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Best price/quality 5x8 utility trailer?
Posted on 7/8/16 at 4:53 pm
Posted on 7/8/16 at 4:53 pm
I need to buy a trailer to haul my ztr, dirt bikes, 4 wheeler ect and I have decided on a 5x8 will suit my needs. Where is the best place to buy one near BR or LP or AP?
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Posted on 7/8/16 at 5:49 pm to gsvar2004
Whaay to small
Squirrelly to pull
Go 12 ft min
Squirrelly to pull
Go 12 ft min
Posted on 7/8/16 at 5:51 pm to gsvar2004
Mike Gerald, and you won't like backing up a 5x8 trailer. I've got a 4x8, and it's not easy
Posted on 7/8/16 at 6:29 pm to Hammertime
Are 12ft trailers decent or should you just go 14?
Posted on 7/8/16 at 6:31 pm to Polar Pop
Yep. But 13 is perfect for two Honda ranchers.
Posted on 7/8/16 at 10:09 pm to jimbeam
Gerald got good prices?
I can get a solid new 6x12 in East Texas for $850
I can get a solid new 6x12 in East Texas for $850
Posted on 7/8/16 at 10:56 pm to Polar Pop
Went to Triker world and 5x8 was 799 5x10 was 899
Posted on 7/9/16 at 7:32 am to gsvar2004
I have a 5x8, bounces like a superball, i mostly use my 6x12 its a nice trailer you will be surprised how good it pulls and not hard to back up at all. Mike Geralds is where i would go, nice people there.
Posted on 7/9/16 at 8:07 am to FISH N TIGER
Have a ProPull from here in BR for my four wheeler, 5 by 8 with ramp. Amazing how much use I've gotten out of it over the years for various tasks
Yes its squirrelly to back up just go slow
Paid $810 for it but that was in 2007. Been really happy with the overall quality of it
Yes its squirrelly to back up just go slow
Paid $810 for it but that was in 2007. Been really happy with the overall quality of it
Posted on 7/9/16 at 8:13 am to Tigah D
I have a 6x10. It's mostly perfect. I'd say get a dual axle if getting a 12".
Also get a dovetailed back gate.
Also get a dovetailed back gate.
Posted on 7/9/16 at 10:23 am to gsvar2004
5X8 is easy to handle and store around the house, but is way too small to pull well...you can literally see them bouncing all around when you are going down the road, beating your bikes all to hell.
Posted on 7/9/16 at 10:25 am to gsvar2004
I pulled an empty unloaded 5x8 trailer to houston yesterday with a midsize suv.
Loaded with 1500lbs of heavy engine parts, backed it up an incline loading dock, loaded another 1k into it, and then pulled it home at 70. Wth are you people doing that a 5x8 trailer is treating you so poorly?
The onky inherent problem when towing with a less than fullsize truck is the large gate. It acts as a sail. A short 1ft gate improves fuel mileage considerably.
If y'all can't back up a 5x8, I wanna watch y'all back up my bbq pit
Loaded with 1500lbs of heavy engine parts, backed it up an incline loading dock, loaded another 1k into it, and then pulled it home at 70. Wth are you people doing that a 5x8 trailer is treating you so poorly?
The onky inherent problem when towing with a less than fullsize truck is the large gate. It acts as a sail. A short 1ft gate improves fuel mileage considerably.
If y'all can't back up a 5x8, I wanna watch y'all back up my bbq pit
Posted on 7/9/16 at 11:05 am to X123F45
I can't see my 4x8 at all when backing up unless it is getting all caddywhompus. With really small trailers (log splitter), I usually try a few times and then say frick it and just push the damn things
Posted on 7/9/16 at 12:58 pm to Hammertime
Just mount a tennis ball on it if thats the problem. One in front, one in rear. Lined up you're going straight.
If I don't have the gate on, I either hang my head out the window or open the rear door.
If I don't have the gate on, I either hang my head out the window or open the rear door.
Posted on 7/9/16 at 7:05 pm to X123F45
From appearance only the trailer world trailers seem better built than the Mike Gerald's. Also the tw ones the ramp will fold all the way into the trailer flat.
Posted on 7/10/16 at 6:24 am to gsvar2004
You will regret getting a 5x8. 6x12 at least.
Posted on 7/10/16 at 10:01 am to unclejhim
Looking at a 6x10 in miss. How does buying a trailer out of state work?
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