Trailer Preferences...

Rogers makes a stout trailer

 

forced into position really stacking trailers is easy straight forward, and doesn't take long to do

 

My new fontaines 55 ton 3 axle rear lift closed wheel covers built in strobes. 18" deck height have been good so far. I issue though. The trickle chargers keeps going bad. They are warranted but its an inconvenience . The engineers also choked the lines after the filters so we were blowing filters apart changed the diameter and all is good. Easy to detach and reattach with dual hooks vs stupid brake chamber connections routinely hauling 70 to 90 k with no structural issues... Yet

 

I have a etnmyre walking beam tri axle , u just have to get the hang of hooking it up, I have a jeep to pull with it as well

 

The "angle" of the cylinder orientation in the neck has zero bearing on its lifting ability or speed. It's all about compound angles and engineering...think compound bow vs recurve bow (as in bow n arrow)

The superior speed and lifting ability you perceive in your trailer may have a larger volume/pressure/flow pump or lift cylinder diameter or the flow control valves have been opened up a little more on your system.

My Knight has 45* angle cylinders and will lift more weight than my buddies who has the same trailer, however his lifts faster than mine...figure that one.

 

I received traning on the Kalyn Siebert Hydraulic Removable Gooseneck 3 Axle 55/60 Ton Trailer here in Iraq. We had two of them. I learned it very quickly. I asked my boss to put me on this trailer all the time when we needed something moved across country to the other military camps. If i had the choice, this would be the one i would stay with, but i'm allways willing to try other trailers out. I call it a challange. Here is an example of what i pulled here.

 

One of the lightest and strongest that I've found is a murray. If you want a steerable 9 or 13 Cozad. I also pulled a trailking 9 axle, deck height was same as murray, clearance under trailer was about 6 inches. Murray is about 12. Also on the smaller trailers you can rear load. Plus you can get them with disc brakes. The big question is, where will your trailer be in 20 years?

 

Sure don't like the looks of that fender clearance, or lack of, in rising corner.
Tear off my stainless fenders sure would piss me off.
I'm with Colorado on the exposed cylinders, ever hear of Murphy's Law? That would not be cool.
Im a Fontaine fan myself.