Any advice on a trailer made to haul three quads side by side. Have 09 Sportsman 500 X2, and two Honda Rancher 420's. Have a 6 1/2 X 14ft. trailer with 4ft drop gate on back. Not enough room for all three. Right now am loading one Rancher in bed of my pickup and one Rancher sideways on front of trailer and then pulling Sportsman up on end. Works, but would like to know if there is a trailer made with drop gate on side big enough to load all three. Any help would be great. Thanks!
If you want to stay around 14 feet in trailer length and have the ease of side loading you probly need to find a flatbed trailer that is over the tires (no fenders). I use a 14ft car hauler to haul 2 sportsmans and my predator. It works, but it's kind of a pain to load as the fenders are in the way. My buddy just had a 14 ft trailer built that kicks a**. It is 7 ft wide with a 3500lb axle. The deck is over the tires so no fenders. There is a rail where the ramps that are stored away attach to all along the sides of the trailer so you can load from anywhere. He also installed the E track system so he can tie down anywhere. It really is the best setup imo. He only paid $1600 for the trailer, too!
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I use a 101" wide x 12' long snowmobile trailer for my two quads and a friend's when we go riding. It has worked out for us. We use the tip feature to load my X2 and son's ATP side by side (both about 93" long) and a friend's Sportsman 500 with a set of aluminum loading ramps on the side. If I really wanted to, I'm sure I could get a ramp on one side, but this has been working well for us. I also made a perimeter of 2x6 pressure treated wood with eyebolts for tieing the quads down.
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Thanks for the ifo.. Your right the Triton's are $$$$. Firehog, did your buddy have the trailer built for him or just purchased it somewhere? Sounds like what i'm looking for.
He had it built in Medford, Oregon at a place called Truck Creations. Unfortunately, that's a loooong way from you! LOL! But he basically built a snowmobile trailer with a heavier axle and some add ons specific to atv's.
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Thanks for the ifo.. Your right the Triton's are $$$$. Firehog, did your buddy have the trailer built for him or just purchased it somewhere? Sounds like what i'm looking for.
may cost a bit more but will last forever! my kids saftey instructor is a engineer for Triton and I got the grand tour of a bunch of trailers ( he sounded like a salesman ! ) LOL, but they are deffintatly some of the finest trailers made. wish i would of bought aluminum over steel the weight difference is crazy. and these dang winters in wisconsin rust the heck out of my trailer.
check ebay lots of good deals there if you can find one close to you.
hoyt
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Look at allprowest.com website. Not that you are close to them or not, and not that I recommend them, but they do have a large selection of ATV trailers to help you make a decision. There are several open models that would fit your needs for a lot less than the Tritons. I have been doing quite a lot of looking around lately. My current open trailer is a 101x10 ft, and I can barely get 3 on it. Definately NOT a safe situation in my book, but it is what I have to work with.
My oldest son has me pulling cars all over the Mid Atlantic region, so buying an open Car hauler is also an option. I figure I could kill two birds with one stone. This will make 3 trailers in the driveway. ( I have to get rid of the smaller open trailer once I get the new one.) I have pretty much settled on a Sure-trac 20 ft open car hauler with 10,000 GVWR. That will pretty much do everything I need it to do, and I can get one for under 4K. Which is a good price. More expensive than an ATV trailer, but I will get a lot more use out of it for more than just the occasional ATV ride. Something to consider.
Also, I already have a large enclosed trailer and I won't buy another one. They are just too hard to load and unload and properly strap things down. Open is the only way to go in my book. Your milage may vary.
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