanger, lights, wheel bearings, axle, brakes (I am ok with this), tires in the first 2,000 miles, and probably other stuff I am forgetting. And the you have to crawl under the trailer to put the jack down (not safe).
Basically they are an extremely heavy built frame with complete junk for all the other parts. Cheap tires, lighting wires, hangers, springs, etc.
When we called to get a new hanger and springs they said they didn't have any on hand... Hmm, you make these trailers and dont have hangers or springs???? They told me to call the company they got them from in Atlanta. So I got to buy it from them and pay freight.
We bought three of them and have had problems with all three.
All three are bumper hitch, with 2 7000 lb axles, and a 18' deck over. The axles are about 12-18" too far forward to balance loads properly.
Junk. Junk. Junk |
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| My neighbor down the road just got one earlier in the year. He ran his own towing business for years and has always been in carshows and racing events. His is the 20' tilt deck car hauler. Used it last week to pick up my forklift and liked it. The tilt deck is perfectly balanced and uses a hydraulic cylinder to dampen the tilt. Trailer was plenty strong, with plenty of runners and 16" cross members. The lighting looked good as well as all the welds etc. I can't speak to the axles and under carriage, but I'm pretty sure that my neighbor checked all that out as picky as he is with everything, especially when it come to carrying his show truck. |
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East central Indiana | We have 2 of them. A 40 ft lowboy with hydraulic ramps and a 18 ft plus 2 dovetail bumper hitch. Bought the lowboy first loved it so I ordered the bumper hitch. The only thing weve done to the lowboy was tires and swapped the wood on the ramps for angle iron. The bumper hitch was originally built to have a 18k rating but I had it derated and tagged for 14k. It has the same tires as the one above. Mine technically should have a pintle hitch on it but we use a 2 5\16 ball. The worst part about both trailers is paint. Its not the best but I've seen lots worse. They've got good coverage its just a little thin. Our trailers have traveled thousands of miles all over the country and never had a component issue. Actually we lost the hub cap off the bumper hitch about 2 weeks after getting it and we just grease it before big trips and its still going with no cap on it. I know I need to fix just don't think about it.
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Black Hawk County, IA | I have two, only problem has been a couple light bulbs. When we need another trailer I will just call them and have one shipped. J |
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NC Iowa | i have a kaufman 24ft tilt bed and i like it. no issues in 5 years. i would recommend the available options. i got closer spaced supports, dual jacks, heavy duty wiring with extra length connector end , rub rail.
with a tilt deck, you have to be halfway careful with loading. if was to have hired help use/abuse it, i might want a heavier trailer but this works good for me and i was happy with the people and the price.
i went to nebraska to pick it up. we stayed at harold warps museum for the night and went through it the next day. |
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