Diamond C Trailers

I've been very happy with my Diamond C with hyd dove tail. Well built trailer it's gone through two NY winters and has all it's paint still. It;s on the road 6 days a week hauling equipment

 

I purchased a new 2019 Diamond C hyd tail 40k in november. It made one 1600 mile haul with a 6800 lb machine on the tail, and it catastrophically failed. Company finally agreed to warranty it after 4 months of back and forth.

Outside of this failure, it had small misc problems as soon as a bought it. Had a delaminated tire pulling it home empty from dealer. Solar maintainer has never worked. rear crashbar mounted tiny led clearance lights both burned out within 500 miles.

I picked up the trailer from the dealer in the evening. the next day I noticed the trailer has rattle can touch up paint all over it (trailer is silver).

Second time i powered the dovetail down, a hydraulic line blew off one of the rams. upon inspection, I found it had been crossthreaded onto the fitting.

Overall really disappointed in the trailer. If it was a car it would qualify for the lemon law.

I havent been able to use my trailer since December. Diamond C really dragged their feet on communication, And only agreed to honor a structural warranty when I threatened to hire a lawyer. They Still dont accept responsibility and claim I should have divided their 10k lb dovetail payload capacity by 2.5 when calculating useable payload (hence 6800lbs overloaded their 10k trailer).

 

Wow that's a screw up. I run loaded with hay and load a 8,000 lb skid steer on the tail to deliver hay. Mines the older shorter tail 9ft

 

Look up V Belt and Son on YouTube. He ordered a new one and has done a lot of talking about his. He hauls equipment locally so he's not an OTR freight guy but he compared it very favorably to his Texas Pride trailer. Their website is pretty good too I noticed. If I were in the market for a gooseneck that is probably who I'd go with.

Quality control seems to be all over the board with all these brands of goosenecks though. Some people get good ones from brands that don't have such a stellar rep and some get lemons from the supposedly good manufacturers. Like RV trailers they are not built anywhere near automotive QC standards so it is really all over the place.

 

This is the absolute truth. I’ve heard horror stories about all the different brands and I’ve met guys running the same brands that’s swear by them and have had multiple of the same make over their years in hauling. Unfortunately it’s rolling the dice

 

I think the bigger brands let the QC standard drop when they start trying to push out a lot of trailers fast.
They hire anyone that claims they can weld. Engineering starts trying to save costs, ect...
I'm going with a smaller company this time after my nightmare with Texas Pride.
I made it very clear to the company I am ordering my new trailer from that I will be going through the trailer with a magnifying glass and flashlight inch by inch before I hand over the check. Also told them I will be posting close up pictures online of everything and reviewing it.
I'm hoping the smaller companies have something to prove and would put their heart into the build in order to get recognition.

 

What kind of trailer are you getting this go around? Are you keeping the one you have now?

 

Getting a custom made low profile stepdeck like this one:


Sold my wedge last week.

 

Those are neat looking setups IMO and pretty versatile.

Is he asking to get nailed on his weights though with that load? That looks like a 3500 which is usually a 14k GVWR. Does DOT go by tire rating on these small truck setups or what? On big trucks you rarely have to worry about that because the tire, axle and GVW ratings on the power unit are almost always well above what state law allows anyway for axles. Once in awhile you might get hassled on a spread axle or your steer axle if the 5th wheel is slid too far forward and the load was loaded stupid.