Texas Pride review.

10-4 man I agree, sorry it didn’t work out for you but I appreciate you putting it out there.

 

That's total BS that they falsify the data plate. If that's the equipment listed, that what it should be on the trailer!!

A quick fix for you might be throw some 14ply rubber on there. I ran the Samson GL285T 235/80r16 G rated for about 2 years with 100% success. They were cheap too, ~$125 a piece ordered from simple tire. Bought them during one of their many sales, free shipping. I hear the Sailun s637 in same size is good too. I had to run the 80 profile because of clearance on my lo-pro gooseneck, but you can probably go 85 profile & there are many more choices. I know the 17.5" is better, but this will get you by for a few years..

I sure don't miss the ol' spring ride buck, that's for sure. The new air ride chaparral ii is smooth as a babies bum!! How does TPT expect you to stow the ramps when using the rear flips!!? Dummy's!! Might have to get you some ramp hangers on the side, similar to what the Take 3 uses.?

Even this $45k trailer has stupid little things I am dealing with. One of the height adjustable twist locks was froze/rusted up & I spent a couple hours working it free. There is a stop bolt in the winch track making about 12' of the track unusable. (for now) They wired the rear axle dump switch to a separate 4way round plug, instead of the center pin on the 7way..

 

Yikes, I’m sorry 24k hope 2020 turns around for you and you make your way.

I’m going to check Big Tex, PJ, and Load Trail next week.

 

The center pin on the 7 way plug is for the ABS on the trailer,that's why they did it the way they did.

 

They claim their wedge trailer rated at 26k lbs? What axles does it have? 10k axles? I've got a 2014 BigTex 20AC on the market for reasonable price.

 

I saw the wedge you got on their website and see the 3" extensions being listed. In the pictures and the video overview the ramps look like they are 3' long like the description says, but they are clearly mounting so only a part of that is usable. In the video the person says that they only extend the trailer 2'. I think you may have been confused with the length of the flip outs vs the actual extension they provide. This is what I've seen with other trailer brands as well. From a structural standpoint you'll lose strength if you don't position the hinge in like they did. I'm sure they didn't want to do anything that would change the engineered design and possibly cause a failure down the road. All the other things you mentioned are legit, but the extension issue seams to be an oversight on your part.

BTW, I have a 42' PJ deckover that has many of the issues you talked about. I went with PJ because they are supposed to be the step up from Bigtex (same owner). I have had really bad issues with the powercoat coming off and rusting under it. Also had issues with an axle that wasn't aligned and caused 6 tire failures. Biggest problem is the crappy welds and how they tend to use a torch to make a hole rather than cutting it out before hand. My 7-way as also had issues and I've had to rewire the connections due to the crimps failing and rusting. Not fun, so I can understand your pain. I don't think anyone makes a perfect (or near perfect) trailer. I think it's too many hands building them and not enough oversight to make sure simple problems don't get out of hand. Probably because of the size of these companies.

This video does a great job showing the exact same issues I've had:

 

I'm still confused by your post regarding the extensions being 3'. They clearly stay that they are 2ft in front and 2ft in back. Where are you seeing 3ft? Only reference I see to 3ft is the actual length of the extensions.

Just be careful if you look at other brands. I considered either PJ or Diamond C before getting a PJ (larger dealer network) because I thought I would get better dealer service. Was wrong. I had to spend $1200 getting the axles aligned (rewelding hangers and mounts), plus nearly a grand in tires. Never got a call back from PJ or any dealer trying to help. They blamed it all on me claiming I overloaded the trailer...... It only carries Truck campers (3-5k each, never more than 3 at a time). It's a 30k GVWR trailer.

Diamond C supposedly makes a great trailer, but I've found some questionable reviews that show some shotty work in areas that don't make sense. I didn't like the lack of a big dealer network considering the trailer was $4k more than the PJ and $6k more than the BigTex.

Load Trail is supposed to be very similar to Kaufman and TPT but recently got busted by ICE and had to downsize considerably.