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PostSubject: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyMon Apr 04, 2011 3:37 pm

I am considering getting an all aluminum trailer for the Teryx, anything in particular I should know -good or bad??
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyMon Apr 04, 2011 3:41 pm

I have a Featherlite....and love it. You can move it around easily without using a truck, SxS, etc.....

I've had it for 2 years with zero problems.
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyMon Apr 04, 2011 9:26 pm

I also have a featherlite and it is about 5 years old and no problems at all, worth the price.
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyMon Apr 04, 2011 9:39 pm

I got mine used here in Knoxville for $1000 on craigslist. It needed new tires, and I put a new jack on it, painted the rusty rims, and changed all the lights to LEDs, and added a tie-down hook on the front.
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyMon Apr 04, 2011 9:41 pm

I would like to have one. They are very nice.
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyMon Apr 04, 2011 10:21 pm

Anyone use all aluminum trailer? 0021111111111111

Maybe soon.
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyMon Apr 04, 2011 10:35 pm

featherlite makes a good trailer.. Good thing about them is you don't have to worry with keeping them painted. I wouldn't spend an arm and a leg on one though. Depending on the truck a few hundred pounds doesn't make much difference at all pulling.. I've got several different flat bed trailers ranging from a 5x10 all the way to a 8x20. Not much difference at all in MPGs pulling any of them empty with a full size truck..

Only real downside to an aluminum trailer is they tend to be rated lower then a steel trailer the same size..
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyTue Apr 05, 2011 11:05 am

I'd love to have a 6x10 featherlite instead of my 5x14 mesh trailer. It would probably help out a little bit since I don't have a full size pickup.
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyTue Apr 05, 2011 12:12 pm

JeepKuntry wrote:
I'd love to have a 6x10 featherlite instead of my 5x14 mesh trailer. It would probably help out a little bit since I don't have a full size pickup.

Yeah, I am pulling a 6x12 mesh frailer with a tailgate lift assist with a 4 cyl Toyota Highlander it gets the job done but it's really working too hard to pull it. Also, The trailer is too heavy for me to lift onto the hitch ball. I usually get my son to help me hook up. Only having one arm/hand that works is a bitch!
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PostSubject: Re: Anyone use all aluminum trailer?   Anyone use all aluminum trailer? EmptyTue Apr 05, 2011 12:39 pm

With out a doubt if you are pulling with a 4 cyl then an aluminum trailer is well worth the extra cost!!! Your max tow rating is probably around 3k give or take.. Most try to stay at or below the 80% rule.. So that puts you at around 2600LBs. A 6x12 with a SxS on it is easily a couple thousand pounds..
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