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    Adding to the fleet - utility traiiler

    I bought another trailer tonight. A 6.5' x 10' utility trailer this time.

    This thing is a beast. LED lights integrated with the frame, Tubular rails, and a gate easily twice as thick as the other trailers I've looked at. The possibilities are now endless, and I'm now only two trailers away (enclosed and dump, respectively) from having a well rounded fleet.

    Is this a new addiction? I can't seem to live with just one...
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    Nice!

    There are worse things to be addicted to.

    What is the load rating? Intended uses?
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    I'll get back to you on the load rating. I already forgot it. But it's gonna see fire wood, stone, mulch, a riding lawn mower. Hopefully never a motorcycle. Whatever else I feel a need to abuse it and my truck with.
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    drill some holes in the uprights and then you can bolt strips of plywood in place and make a bucket for sand/gravel.

    I really should take my lawnmower out for more drives... it likes them so!
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    Lol. The lawnmower is only gonna ride when I buy one or at the end of the cutting season when it goes to the car wash.

    ETA: chances are I'll go to the local metal fab guy and have him weld sides in.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mitunnelrat View Post
    Lol. The lawnmower is only gonna ride when I buy one or at the end of the cutting season when it goes to the car wash.

    ETA: chances are I'll go to the local metal fab guy and have him weld sides in.
    Make the sides removable, and wood - lighter, and your GVWR is probably 3500 on that single-axle trailer...So you want to maximize the load.

    But flatbeds are really handy, for all sorts of things.

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    It's nice to have something like that, you would be surprised how much it gets used. I have one very similar but it does not have a spare tire. That is the one thing it should have it a spare. I am like you I think the load rating is about 1,000 pounds but I have to double check to make sure. Good acquisition
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    I would love to have one of those..or really anything similar to it. Sadly I live in a community that dont like trailers out front. And there is no where else I can park it with out paying for it.

    Awesome buy, it looks like a well built beast
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    Vodin,

    Get yourself one of these to park out front, and then just tuck the trailer in behind it. No one will care about the trailer.

    For added effect, take off at least 2 wheels and leave it on cinderblocks.



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    Light a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life!

    Cat's are food... not friends!

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    No if he took the wheels off then he would not be able to go through the neighborhood giving away candy, isn't that nice of him. He is so friendly with the children.............
    If it is predictable then it is preventable....... Gordon Graham

    So if it is predictable and preventable then you better prepare.

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