Low boy trailers

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  1. yowzadog

    yowzadog Bobtail Member

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    So I'm looking into buying a 3 axle low boy with hydraulic goose neck. I'm gonna be hauling logging equipment and excavators. I found a mid 2000's Pitts brand trailer. I need some feedback on quality and longevity of this brand.
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  3. 315wheelbase

    315wheelbase Heavy Load Member

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    Don't by an XL Specialized,,they wil fight and delay any warrantee repairs needed...By a Doonan or Trailking or Aspen or FOntaine..
     
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  4. cnsper

    cnsper Road Train Member

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    You keep saying that, what exactly went wrong with the trailers? Maybe a link to a thread that I missed? You forgot Cozad....
     
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  5. haulhand

    haulhand Road Train Member

    I've seen more XL lowboys broke either right at the transition from the deck to the suspension or between the first and second axle than any other trailer manufacturer other than Etnyre. XL will tell you that the trailer was overloaded even if it broke empty.
     
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  6. passingthru69

    passingthru69 Road Train Member

    Go look back at my post from Dec. of 2013 and tell me how good XL trls. are.
    First hand issue. That trl. is still not right from what I've seen of it.
    Plus several other XL's they have here are weak at the transition area. Bringing the rear deck down on the lead axle when lded...
     
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  7. haulhand

    haulhand Road Train Member

    I've got a good friend that swears by XL lowboys and I have to laugh when he ####### about the lead axle being overloaded and not being able to hardly keep the rear on the ground when he's got five pinned in a row. He won't believe that it just might be a weak transition and that trailer is going to break one of these days.
     
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  8. cnsper

    cnsper Road Train Member

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    Thanks. I keep reading not to buy one of them from a few people but never have seen why. That's all I was asking.
     
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  9. johndeere4020

    johndeere4020 Road Train Member

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    You brought up Etnyre, I think they are a miserable excuse for a lowboy. I'm amazed at how many there are around here, I've spent most of my career pulling a Talbert but I had to pull an Etnyre for a couple years and I hated it.
     
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  10. yowzadog

    yowzadog Bobtail Member

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    You say you have pulled a Talbert most your career, johndeere4020 what do you think of that brand?
     
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  11. yowzadog

    yowzadog Bobtail Member

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    Or an eager beaver? There is an eager beaver I like for sale and there are a lot of Talbert trailers for sale on commercial truck trader online.
     
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