Used flatbeds

Seems bit aged. But depends if it's been taken care of. Just parked a 1998 Dorsey combo, frame broke In half right behind the 5th wheel plate... full aluminum is nice for the weight. Just make sure if you run on winter roads(north) keep it washed calcium eats at them.

 

We have aluminum and steel trailers.We use chains on everything.The pockets on the rails of the aluminum trailers are always cracked or broken where you secure your chains. The steel trailers never seem to have this problem

 

I have steel with aluminum deck and I have a steel with a wood deck.
I think aluminum is more likely to crack.
It's harder to weld.

I can weld my own stuff with a steel trailer.

 

Can you weld 1/2" aluminum? Just asking. Most of the cracking I see happens around the spread axles

 

check the arc on the trailer when its empty.

dont buy it if its flat with no postive arc.

 

I would look into the step deck trailers with load levels Incase you haul long pipe of still. Every else you can put on the poop deck and bed. Also, I would into the ones with the closing tandems or you can spread them when necessary. Depends what your planning to haul. What I just described gives you both worlds.

 

You will want a 102” wide trailer not a 96” wide unit. A lot of units from that time frame were still 96” wide.