looking for a good tilt

[BOBBYROGERS]

how much is to much for a good tilt trailer all steel or wood deck what do you look for when you want a trailer or do you just buy off of price alone?
is it worth more to you to buy a trailer with a sealed wiring harness instead of one that uses wire nuts or quick connects? how about paint i see a lot of trailers that the paint is off of in about a year and they still appear to have the mill scale on them witch means they cut cost on prepand so on. also do you look at welds when you are looking to buy or do you trust they are good
the reason that i am asking is because their are so many out their. i got one more 4 you does it make a differance wear it is made at on the vin tag to you as far as your own sence of quality ? i have noticed trailers coming from all over the globe it seems

 

[Diamondpilot]

I look for all the things you mentioned. Good welds, good paint, good wiring, good components, and a decent tires, not Carlisle. Pretty simple stuff. I do not mind buying one that is not up to snuff, I will just fix any issues but the price has to be right. For example, I have bought as many as 10 trailers that I have towed home and had new tires put on the next day, then spend a couple hours fixing the wiring.

Chris

 

[Builder]

how much is to much for a good tilt trailer all steel or wood deck what do you look for when you want a trailer or do you just buy off of price alone?
is it worth more to you to buy a trailer with a sealed wiring harness instead of one that uses wire nuts or quick connects? how about paint i see a lot of trailers that the paint is off of in about a year and they still appear to have the mill scale on them witch means they cut cost on prepand so on. also do you look at welds when you are looking to buy or do you trust they are good
the reason that i am asking is because their are so many out their. i got one more 4 you does it make a differance wear it is made at on the vin tag to you as far as your own sence of quality ? i have noticed trailers coming from all over the globe it seems

My Cam Superliner tilt was a nice trailer. Good thick paint, good wiring, heavy built, Dexter axles, wheels & brakes. No poster sized decals on the sides. Company builds trailers in PA.

Look into them. Here's my 18,900 GVWR trailer.

 

[BOBBYROGERS]

thats a great looking trailer how do you loke the twin hydrolics ? do you like that better than the air cylinder you see in most?

 

[Builder]

thats a great looking trailer how do you loke the twin hydrolics ? do you like that better than the air cylinder you see in most?

I thought that's the only way they came? You mean someone uses a single cylinder?

 

[Renze]

I thought that's the only way they came? You mean someone uses a single cylinder?

Over here you see a lot of trailers with a single pump/cylinder unit mounted to the towbar, a pimp/cylinder unit as used in Chinese engine shoplifts.
I made my brother one with two cylinders right in front of the tandem, with the hinge right behind the tandem. This way they allways put an even load to the bed frame, not to the towbar.

 

[Builder]

I wouldn't want a 1 cylinder tilt, although my 4800 is a single ram rated at 30 tons. lol

More pics of CAM Superline for O/P

 

[BOBBYROGERS]

i think tht they use one because of price i am not sure but their is no way the bed could be as stable as a twin

 

[Harold_J]

I wouldn't want a 1 cylinder tilt, although my 4800 is a single ram rated at 30 tons. lol
More pics of CAM Superline for O/P

Builder, are those 8K axles with 17.5 rims/tires on your Superline? If so they must be figuring 2,900 lbs of the total GVW is allocated to the hitch.

I would like to get a trailer set up like that with 8K axles but rated at 16K total. Did you purchase the CAM Superline new from a dealer in PA? If so, can you recommend a dealer in eastern or central PA?

The advantages of a tilt for loading are obvious. I was wondering what the disadvantages, if any, might be over a fixed deck. I would think the tilt would weigh a little more and cost more and a few more things to go wrong, maintain and rattle over lifetime. What are the advantages/disadvantages of a split tilt versus a full tilt? Differnet load angle, cost?

 

[Diamondpilot]

The paint looks like it has a lot of runs in it, especailly in the last picture. How has the paint held up?

Chris

 

[LBrown59]

The advantages of a tilt for loading are obvious. I was wondering what the disadvantages, if any, might be over a fixed deck. I would think the tilt would weigh a little more and cost more and a few more things to go wrong, maintain and rattle over lifetime. What are the advantages/disadvantages of a split tilt versus a full tilt? Different load angle, cost ?

Lookin forward to answers to some/all of the above aforementioned questions.

 

[BOBBYROGERS]

i am thinking of a full tilt just because i have seen so many people get hung up on the split tilts around hear i have also noticed that the the split decks have a tendincy to bend down in the rear in a short time it kinda looks like in order to make the air cylinder work they have to have to much over hang in the back and the mill channel just starts to give

 

[Harold_J]

Lookin forward to answers to some/all of the above aforementioned questions.

I was thinking about it a little more and I guess one use for the split deck would be if you were loading a tractor plus multiple pieces of equipment. You could back the first piece of equipment onto the fixed part and then go back and get the rest along with the tractor. Same thing if you wanted to load some pallets of fertilizer or whatever in the front.

 

[Builder]

I was thinking about it a little more and I guess one use for the split deck would be if you were loading a tractor plus multiple pieces of equipment. You could back the first piece of equipment onto the fixed part and then go back and get the rest along with the tractor. Same thing if you wanted to load some pallets of fertilizer or whatever in the front.

Ding ding ding. We have a winner. You load your buckets or palletized material on the fixed part so they're not tilted when unloading.

Kinda nice not having a 2K pallet of bricks not sliding off into the front of the tractor when the bed is tilted.

 

[LBrown59]

I was thinking about it a little more and I guess one use for the split deck would be if you were loading a tractor plus multiple pieces of equipment. You could back the first piece of equipment onto the fixed part and then go back and get the rest along with the tractor. Same thing if you wanted to load some pallets of fertilizer or whatever in the front.

Get a winch and a hyd tilt and you can do the same thing.

 

[BOBBYROGERS]

That's what i would plan on doing everything has to be tried down anyway the only differance i would be tying down be for the complete trailer was full and if i was hualing brick i would probly have it tied better than the otheir guy going down the road just because of the type of trailer