DTG's and Lowboys

For those of you who operate a DTG or lowboy type trailer what do you prefer?

Down the road I would ultimately like to end up with a lowboy type trailer, and get back into hauling heavy equipment. I started on an old Hyster folding gooseneck lowboy, and loved everything about that trailer. But, I see very few GN folders on the road any more, and it seems like everybody runs a DTG, why?

How about spec's of the trailer. 24' deck min. I will probably end up with a 3 axle unit, and also want an air axle on at least one of the axles, but which one, and why?

I see TrailKing still sells a folder, its freaking beautiful, but I am scared to ask the price lol.

 

ok yall come on, can you guys at least lie to me, or make something up. Me and my post are feeling a tad lonely here lol.

Im going to take a shower, maybe I smell bad or something...

 

Black dog, hoping to stick with a 3 axle trailer. Air lift on at least one of those axles definitely seems like the way to go. For now I am thinking about staying with in the 85K range. Two axles seems like a limitation, stepping up to four axles, and then I am probably getting into stuff that needs a chase car, and to be honest, I know nothing about hauling equipment that large, at least in a legal capacity lol.

I'd like to stay with a 48-ish' trailer, 53' in my experience might be a tad too long. Plenty of times I would have to deliver out in the sticks somewhere, and that requires pulling through a farmers gate, and 48' was just almost too long. More than once I ended up having to back the trailer for a mile or two because there was NO place to turn around when ya got there.

I keep looking, and I honestly do not think the "perfect" low boy exists. Seems like by gaining here, you'll lose over there. I really want to keep the dock option open, and that severely limits my trailer choices.

Back when I was hauling heavy equipment using a folder, I always had to carry an extra set of ramps for the really low slung stuff. Fork trucks, and street sweepers come to mind. The folder was a bit of a hassle for that stuff as you always had the empty area where the 5th wheel pin goes. Also, its really nice to be able to bump a dock and load a rubber tired wheel loader, dozer or grader from the dock instead of dropping the trailer. Most of the time, I could load, chain/boom, and be out the door in less than half an hour. Rain snow and ice make it a little more tedious when loading over the rear tires, but generally its a do-able deal.

The other thing I have noticed about the detachable goose neck stuff, almost NONE of them offer an upper deck, WTH? To me, that's total lost space. Would be super simple to throw an extra skid steer, bucket, or set of tires, or what have ya over the 5th wheel deck...

Trail Kings folder has definite possibilities http://www.trailking.com/trailers/files/TK_Folding_Gooseneck.pdf

Load King folder looks like a definite possibility, but I don't know much about them other than just reading specs. (p. 10-11)
http://www.terex.com/attachment.php?action=LAUNCH&nav=prod&id=cb91c8c587c1443f2524e4e8eb602006