Do you tow a Utility Trailer? Home Owners

[austintx]

Hello all,


Going to be closing on my first home next month and wondering what current home owners use to transport appliances, trash and home improvement items.

I'm thinking of purchasing a used utility trailer to use around when needed.

Was wondering what other do in these situations. Rent a truck/trailer at a local Uhaul.

Thanks in advance.

 

[natvet]

Yep I have a utility trailer 5x8... works great

 

[Gottagetone]

I rent an enclosed trailer from Home Depot for $40. Jon's rental up on Pond Springs rents one for $50.

 

[Texas993]

Cost of the trailer is one thing, storing it is another. Maybe you have space, but I don't. It kills me to pay to store my car trailer since I only use it twice a year.

 

[re_guderian]

U-haul. I do it a couple times a year. 21 bucks including tax. Just did it Saturday to haul 22 bales of hay. Not always the most convenient, but you can tailor size and options to the task at hand - enclosed or not, ramp, sides, etc...

 

[3DAMAN!]

If you can pick one up at the right price , just to have " If ya need it" they sure do come in handy "When ya need it".

 

[Herzlos]

If you've got somewhere to store it then go for it; they are incredibly useful and I wish I'd done it sooner (I've now bought a 2nd one!).

If space is tight, a lot of the newer small ones (we have Erde/Daxara over here which are galvanized steel from 3ft to 8 ft in bed length) are designed to be stored on end, so I've got a 4ft trailer in the back of the garage.

Even something that size will carry more weight than you'd want to put inside your average vehicle, and is great for appliances and garden waste, and will have probably paid for itself versus a couple dozen rentals.

I did find the 4ft trailer a bit on the small side of hauling sand/gravel/topsoil about for landscaping projects, with a 300kg load limit, and a bit of a nuisance for bulk tree waste, so I've now picked up a much older and heavier duty 6ft trailer to restore and use

 

[Jetboy]

I have one of the little Harbor Freight trailers. I got the "upgraded" model with the 12" wheels! ha ha.

I use the s*** out of it though. For all sorts of stuff. I hauled all sorts of materials for my kitchen remodel last year. Way easier than trying to put sheet rock on the 4runner. Just this past weekend for example I needed to haul 50 cinder blocks and 15 bags of cement home to build a retaining wall. Could I have gotten it all in the 4skinner? Yeah probably. But throwing it on the trailer made it a breeze. Same for things like a dishwasher or a washer and dryer. I can fit them all in my 4runner if I have to, but it's so much better to have a little trailer. And the nicest part about the POS HF trailer is that it folds up. And it's super easy to dissasemble. Over the winter when I want it out of the way I'll take it apart. Probably 20 minutes or less and I can have it broke down into 2 4x4' panals, the tongue, and the axle with leaf springs. Each piece I can easily carry and stack behind the garage.

My friends borrow it from time to time too. - possibly the best solution is to just have a friend with a trailer you can borrow.

I did put ~2.5 yds of soil pep (ground up wood) in it once. Way too much weight. The tires looked like they were going to pop. I made it home because I wasn't far, but I wouldn't do it again. Be careful with that part with the HF trailers. They only hold about 1,000lbs before you should consider renting something heavier duty.

If you don't have a truck, a little trailer can be super handy.

 

[Land Shark]

When I decided not to have a truck anymore I purcheased a utility trailer. Over the years I have hauled everything you can think of and then some. I typically use mine 2-4 time a month. Like said above if you can store it and come across one at a good price made sense to me. I think it comes down to how often you will use it in order to justify the cost. I definitely have paid for mine 10 fold

 

[NorCal Cruiser]

I'd like to have a utility trailer but for now I just run to uhaul the few times a year I need one.

 

[jonharis]

I'm just putting the finishing touches on a '69 F-250 Ranger that I'll use for getting firewood, gravel, working on the rentals, hauling yard waste and helping people move larger items. I'm guessing it will be used a dozen times a year. It was a score with brand new 255/85R16 BFGs. I'll have about $250 in it when it's done and registration is pretty cheap. I was actually thinking of turning it into a camper before I found the Adrenalin but it's really heavy and adding something like a non-cabover Alaskan would have made it unreasonable off road.

The positive of a trailer like this is that you can haul 2000-3000lbs or more of stuff comfortably, the big negative is the deck height. It makes it much harder to load appliances and other heavy items.

 

[Corbet]

I use a m101a I got for free. Have plenty of space to store it.

 

[oldboyscout]

I used a little 4x6 utility trailer for MANY years to haul everything from canoes, lumber, firewood, camping gear. It's the most useful thing anyone can own. I just bolted some angle iron racks on it for things longer than 8'

around here UHaul won't rent trailers to anyone with a JEEP (or any convertible)

 

[Mark Harley]

I have always had a trailer,
Three now a 6x8 for lawn work a 14' boat trailer for the canoe.
and my M101A2 for play!

 

[TRAIL TAILOR]

Trailers are worth their weight in gold IMO, if you have the space to store them. I've got a 20' enclosed, 18' flat/car hauler, 5 x 10' utility, and coming soon an off road expedition style.. I believe you should have one for every occasion.. HA!

 

[titanpat57]

I use a M116A2...the only problem is that there is 46" between the wheel wells, so it had to be cut and patched, so now it's 49", I also modified the tongue and removed the surge brake and replaced it with a heavy duty Bulldog coupler....the plans this year include a new brake axle and matching rims to the 4Runner.

Its a great tool...easy to hook up, and had good sized loads on it.