Utility Sport 60" x 96" Aluminum Dump Trailer (No Floor)

My home will be 10kW solar powered, next year. I purchased the home due the location, roof angle, and because of the direction the roof faced in relation to the sun.

I need a utility trailer. Homeownership requires bulky load movements. Heavy Duty is paramount as I will work cement, carry lumber, landscape with rock, and carry topsoil materials.

My future says an electric auto. My old four cylinder PU handles a half ton. The progression of my homeownership needs means for me to own a trailer with a respectable carrying capacity. If I progress my life toward an electric auto, that means I must carefully consider the weight of the trailer. This aluminum trailer will meet those needs effectively.

This trailer was fun to assemble. I had some difficulty with the spring/axle U bolts I stripped two. Immediately, I contacted Power Equipment Direct. The fault was mine, as my torque wrench was challenging to utilize in an upside down arrangement and the four nuts on each spring/axle were nylocks that pulled then slightly bent the small axle/spring retaining plate. This plate had to conform to the springs and axle congruency. The four U bolts must be tightened evenly and in equal torque. All this let me tighten past the subtle click of my torque wrench. PED representatives sympathized and sent me four U bolts with nylocks, free of charge.

All’s well that ends well. The axle and springs fell together as they should. All the aluminum welds are strong. The trailer is solid. The tires are larger than the less expensive ‘big box’ trailers or other mail order trailers. The axle is solid, as the axle is a challenge to pickup off the ground separately, unless you treat it as a dumb bell and pick it up directly in front of you, at your feet.

I purchased the trailer without a floor, in order consider a means to save even more weight. I could have had an aluminum sheet floor. I think I would have been wise to do so.

If there is one thing I disagree in relation to the design, it is the turn signals. They are exposed to wheel spray and road stones. The non lit side of the turn signals could be easily protected with an aluminum plate welded over the turn signal housing on the non lit side. Also, I would have liked there to be some sort of vertical slots or stays to slide trailer walls into.

The wheels are rugged and larger than many small trailer wheels. The bearing assemblies are rugged and well protected. The cleaning and degreasing-greasing of the bearings will take 10 to 15 minutes each spring, due uncomplicated effective design.

I have yet to license and use this trailer but I can see I received what I paid for. This trailer was not cheap and the quality speaks for itself.

Please note, I took receipt of the trailer and opened it to find one of the plastic fenders has an inch and one half long crack through both sides of the leading edge of one of the fenders. The fenders are a rugged and thick quality of plastic but a leading edge with this size or length of a crack can only spell trouble in the near future. I requested help from the seller and the manufacturer about the cracked fender, when we communicated about the U bolts. They failed to respond to the fender concern. I will either weld the plastic, drill a hole to stop the crack, or glue it or a combination.

My home will be 10kW solar powered, next year. I purchased the home due the location, roof angle, and because of the direction the roof faced in relation to the sun.

I need a utility trailer. Homeownership requires bulky load movements. Heavy Duty is paramount as I will work cement, carry lumber, landscape with rock, and carry topsoil materials.

My future says an electric auto. My old four cylinder PU handles a half ton. The progression of my homeownership needs means for me to own a... more