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Re: Educate me on Trailers
couple things I noticed that are different from our trailer that I think are important.
Ours is lined with wood, helps protect the skin of the trailer from damage from the inside. We have a couple vents on the roof that let in light and let out hot air (important in SoCal) The roof of our trailer is curved giving it a bit more strength. |
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Take at look at what you are really going to be hauling. If you go the minimalist route you can use a smaller trailer. More options on tow vehicles at least for local travel. If you go with the monsters you are limited yourself to something with a heavy duty tow package with the weight & brakes to safely pull it.
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The Ranger is rated tow up to 5,600 lbs. Not sure on the Ridgeline.
We towed a 6x12 tandem axle U-Haul with the Ridgeline loaded with all our stuff for competition with no problem. I'm thinking A 6x14 tandem axle would be about 2200-2400 lbs empty, and we'd have at most about 1500 lbs of stuff in it. I'm inclined to think we would be okay. Most trips would be local, but we've tossed around the idea of hauling it out to IRI, or Cal Games, etc. I just don't want to get too small of a trailer and regret it. (but I guess the same can be said for too big of a trailer). Does a rounded off "nose cone" make a lot of difference? Do we need that? Also, I'm interested more about comment regarding lining the interior to protect damage to the exterior from the inside. This crossed my mind, as I believe the walls of the trailer are something like .030" aluminum right? If something got banged into that on the inside, I'm assuming you'd get a dent from the inside out right? |
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Ours has plywood inside walls, studs and then the exterior aluminum shell.
You want to have an inside lining of some type. And I think you will quickly hit 1500 pounds. Robot and batteries will get you to 500 quickly. |
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Depending on the manufacturer of the trailer it may either have a "rounded nose" or a "wedge nose" or some other shape for aerodynamic reasons.
One other trailer design you may wish to compare is how it is vented as some of them are more vulnerable to leaking and damage contents. |
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The Ranger is probably fine no matter what. The Ridgeline I'm a little skeptical of. Mainly no experience with that one. I'm not saying it doesn't happen but generally the walls interior walls are plywood. You don't want to touch the outer skin from the inside. 0.030 aluminum. ditto on the roof. The arch shape is more for water runoff than anything. There is a reason they build them like this Even though mine is a Toyota Crewmax extended with 10,800 towing capacity. We are going to Raleigh next week. I think I might go across a truck stop scale and get our gross weight. |
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If you go with the diamond plate floor make sure it has a durable no-skid coating applied.
The Ranger will pull it fine if it's got the 3.73 gears (common on the 4wd) and stock size tires. The Ridgeline, if it pulls it very often, hope you have the extended warranty to pay for those transmissions it will go through. The Dodge won't even know it's there and it's MPG won't be cut in half or more like the other two, meaning it will use less fuel than the others. |
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Who is going to pull it and where will you store it?
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here we go
Ford vs. GM vs. Dodge vs. Toyota someone just needs a deep gravelly voice ..err don't know how to do that here.. |
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I'm not a Dodge nor a diesel fan BTW, just stating the facts of Diesel vs Gas. |
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All good comments. Thank you for the feedback and keep it coming. The Ridgeline is a much larger truck than the Ranger (and has many well-designed nice features) but it's not a true body-on frame solid rear axle truck. The Ranger is mine and the RidgeLine is another mentor's.
It sounds like we definitely need some sort of interior walls. |
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