Drove to Salem Saturday morning and picked up the trailer and brought it back. It tows very nicely. I couldn't even tell it was behind the truck except when braking since I found out my brake controller doesn't appear to be working. :? I had to stop a few times to torque the lugs down (as they recommended) and noticed that the trailer sat on an angle behing the truck. We did have to mess with the gooseneck hitch but still keep it so it clears the truck. With some measurement, height testing and beautiful weather on Sunday .. the trailer got a spring over so that it now sits perfectly level with the truck.


I'm building a 4' ramp extension for the back of it. The whole bed tilts and with the extension and then bed height it will have abour a 20 degree approach angle.

 

Pretty sweet!

 

Very nice!

It looks like it might be able to fit 2 Jeeps on it? Looks like it would be close.

 

I think it will be close. I'm drawing up plans to put on a 2 to 4 foot extension on the back. Since I raised up the deck height to make it sit level with the truck the approach angle is a little too steep for the Camaro so I've got to tilt it up and figure out if I'm going to just build some small ramps or an actual deck extension. 2 Jeeps would be really close on this though.

 

If you go 4 feet you will probably need to move the axles or it will look wrong... Sounds like you need to go look at that 28'er again...

 

I don't want it to be part of the permanent deck, just a ramp of some sort. I might go shorter with actual ramps so I can store them underneath the back of it. Too many decisions. lol.

 

If your main concern is the approach angle for loading and unloading... I would definitely go with bags with a dump valve... your truck will hold up the front so the back will lay down probably making the approach angle less than the stock angle. You have a really nice trailer with an an awesome tilt option >>> having ramps seems like a bad way to go after spending that kind of money. But that is just my opinion.
Take a look at smokemans setup and tell me that doesn't rock.... It is a simple design that would take about as much skill as building ramps and make people turn their heads and say "WOW!" every time you operate your rig!

 

I do agree that ramps would somewhat defeat the purpose of having the nice trailer. I'm all for an airbag setup. I'll look into what he's got.

 

Here are his pictures
http://rides.webshots.com/album/557968379Thfksb
Very simple..

 

Very cool and you're right .. that is a very simple setup. I've even already got all the dump valves from my old Kelderman air ride setup that I can use on this and an extra Viair 550c that I can mount on it.

 

How cool would that be!?!?!
I have been planning doing that to my mobile oil change service trailer because I work with my wife. She is short and has to step up into the trailer a lot for materials... This way I can hit the dump valve and drop the trailer so everything is at her fingertips... If She's happy >>> I'm happy

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