Educate me on Trailers

[MrBasse]

You really need to know the maximum weight you will pull before you make any decisions. Is a diamond plate steel floor really that important when plywood probably weighs less, does the same job, and is ridiculously cheaper to replace? I've towed small trailers with a few different Rangers and I can say from experience that you shouldn't try to use a compact pickup to tow a full size load. Scariness definitely will happen, and that is multiplied when you have expensive and precious cargo (i.e. robots, tools and probably students too). The Ridgeline has a capacity of 5k lbs. so I would look past that option too if you are going to get a trailer like what you listed. You need a vehicle that can tow the trailer you buy, otherwise you have to buy a trailer that your vehicle can tow.

You have to remember that a lot more goes into towing than just weight. If you pull a shorter trailer with a shorter vehicle and load the trailer up at all, it is going to dance all over the freeway and stress the driver out until it ends badly. If you will ever go near a freeway, or plan to ever drive faster than 40 mph or so, buy a smaller trailer or a bigger truck.