I've used their wedge car trailers for years myself.We put them through hell hauling wrecks for our tow company and to be honest they arent designed for what we do but they last and saved us a ton of money compared to a car hauler.I didnt know they made low boys until a while ago so his perspective on them is better than mine.But what I can say is they are well built,no frills,good quality product that they firmly stand behind.They knew we were dragging wrecks up ours and never gave us a issue on the few times over the years we had trouble.If service after the sale is important with competitive pricing it is hard to beat their products.Just ask any owner operator who runs one and I am sure you'll hear the same thing.

I was thinking the same thing and going to write that but as this is an older video I was reading the comments first to see if somebody already suggested that the other thing it could be happening is maybe the cylinder itself is leaking at the rod end and therefore not leaking back into the hydraulic tank which would not prevent it from falling if that was the case I would replace the cylinder and get one that doesn't leak out but yes you're right if it's leaking back past the control valve and back to the reservoir or hydraulic tank then the ball valve would be the best thing.

In my opinion, it doesn't matter what steps you take to get where you want to go. There is a learning curve regardless of your past experience. Securement doesn't differ from one type of trailer to the next (with the exception of ratings). Don't slow track your career because you think you have to take all these little steps to get where you want to be. Also, the term "Heavy Haul" is relative, and not reserved for multi-axle RGN's. Check out some of my videos if you want to see a completely different side of the industry.

***** Your points are all valid, but I don't like people to think they have to take all of these steps...It's not necessary. Everybody learns at a different pace....At the end of the day, move forward when you feel comfortable. That's all in my humble opinion though. To each their own. My career, is not theirs and theirs is not mine.

I only use ethanol free octane 91 gas from Canadian tire for the honda. same as in my Mazda. I hate ethanol!

you cannot have a 29' well on a 55 ton trailer but it's possible on a 35 ton with a flip axle. mine is 26' long. it's more than enough for a 55 ton.

Awesome... thanks for the reply

+David Null ah was just curious, I'm not a trucker but I've always been fascinated by them. We live on a farm so we have our fair share of trailers but no big rigs. We have a 30 foot gator gooseneck that gets most of our jobs done haha.

no, it's 54", I think. definitely not 60". I wanted a longer well and 26' works great.

Oh ok, that might be the difference then.

how long is your deck and gooseneck? and what's the spacing between the tires? thx-

We actually have a 4 axle flatbed. You've seen our trailer before, when you ran into the older gentleman who used to pull it. I heard you mention it in one of your previous videos. It's a custom built 53' all aluminum flat. Our axles are 5 foot, or 60" spacings.

+Nick Mordaunt everything is different on a lowboy. if you use 60" axle spacings, then the well becomes shorter. and usually the longer the well is, the better.

The neck of the trailer disconnects, these trailers load from the front.

***** hmm that makes sense looking at it now thanks for the response

runs oil in the hydraulic system. otherwise I wouldn't be able to operate the trailer.

+Sergei Dratchev (Heavy Haul TV) thank you. I didn't know that. I am getting back into flatbed starting Monday. And I want to eventually do heavy haul

You normally don't see steerable axles on trailers until you get into the big 13 axles, double Schnable's, or even up into the 19 axle range.

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I've had very good experience as Customer both with Kaufman and Fontaine.

lol

Idk man, you can always put more clothes on to stay warm in the winter! Summertime? You can be buck naked and still miserably hot lol.

Ya won't be hot for long the cops will snatch ya up an take ya to a nice air conditioned jail cell.Nick Mordaunt

Lol, true that, true that.

Nick Mordaunt :0

the trailer will be paid off in the summer of 2019. might upgrade then ...

not yet ;)

you overpaid. if you drove one block over, it'd be 13,490.

Kaufman makes a damn good product for less than half the price............Not saying trailking isnt a good product but I dont see the cost being worth it for a lowboy trailer..........Some of their other products maybe but not for a lowboy.Its really easy to spend others money but having dealt with Kaufman I wouldnt hesitate to buy another trailer from them.

+SouthJerseySound To each their own. I worked for trail King as a welder, so I saw first hand how their built and over welded. I talked to a bunch of drivers that hauled TK trailers and they said they would never haul anything else. I'm not saying that Kaufman ain't a good trailer I just know the TK trailers better, and I built the lowboy trailers when I was there.

I understand where you're coming from and if I had a construction company etc and was looking for a lowboy that everyone would be beating on a TK would be at the top of the list.But for a owner op where you care for your own gear daily I just dont see the need for it with the price difference.Especially with how well Kaufman stands behind their products after the sale.........Both are good units and have their pluses and minuses depending on where you are and what you need.

only lowboy worth buying is a talbert

He's joking on the temp :P

Actually its 41 C / 5 x 9 + 32 = 105.8 F