Benson trailers any good

A 53ft step looks much better behind that W9.

 

I would go #1 Mac, #2 Reitnour. Benson is a lower tier trailer. I think if you take care of it, it would serve you well. If it was me, I would bite the bullet and and go top tier.

Resale value is much better

 

Which model? 524 or 724 What are you going to haul with it?
I would give the 724 a shot.

 

If your loading it front to back I would buy a 524 without thinking twice.
I would hate to back myself into a corner like that though. You can buy a 724 for the same price without all the sugar though. A Mac is only couple more grand.

 

If your going to haul long beams and you've never pulled an aluminum flat before. That arch is going to be a learning curve. If your going to be pulling a lot of long beams, the less arch, the easier. It takes some practice blocking up both ends so the beams clear the arch.

 

Got 4 Benson trailers I pull regularly. 3 48x102 Steps and a 48x102 Flat. Never had major problems with any of them. The flat has a crazy arch on it that makes long light freight a pain to load. Works great for single heavy pieces though. 58K in 15ft will make it sit nice and flat though.

The steps I pull all have the rectangular LED marker/turn signal lights so the entire side of the trailer flashes. Looks nice but the lights are a pain in the ###. The wires are just barely long enough and very thin so they break fairly often. The lights are about $10 each when they go. The flat has 3/4" round markers down the sides and they seem to hold up much better.

My flat is about 9800lbs and the steps are just a tad over 10K empty.

 

The ravens had a arch, I am not very good with english describing a visual. The arch on mine was about a inch and change at the mid point. Once you put a 52000 pound 24 foot coil on the deck of that it flattens out to the max which happens to be at that time the max rated capacity. Dangerous on one hand and awesome on the other.

I would lean towards a Mac. A riet would be number two.

If I had money of no concern, I would be looking over the Easts. If they still made them.

 

You haven’t pulled a flat in 20 years, a lot has changed since then. Stop trying to help.