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The trailer may be the most borrowed piece seen it a thousand times, I would never trust
of equipment a rodder owns. If you have one this to tow a project with rotted tires that just
yourself, you know exactly what I am talking happen to hold air. Maybe something a little
about. Having a trailer is like sitting on the worst bigger is what you need.
kept secret on the planet. This can be great Next, we have the traditional car trailer,
when you have a tight circle of rodders who are maybe a 7000 pound gross unit with room
happy to pay back what they owe, but it can for 16-18 feet of car on the bed. This will move
lead to you having your trailer out on almost almost anything you need, just be careful of
a permanent loan, bouncing from driveway to anything too big or too heavy where you can
driveway. How are you going to find it when you jump past the GVW very quickly. Buy some new
need to use it? heavy duty ratchet straps, bolt on a winch, and
If you own a yard full of projects hauled with you are ready for almost any automotive failure.
the help of others, you also get what I am saying. Then, we have the overkill trailer, the “let’s
Borrowing one in a pinch is one thing, like when see if I can break it” trailer, the implement
your water pump grinds its own innards forty trailer. This will be over 20 feet long with
miles from your shop, but borrowing one all the double the capacity of your traditional car
time is pushing it with your friends if you ask me. trailer and held up by two axles both sporting
Maybe you need to consider buying one instead 8-lug wheels. This is the kind of unit you really
of borrowing again? don’t want to see leaving your
Trailers can be some of the most abused driveway without direct
pieces of equipment, so tread lightly if you are supervision. Friends, or
looking at something used, yet, deals can more realistically friends
be found if you take your time to of friends, will try to
shop. They come in many see how much scrap
shapes and sizes they can really fit on it
where before the tires start
to squat. It takes more
than the average truck to pull
since the empty weight on one of these
can be more than what most cars weigh.
Finally, perhaps the rarest of the rarest friend
each will will have a flatbed truck ready to lend. If you
fit your needs don’t have one good axle able to roll, the dolly
better than others. There is out. If you don’t have a full-size truck to pull
really isn’t a perfect fit for every a full-size trailer, then those are out, too. The
job, so here are some ideas for what to flatbed car hauler can do it all with ease: retrieve
look for when needing to borrow or buy. your broken down ride as well as haul home
First, we have the two-wheel dolly. This little your next project. The problem of course is how
half-trailer will get you out of 99% of the jams horribly impractical they are for the average user.
you are in--all you need is the truck to pull it. Do you really need another vehicle to maintain,
These units can be pretty light depending on pay for tabs/insurance each year, and store
how much aluminum is used in the construction. when not in use? I would love to have one, but I
They work slick as long as you can get your need the space to park it. Can someone tell my
vehicle up the short ramps. Even though I have wife a new pole shed is a need and not a want?

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