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Hauling the CUT - need trailer
Murf I hear you on the DOT...but if Iowa is using it for personal, non-commercial use the DOT leaves them alone and goes for the deep pockets like you an' me--or at least you  (I'm a "non-profit", or it seems tha way sometimes). If you have any kind of "company" lettering on the truck and/or trailer and/or machine like I do you WILL get popped--like I did.
The bro-in-law w/skid steer issue is different than personal hauling if the DOT feels they are making money with it (Alabama DOT-- bless their hearts---says their threshold for "money making" is one dollar). USDOT motor vehicle regulations use the rated capacity of the tires themselves as the initial prime indicator of the trailer's capacity. From there they start looking at the axles (how many lugs provides a rough estimate of the rating).
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Like Wendy's used to say, "parts is parts." Any trailer I bought usually got me on the price first with a very open eye to build quality. Then there's the tires. Are they cheap Chinese ones that will blow out--like mine did? It might be a well-made trailer but did they try to be competitive using cheap tires? If so, how long can you run on them until it costs $800 to replace them? Then there's the axles. Most newer axles are pretty much standard, though you will find some on the 7,000 GVW and less trailers that use the front spindles off full size Ford cars, machine them, and weld them to axles tubes. The result is a trailer that will wear out your tires in as little a few hundred miles since they don't true them up. Do they sandblast and prime the trailer--even underneath? Or do they paint right over the steel foundry oils and scale. Without primer you will be lucky to get half the life out of it. Mine was primered and the salty mud here in Katrina-land is still wreaking havoc---like the underside of the steel deck delaminating and the fenders rusting through. Luckily I'm handy with a welder and can replace the fenders easily.
Oddly, I have 12,500 GVW dump trailer made in Canada by JDJ. It looks like it was welded by 3rd graders with blindfolds on. But it has held up the best from a rust standpoint.
Buy what appeals to your sense of design and sensability, and your wallet.
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Good ol' KT, like Moe from the Three Stooges would say, "Whhhhy, Iiiiiii oughhhhhtta..."
I guess the old addage about opinions doesn't apply here: "Opinions are like ___holes---evreyone has one and they all stink."
Maybe mine stinks more than others---I gotta wonder...
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wr5: Unless the officer (DOT) suspects you're making money with it you don't have to stop at the weigh stations. Being overloaded, is another story.
I sue the 2" wide yellow ratchet straps rated at 10,000lb. breaking strength with self-latching, flat (not round wire) S-hooks. The trucker-quality ones have a sewn-in label to verify the strength.
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