Can anyone help me find a place that sells used trailers for transporting atvs? my nephew and I would like to go out riding together and we need a good trailer to transport 2 atvs? please email me direct at rcltd4@optonline.net or call me anytime thanks robert 203-500-2079

 

You can get trailers almost anywhere. I wouldn't get one with wheels smaller than 12" besause the 8" wheels spin so fast the hubs and tires wear out faster. 15" is even better than 12" and anything smaller isn't going home with me. You shoulsd have people PM you instead of having your phone # up there for the whole world to see.

 

thanks frank for the advice---when you say I can get one just about anywhere--are you talking new or used and at what ballpark price?/ thanks robert

 

I found one my size on ebay for $575. Mine is black and has 2x8 decking but looks similar. http://cgi.ebay.com/5x8-Utilit...71670758QQcmdZViewItem I bought mine at my ATV dealer. There are lots of good trailers available for $6-800 new. The Lowe's/Home Depot trailers are cheaper price and just plain cheap IMO compared to a good utility trailer. Some people like them but I took one look at those cheesy looking things and left. The 5x8 will handle all 1 and 2-person ATVs and some UTVs like the Ranger RZR. No need for ramps because it's a tilt-bed. Some trailers have a built in ramp but even the mesh type catches the air and ruins your gas mileage. Buy a new trailer with EZ-Lube hubs if you can. It's better than Bearing Buddys and it's built in.

 

THANK YOU FRANK VERY VERY MUCH !! ROBERT

 

Check your classifieds or yellow pages for utility trailer manufacturers/retailers. I bought a 5x14 trailer last year to carry two utility atv's inline. I'm very pleased with the setup. It seemed to me that the inline would have less aero resistance than side by side, it's easier to see around the trailer with regular truck mirrors, and it is much easier to back a longer trailer than a short one.

Ditto on the EZ-Lube hubs if they're available. I upgraded the cheesy 4 ply trailer tires to a 6 ply tire for extra durability when pulling the trailer on dirt/gravel/rock roads to get to the trails.

I also installed a pair of Gorilla Lifts for the heavy *** tailgate/ramp on my trailer, they are fantastic. I can stop the ramp in mid-air and raise or lower it with one finger.

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That sounds like one sweet trailer.

 

I bought a 6 1/2' x 14' landscaping trailer and haul 3 quads on it turned sideways and have a truck storage box bolted to the front part of it to store helmets, tool boxes and riding gear in it. keeps the cab of the truck clear for passengers and the bed of the truck clear for tents and coolers and everything else for week long riding trips to the dunes

 

The storage box is a good idea. They make little ones that go on the trailer tongue but NOT on a tilt bed.

 

i have mine bolted to the floor of the trailer bed since i had 2 extra feet of room on the trailer holds 3 gas cans and the storage box perfectly in that space