Chinese trailers

Pay me 10% and I will travel to China and do maotai shots and sing loud karaoke to get the deal done.

 

While I agree that Chinese quality has come a long ways in recent times, I would argue, that its not quite there yet. I think they are more than capable of the quality, but I wouldn't trust them to put their best foot forward. I'm thinking that they don't have a problem playing around with material specs when they don't think there would be a problem. I had to re-make some parts that were spec'd with the a particular grade of steel, and it was seriously lacking. Everything else about the parts was spot on. I think I'd give them another 20 or 30 years for more "check and balances" to be added to the systems before I would trust them with a trailer... especially one that is meant to carry any weight.

 

For all your cheap trailer needs..
http://www.remolqueslozano.com.mx/en/index.php

Here is a dealer in Texas that sells Mexican trailers.
http://www.nexatrailers.com/

 

It still has to meet DOT regulations. I know people who imported cars from Japan that can't get them registered due to non DOT approved safety items. The DOT bumper on the trailer comes to mind

 

It's a whole lot easier to get a trailer in DOT compliance that it is to get a car to be DOT and EPA compliant.

Cars have to pass have all kinds of driver and passenger safety and you also have the EPA to deal with on emissions.

The main problem with a trailer would be getting a title and then an registration.

The trailer I was looking at was highly specialized ( Goldhofer clone) and would be a lot easier to get registered than a regular flat or van.

 

Last year I used a piece of equipment in Chile that I purchased in the U.S. for $300,000 that was designed in Canada and built in China. Still with me? Yeah, it had issues. At first glance it looked and worked "okay." However, once we started using it there were lots of little things wrong that shouldn't have been. One of the most maddening things were the fittings that should have been universal and worked with all other fittings of similar design, regardless of origin... they didn't.

 

Have you looked into Faymonville?

 

Agree Chinese made equipment can be hit and miss, I've got a good friend who has run nothing but cat excavators for years but has shifted over to sany the past couple of years and has been happy with it, most of the parts are genuine USA made or Japanese with a Chinese built boom/chassis. But as not4hire mentioned the do some odd ball #### that leaves you scratching your head.

 

Yes the trailers would have to meet US road saftey standards and pass any required tests just like everyone else, I mean everything in the US is made in China isn't it? Why not a trailer? And there cheap because workers over there only get paid about a 1/3 of the wages of a US worker.

 

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the price of a trailer made in China, vs its equivalent trailer made in the US? Flatbed or Step deck, not specialized trailers like @m16ty was talking about...