Utility Trailer Choice - 4x8 Panther or 4x10 Lamar

Pettrix · Dec 30, 2015

crazyal said:
What are your plans for the trailer? Do you have any future plans (like owning a larger lawn mower, small tractor, or side by side UTV)? I have a 4x6 steel mesh trailer with a drop down rear gate that I inherited from my father. It's smaller than I would buy but it does come in handy so I've never thought about selling it. I modified it so the rear gate can easily be removed so you can put things up to about 10' long on it. What I would say is the 10' long trailer will give you the ability to move things around a bit to get the right amount of weight on the tow vehicle.

I plan to move some plywood, concrete bags, lumber, landscape trees and other similar items.

After these replies I think I would go with a 5x10 trailer. I found some that weight around 750lbs. An all aluminum trailer would be nice (400 lbs) but they cost almost DOUBLE that of a steel trailer.

4570Man · Dec 30, 2015

I have a 5x8 trailer. It is a pretty handy trailer even if I can't haul my 60" inch deck mowers. I wish the ramp was removable so I could haul slightly longer stuff.

Pettrix · Dec 31, 2015

I narrowed it down to these 5x10 trailers:

A - 6.5x10x2 gravely solid side landscape trailer $1699.99 before sales tax. (empty weight 1000#)

B - 6.5x10x2 sun country mesh side landscape trailer $1499.99 before sales tax. (empty weight 880#)

In essence the 6.5 equals a 5' wide trailer bed x 10' long and 2' tall sides.

I like the solid metal sides but they do weigh 120# more than the mesh sides.