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Dump Box Pickup or Trailer Kit

I used to be a proponet of make-it-yourself trailers. The rising cost of materials sometimes just doesn't make it economically feasible.

What really changed my mind was there started to be a rash of failures resulting in deaths due to improper design and build---or even improper use--leading to multi-million jury awards. My buddy was involved in one such case two years ago (one of three parties---his part was $980,000) as he's (was) a trailer dealer. But he wasn't insured for "manufacturing" a drop ramp that he made on a trailer that he didn't even sell that came off a truck and killed a family and was sued. The truck was a landscaper who had a 2" ball for a trailer that was 2-5/16".

I realize where I live near Detroit is very litigous and that is backed up by very---nay extremely---enforced MDOT and USDOT laws. Some of our cities have specially certified DOT officers for their "money grab" as we call it. Not everyone has the "luxury" of Big Brother watching out for us I understand. But just a word to the wise that when you start making stuff that is used on public roads you accept sooooooo much liability by trying to save a would-be dollar or two. And insurance companies look for every weasely way out they can not to cover a claim.

But I'm jis' sayin'.

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What happens with the wheel wells and the product pulling pulled out?

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