Fontaine Revolution.......

When Boyd started pulling oversized all trucks and trailers got rewired, not they come from the dealer with the plug.

 

How do you guys like these trailers? Looking at maybe getting a flat to replace my cracked East step. How do the chains tie down to the side of the trailer?

 

I love mine and I've had it two years now. There are 15 chain pulls, per side. You can also run chains through the stake pocket and strap slots. I also have Turtles (securement chocks) that can be placed most anywhere on the deck.

 

I love mine as well. The rubrails are near indestructible and they pull very nice. I will most likely be purchasing one of my own (I rent one now) come next spring.

 

there was a guy here with the step deck version of that and i was checking it out. very nice but all the pockets needed to be rounded over. the edges were sharp

 

I'm speccing out 3 different trailers with the local dealership. The problem is they're only available with grease hubs. I'm not a fan of grease hubs, in fact nobody up here is. The grease is simply too thick during our winters. On top of that when a grease wheel bearing is going, you have no idea until it blows.

This could actually be a deal breaker for me.

Update : You can get oil filled hubs and parallel spindles.

What did you guys pay for yours, and what were the specs?

 

There is not a lot of options offered, by Fontaine, on the Revolutions. I did get the TireMaxx inflation system, boxes on both sides and 8 winches on each side. I also ordered it with extra turtles and chocks. They will throw in 4 of each with each toolbox. No boxes will get no turtles and chocks, as they have nowhere to secure them for shipping. As I got mine through LS, factory direct, I can't say exactly what I gave, but it was under 35. All aluminum wheels are standard, as is a dump valve on the rear axle. The dump is wired to an ISO recepticle, that uses a larger ground prong, than the standard pigtail.
I've had it over two years, now, and still happy with it.

 

Hey A-car you do what I did since your truck is pre '97 and non ABS and take the ABS constant power wire of the trailer and use that for the hot wire on the dump valve. I think it's the blue center wire. My tractor's center wire was not used. This way you only have the original single cord to hook up. ABS will work off brake light power.

 

I specced out 3 different trailers:

- 53 foot "revolution 52" flat closed tandem
- 53 foot "revoution 60" flat tridem
- 53 foot "revolution hybrid" drop tridem

The flats I specced with 11r22.5 tires, and all 3 with disc brakes, parrallel spindles and little else that would add weight. I do see he accidently specced steel wheels and j-hooks. I wanted the flat style. Anyways here's the respective weights with the 48 foot weights in the brochure next to it:

53 flat tandem 9494 lbs (8348 lbs)
53 flat tridem 11,611 lbs (9000 lbs)
53 drop tridem 13,029 (9700 lbs)

I expected the 5 extra feet to add maybe 800 lbs or so, but this is crazy. The tridem drop should be closer to the brochure weight since I'm not changing the tire size. How do they go from 1100 lbs off for the flat which is acceptable to 3300 for the tridem? All I did over their specs is add 5 feet. That must be a very heavy 5 feet!

 

I have some more info:

- 3 year warranty on oil hubs vs. 5 for grease
- Weights for above trailers are 9,200, 11,080, and 12,160 respectively. Still way above their brochure weights and very little added other than 5 feet per trailer. In fact the deck is pretty much only 5 extra feet, same wheels and everything. I don't know how they add so much weight, their brochures must be off.