All Aluminum Equipment Trailer

[Rara Avis]

Lanchester Trailer :: Equipment Trailer Sales

This trailer weighs only 3,050 lbs. empty and carries a GVW of 14,000 lbs.

NOT CHEAP...6172 LanChester Price: $13,500

 

[wkpoor]

I almost went that route including the Brazilian hardwood deck. Could have got mine done for a little of 10K dollars custom built locally. Still seemed alot for occasional home use. That is actually only about 1200lbs. lighter than my 20+4 with self cleaning dove and 10" main beams. Oh yeh but double the price. I suppose if a guy really needs the extra payload capacity and didn't want to jump to a tandem dully it might make sense. My other question is about winter salt on all that purdy aluminum.

 

[Builder]

You know the old saying about aluminum: "half the weight-twice the price"

I would think that trailer would be an excellent choice for a guy hauling with a dually that needs all the capacity he can possibly get.

 

[Ductape]

I looked at those in person as there is a dealer about twenty miles from me. I thought they were NICE ! I really like the 24' tilt deck deckover.... if it had 6000lb axles instead of 5s, it would be ideal. Affording it is a different issue altogether though........

 

[QRTRHRS]

Hopefully, we will not get into that old debate over commercial/non commercial but that old magic number, 10,000 pounds comes to mind. I would think the market for that trailer is pretty limited.

 

[Diamondpilot]

We are seeing a lot more aluminum trailers in the boating world. I sold a 42' trailer to a guy to haul his 38' Baja. It had 6x6 wood bunks and 3 6K axles sporting 15" wheels. Anyway we backed it in to the water deeply the first time to adjust the bunks and put the boat on and the darn thing floated up. The tires and the wood bunks were enough to make it float if put in deep. Once everything was set up right it was fine and he swears by it. He pulls the boat with GM 2500 Dmax and it does a much better job than his old steel trailer that weighed nearly twice as much. He now has his load down to the 12-13K mark and with the addition of air bags to his truck all is fine.

As for salt and grime he drops the boat off at the lake in the spring and we dock it for him overnight. He then takes the trailer to the truck wash place and they give it a acid bath for about $150. It comes back looking like chrome and better than new.

Chris

 

[john_bud]

Hopefully, we will not get into that old debate over commercial/non commercial but that old magic number, 10,000 pounds comes to mind. I would think the market for that trailer is pretty limited.

There is only any "magic" about the 10,001 pounds when your towing vehicle is over 26,000 pounds. It's a point that many are confuslated about.

jb

 

[LBrown59]

I looked at those in person as there is a dealer about twenty miles from me. I thought they were NICE !
*I really like the 24' tilt deck deckover.... if it had 6000lb axles instead of 5s, it would be ideal.

Affording it is a different issue altogether though........

It also needs a dump bed and a roll back feature.

 

[Builder]

There is only any "magic" about the 10,001 pounds when your towing vehicle is over 26,000 pounds. It's a point that many are confuslated about.

jb

You mean when the trailer is 10,001 lbs and the combination of vehicles is over 26,001lbs

For example, you would be required to have a class A CDL if you were driving a GMC5500 (GVWR 19,500lbs) and towing a 11,000lb trailer.

However, no airbrake endorsement is required.

 

[Builder]

I had an aluminum trailer way back when and it suffered from cracked & torn aluminum welds.

 

[em14]

There is only any "magic" about the 10,001 pounds when your towing vehicle is over 26,000 pounds. It's a point that many are confuslated about.

jb

What about the DOT Number requirement for folks in States supporting that requirement?
"Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming."
Leo

 

[QRTRHRS]

I had an aluminum trailer way back when and it suffered from cracked & torn aluminum welds.

I have an Eby bed on my dually. I would say that Eby manufactures a quality product.

Anyway, I had two areas where my rubrail was pushed in due to errant use so one day I decided to straighten it out. When I pried the rail out with a pinch bar, I broke welds on the stake pockets?

Aluminum may be light and shiny and all but for most users, steel is more realistic.

 

[Builder]

I have an Eby bed on my dually. I would say that Eby manufactures a quality product.

Anyway, I had two areas where my rubrail was pushed in due to errant use so one day I decided to straighten it out. When I pried the rail out with a pinch bar, I broke welds on the stake pockets?

Aluminum may be light and shiny and all but for most users, steel is more realistic.

Yes, that can happen. I had a Tamaqua aluminum dump body on a '99 F-450 Superduty. It was nice and it did save considerable weight, but I always felt like I had to be careful with it. I guess we're getting off topic.

 

[john_bud]

What about the DOT Number requirement for folks in States supporting that requirement?
"Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming."
Leo

Different issue. That's a 10,001 pound total actual gross combined weight. Truck, trailer, load + gear and people. Not trailer. By definition a 1 ton probably needs the DOT number without a trailer.


Builder - The "Magic" is that a 26,000 pound truck can pull a 10,000 pound trailer for a 36,000 pound total and NOT NEED a CDL. But a 16,000 pound truck pulling a 10,001 pound trailer DOES need a CDL. The magic is that for some reason a trailer 10,001 pounds and over and a total load over 26,001 = CDL. But a trailer 10,000 and under can have a truck pulling it that is at 26,000 and under and NOT need the cdl.

Been posted a lot and discussed even more.

jb

 

[Skyco]

We are seeing a lot more aluminum trailers in the boating world. I sold a 42' trailer to a guy to haul his 38' Baja. It had 6x6 wood bunks and 3 6K axles sporting 15" wheels. Anyway we backed it in to the water deeply the first time to adjust the bunks and put the boat on and the darn thing floated up. The tires and the wood bunks were enough to make it float if put in deep.
Chris

Try launching/retrieving with an aluminum trailer in a river with current. The trailer, if it doesn't actually float, is light enough to get pushed off the ramp at a 45 to the truck

I have an aluminum Featherlite brand enclosed 20' trailer...very nice, even the floor is aluminum. I've owned Wells Cargo and HaulMark, no comparison to the Featherlite. Of course I could almost buy two low end trailers for the same cost.

 

[Redbug]

I would rather have steel than an aluminum trailer because it is easier to weld...you can make additions/modifications/fixes to it.

 

[excelagator]

I have a Trinity 16 foot single axle utility aluminum trailer. We used it for hauling the lawn mower, building materials, and manure with a tarp down of course! It is a nice trailer, but It has a only 1000 lb rating for the ramp.

Dan

 

[QRTRHRS]

Yes, that can happen. I had a Tamaqua aluminum dump body on a '99 F-450 Superduty. It was nice and it did save considerable weight, but I always felt like I had to be careful with it. I guess we're getting off topic.

At the risk of digressing just a bit more, I used to live close by Tamaqua Body. If aluminum does not float your boat (ha), they do work in stainless.

 

[Builder]

At the risk of digressing just a bit more, I used to live close by Tamaqua Body. If aluminum does not float your boat (ha), they do work in stainless.

I went with aluminum for the weight savings. F-450's only have a payload of ~3+ tons, even with an aluminum dump.

 

[QRTRHRS]

I went with aluminum for the weight savings. F-450's only have a payload of ~3+ tons, even with an aluminum dump.

An aluminum body can make a lot more sense than an aluminum trailer does. For example, I belive that PA is still at 17,000 lbs before you need DOT numbers?

Here in Kentucky, the magic number is 10,000 lbs. When I moved here, I was originally going to go commercial. I quickly decided to nix that and went with farm plates.