what would you do?
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From: raleigh,nc
what would you do?
I have ordered a 06 f250 xl supercab 4x4 6.0l. I was wondering what would be a good trailer for towing 2 atvs back and forth to the mountains. It's about 350miles each way. The atv's wiegh about 700lbs each. I didn't get the trailer packages installed on the truck, as I thought most of my towing was "light weight". Did I screw up no getting ford trailer packages?
thanks in advance.
thanks in advance.
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From: raleigh,nc
sorry for the dumb questions
I live in NC. Isn't there a weigth requirement on trailers for brakes? I was hoping to get by with something like a landscape trailer. 13-14 inch wheels. I am used to renting when I have to tow. Using a f150. I would just like to buy something fairly cheap to get the atv's home during the winter to do maintenance on them.
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Why not an aluminum snomobile trailor? you can get them either as a falt deck, a gaurded front (chip gaurd) or enclosed and tehy weigh little to nothing and can be had for $1-$2k depending on style, manufacturer and extra equipment. the other good thing is you don't need ramps and there are usually plenty of places to tie the cargo down.
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thanks SLE. can you point me at a manufacturer.Or should I just search for snow mobile trailers? They are atvs, so they don't mind getting dirty or chipped on the highway. I do worse to them when I accidently role them in the hills.
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Tuned
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For a small landscape trailer for pulling ATV's, you don't need a brake controller. Since they all use a simple 4 wire setup, your truck is already equipped to handle it.
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Ted -
Here's one for $859.99 + shipping:
http://www.northerntool.com (click on Trailers + Parts)
Steve
Here's one for $859.99 + shipping:
http://www.northerntool.com (click on Trailers + Parts)
Steve
Last edited by Steina; Mar 24, 2006 at 09:37 PM.
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Ted, You shouldn't have any problems in NC with what you are talking about.
Just hook it up and ride, I doubt you will even know the trailer is behind you without looking.
John
Just hook it up and ride, I doubt you will even know the trailer is behind you without looking.
John
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Hell tedbev I bought meself a triton model # SL-8 for just what you are doing, You can load or unload the atv from either side, here is there site-
http://www.tritontrailers.com/utatv_trailers.asp.
http://www.tritontrailers.com/utatv_trailers.asp.