PJ trailer owners beware

If that's overloading them I'd like to know what exactly they expect somebody to haul. It's not like you loaded them up with 15 or 20 big round hay bales.

 

Honestly do you think the repair job they'll do will be any better? I'd get somebody decent to grind/gouge and reweld and send them the bill.

 

As far as I'm concerned, PJ is/was a top of the line steel trailer manufacturer in the gooseneck market..

If you're going to buy aluminum, Crossman is where it's at, IMHO..

That's straight bs. Y'all didn't abuse that wagon at all.. You want to see an abused hotshot..
This is how I treated mine close to the end.. Actually served me quite well.. 21500lb on deck is the yellow concrete fourms stacked on. Orlando, FL to Camdem, NJ, so it was a good long ride.. I loaded 20k on it 100's of times.. All these are 18k or more. Want me to keep going..?

 

I've got an older Loadtrail dump trailer we use here at the farm. I wasn't impressed at all with their welding job. Some starting cracking up towards the front as that's where the bottom of the hydraulic cylinder exerts pressure. Not sure what they used to weld with, MIG or 7014, but whatever it was, very shallow penetration. I fired up the welder and dug some 5/32 6011's in there, problem solved.

Bottom line though you shouldn't have welds breaking on a new trailer, that's BS. I've heard some good things regarding Kaufmann outta NC, some of the guys run them around here...

 

I have been away from this stuff a long time now. Used to be a couple great manufacturers in Mitchell, SD. They were Trail king and Dakota Mfg. Did some business with both of them. They built some heavy duty flat decks twenty years ago. Does anyone here know anything about them today. Realize the power of Google...wonder about the hands on guys opinion. Thanks.

 

Trail king in Mitchell is mostly specialized trailers, lowboys, plastic tank haulers, they make stepdecks down in Yankton, don't know if they make regular flats or goosenecks.
Dakota mfg is Traileze I believe, they're still building stuff there, actually just built a nice new building last year. They have a few outside welding shops around this area too.

 

Good on you sir for not letting them take advantage. Alot of little outfits don't have the time or resources to do so. Could be why they think they can get away with offering a 3year warranty, & NOT standing behind their product.

If it's not to much trouble, please update to let us know how it goes. Thank you..

 

Right, forgot they marketed under Traileze. Trail King was going after a segment where they could separate themselves from others. Smart marketing.
Did Wilson make some flats? I recall they did some larger gooseneck stock trailers in Yankton and then the big stuff over in the Sioux. Nice quality.

 

Yeah Wilson makes a few different trailers, livestock trailers in Yankton, I believe flats, steps, and big pots in Sioux City, and grain hoppers in Lennox, SD.