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ihpartsjeff said:
Switching gears, those with enclosed haulers or some experience with, any brands to stay away from? Or brands that are simply better to buy?
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Older pace trailers are built like absolute tanks with good wiring. I put well over 100k on my 2000 17’ Pace enclosed with no issues aside from tire/brake maintenance. Now I’ve got a 40’ 2004 Pace gooseneck that has been great too with 20k miles on it so far

If you’re wanting to go aluminum, InTech, Featherlight, and Aluminum Trailer company are the gold standard.

Traditional steel stuff I’m not as familiar with who’s currently building the best stuff. I see a lot of Millennium’s, Triton’s, and Haulmark’s at the track though.
 
After having my friends Ironbull 10k buggy hauler for 2 months and over 1200 miles it was almost hard to return it today. It's a shame I really didn't want a longer trailer cause it fit the bill nearly perfectly. You almost forgot it was back there, I've never pulled a trailer that was so quiet and smooth even empty.

My new trailer is supposed to be received Wednesday and prepared for the weekend. Hoping to grab it early Saturday morning:smokin:
 
Snowy said:
Older pace trailers are built like absolute tanks with good wiring. I put well over 100k on my 2000 17’ Pace enclosed with no issues aside from tire/brake maintenance. Now I’ve got a 40’ 2004 Pace gooseneck that has been great too with 20k miles on it so far

If you’re wanting to go aluminum, InTech, Featherlight, and Aluminum Trailer company are the gold standard.

Traditional steel stuff I’m not as familiar with who’s currently building the best stuff. I see a lot of Millennium’s, Triton’s, and Haulmark’s at the track though.
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I thought sundowner was the primo brand. I'm familiar with feather light and atc, but intech makes good stuff? I'll have to look them up.
 
GLTHFJ60 said:
I thought sundowner was the primo brand. I'm familiar with feather light and atc, but intech makes good stuff? I'll have to look them up.
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Yeah the more bling teams have gone to Intech’s based on my casual observations at the track. I’ve not put hands on one personally but guys seem to say that ATC/Intech are extremely comparable.

I’ve seen a couple sundowners but not many in person so I can’t comment on them much.
 
I just picked up this Iron Bull last week.

20' x 83", 5200# axles, $5500. About $1k cheaper than anything else I could find. I had to drive an hour north of Denver, so not too far out there.

Looks to be pretty stout. Welds look decent. Wiring doesn't look like a pending fire. Says made it Mexico on the tag, seems like Juan did a pretty good job putting it together. It towed home great. First load will be a scissor lift going to Wyoming. We shall see how it does. So far I'm happy.
 

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YJLOPES said:
I just picked up this Iron Bull last week.

20' x 83", 5200# axles, $5500. About $1k cheaper than anything else I could find. I had to drive an hour north of Denver, so not too far out there.

Looks to be pretty stout. Welds look decent. Wiring doesn't look like a pending fire. Says made it Mexico on the tag, seems like Juan did a pretty good job putting it together. It towed home great. First load will be a scissor lift going to Wyoming. We shall see how it does. So far I'm happy.
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Where did you get it from? Casually looking for a trailer for work.
 
Picked this up last week, 6k otd with the options I added (rub rail, adj hitch, HD 5k Jack, and spare tire). Turn around time was 10 days from the time i made the deposit, details: 18+2, 60" slide in ramps, 6k dexter ez lube axles. Seems to be well made, tows great, wired decently, fenders are more than strong enough to sit/stand on. For ~ 2k+ less than a comparable PJ trailer I am perfectly fine with it. :grinpimp:

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arse_sidewards said:
That's a lot of money for a 4" channel tongue that's gonna pretzel as soon as it sees its first BDL. :flipoff2:
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Meh, its 5" channel but who's counting... :flipoff2: Hopefully I never put a BDL on this thing thats heavy enough to do damage... went with a trailer heavier than I need to hopefully extend reliability since I will mainly be hauling a couple of atvs and a sxs or my 88 4runner on 33s. could have easily hauled that junk on a car hauler reliably.
 
Here's some quality work on my 10k enclosed cargo mate trailer
 

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I passed up Texas Pride in 2019 when I had my Delco GN built. The TP wiring is a solid meh, still uses the trailer as ground instead of dedicated runs. Original owner had a issue with welds breaking, so they seam welded the entire floor. Definitely cheap/subpar labor. Fenders have fatigue/broke welds from vibration. Build Date 02/22

Couldn't pass it up for the price. It's going to run 30+ hrs a week. So we will see how it fares.

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Steve300xcw said:
$1600 winch?
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A Warn M8 is currently around $1200 list, add in a battery at $120-200, $50 worth of cables, $30 for a battery box, a $50-90 charge controller if you want to get fancy and $150 in labor/steel (between installing it, a mounting bracket if that's not standard, stocking it, etc) and you get to $1600 in a hurry.

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aczlan said:
A Warn M8 is currently around $1200 list, add in a battery at $120-200, $50 worth of cables, $30 for a battery box, a $50-90 charge controller if you want to get fancy and $150 in labor/steel (between installing it, a mounting bracket if that's not standard, stocking it, etc) and you get to $1600 in a hurry.

Aaron Z
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I'm seeing them for about $850. But yea, I get it. Guess I have been outta the loop for a while:homer:
 
aczlan said:
A Warn M8 is currently around $1200 list, add in a battery at $120-200, $50 worth of cables, $30 for a battery box, a $50-90 charge controller if you want to get fancy and $150 in labor/steel (between installing it, a mounting bracket if that's not standard, stocking it, etc) and you get to $1600 in a hurry.

Aaron Z
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Came with a warn M8 Evo, corded and cordless remote, cradle, marine battery, battery holder, built in 110v charger, cables. Has a receiver for cradle and c channel welded on up rights and holes for hard mount.

I can see that being $1600 in today's market.
 
TRINDU said:
Came with a warn M8 Evo, corded and cordless remote, cradle, marine battery, battery holder, built in 110v charger, cables. Has a receiver for cradle and c channel welded on up rights and holes for hard mount.

I can see that being $1600 in today's market.
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Very much so.

Aaron Z
 
Well, after a 5 1/2 month wait (which was originally supposed to be 5 weeks) I finally took delivery of my IronBull today.

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Overall, it's better than the typical trailer I see, but not by leaps and bounds. The wiring is mostly modular, save for where the brakes and midship turn signals are tied in. Plenty of wire left behind for future repairs, and heat shrink connectors were used (except they forgot to heat shrink them)

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I spec'd it with a two speed landing gear, and this one works way easier than my other goose.

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It towed nice on the ~200 mile ride home, even did some tight downtown city turns without issue. Can't wait to get my hillbilly Hilton built and get to traveling.

The deck is pretty meh... just normal old southern pine. I hope the fabricators have a better tape measure and squares than the deck guys. I will be staining and sealing it before it sees any use or weather.

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