I Made a HUGE Mistake and Bought the WRONG Trailer: How Do We Fix It? 

No. Mr Truck knows trucks. Mr. Trailers knows trailers.

@@caedom21 😂

Question that was not 100% admitted was WHO made the mistake? ;) Based on the conversation Andre had with Roman about it, seems like Roman was the one that went and got the wrong one with the Raptor and Andre was not around. Had Andre been involved in the decision making, I doubt he would have bought the "wrong" trailer to begin with. Roman wanted something more versatile, but at the same time, had no clue what that might be. lol

@@WW-wf8tu Objection your honour, speculation. Sustained, 😄

That will be over on tfl-trailers. 😅

They said they will be doing that video still.

@@badgerpa9 Yes, but the crux of that one is about "replacement for displacement"... not necessarily the loading of stubby on the new trailer. Hope they show it, though.

"Professionals" lol.

Professional yuppies more like it lol.

The Ranger will be giving all it has. The Raptor will toy with the load. I know what a 2.7 can do but this is a 2.3 I believe so it will be working in lower gears. On the open road the Ranger will make up for starting and getting up to speed. I will go with the Ranger but it won't be a blow out.

Buying entirely the wrong type of equipment is not a "small miscalculation".

City folk I tell ya 😂

The wood deck on that tilt trailer will be slick as cow snot as soon as it gets any moisture and will still need booster ramps for something as low as a corvette to help with the angle. Then you still have the interference of the spare tire in that front location. And from experience I can tell you if they try to load a long wheelbase vehicle like a crewcab truck, as they pull it up on the ramp the front end weight will start to tilt that trailer and the tail end of the trailer will smack the shit out of the front lower quarters of the bed and the driveshaft. Obviously they had no idea of what they were needing, so I say shame on the trailer dealer for not working with them more to get them the correct item to start with. But now that you have it here are some modifications that will make it usable. Bolt down expanded metal strips for the tire paths. Think of what you see on semi and tractor steps. That will solve your traction problems even with snow and ice. Cut off the spare tire mount and have a new one built to lay the tire forward at an angle on the tongue so it is out of the way. Make at least the drivers side trailer fender a hinged fold down unit. Even U-Haul trailers have this feature. Look at having a hydraulic ram system installed to lift/lower the bed. And it's not so much that you made a bad decision, but again more the fault of the dealer to not sell you the correct trailer to fit your needs.

These guys are professionals. They've been in this biz for years.

In the youtube business you mean. I get the vibe they knew it wouldn't fit but did it for drama.

Pros? You're kidding.

That’s as my thought. That’s how you end up with the powered ones that need to be unhooked from the truck to be operated. Ramp extensions are the way to go without getting a car trailer

Almost all hydraulic dampened gravity tilt decks have a lock out valve. Tilt the deck, close valve, load, then open the valve.

@@8BWN great... if it has that.

Or when you want to load multiple things like UTVs or ATVs.

Well the parking pin inside the transmission... But yes, I've seen too many runaway videos where the truck and trailer just take off while being loaded...

​@@svpracer98 the pin isn't designed for that type of load. Just apply the parking brake as well.

Parking pawl.

Good idea, but the latch mechanism looks like it is entirely down at frame level, with no way to hold the deck up. It would have to be a hydraulic lock, and I don't think it has that.

Depends on how a loaded vehicle is positioned.

I was surprised by the discussion during the drive how the trailer seemed to be rear-heavy and causes bouncing on the Ranger. In Finland that would make the trailer immediately illegal. The tongue weight is never allowed to be below zero or exceed 80kg.

@@Miksa I think that was just an expression of the feeling. Of course when it’s unhooked it will rest on its front jack meaning it has probably still 1-200lbs if not more.

Yes, larger displacements means more work required for the engine to turn, thus equaling better engine breaking.

The pickups will fit, because the tires can overhang the width of the tilting deck (although something like a Raptor may be a problem getting the front fender flares between the trailer fenders). I absolutely agree that a car trailer would be more suitable for hauling cars and pickup trucks than this equipment trailer. Essentially, they swapped a highly unsuitable folding-ramp equipment trailer for an unsuitable tilting-deck equipment trailer. The new trailer is a 14FT-20, from Big Tex Trailer's 14FT series of 14,000 pound self-tilting equipment trailers. Their website (which I can't link in a comment on this RU-vid channel) has a "detailed measurements" drawing which is missing actual lengths, but indicates that the pivot is behind the middle of the deck (presumably so that it sits down when unloaded). That means that the deck will start coming back down when the front axle is less than 10 feet up the deck (in the 20-foot deck model), so any wheelbase over 120" (which means every pickup truck) won't work. I've seen a neighbor get caught by this when he tried to move a pickup with the trailer that he usually uses for his skid loader. I don't see any way to lock the deck up, there is no manual available on the website, and if there were a mechanical catch it would likely be impossible to release under load. It could have a hydraulic lock, but the sales rep didn't suggest that in the tour.

I was hoping no one caught my slip up on the platform width. It is 6'6" wide not 66" wide. You'll have to forgive me I was a little nervous. On the full tilt the deck does not lock in the tilted position.

@@brianb-p6586 Thank you for your detailed response. I got the 66” inch width measurement from the video, but I see that was cleared up in another comment as being 6’ 6”, a big difference.

@@rickcollins1796 It is a very significant difference, but some trucks with wide tires will be wider than even 6' 6" (78", 1829 mm). For instance, the current Raptor has a front track width of 67.9" (1725 mm) and tire section width of 315 mm (stock) or 12.5" (optional), for a width between front tire outer sidewalls of 80.4" (2042 mm) and across the front tire treads of 78.5" (1994 mm)... and that's stock.

@@AngieDavid-mx5dn Thank you for the clarification. Don’t be hard on yourself, no one can recite the specs for everything on the lot, especially with a camera pointed at you!

It wasn't the dealer's fault. It was Roman's.

@@larrysmith6797 Oh, I totally agree. But the point still stands, the dealer could/should have investigated the use of the trailer a little to make sure the proper usage.

LOL... who's ridin' bitch? 🤣

"Whoever assembled it, pumped the wheel bearing grease in too fast and blew out the rear hub seal on all four wheels, which saturated the inside of the brake drum with grease on all four." That's the stupidity of the Dexter EZ-Lube feature, used by careless idiots. You have my sympathy. I would have replaced the brake shoes and demanded reimbursement from the trailer manufacturer or dealer.

@@brianb-p6586, You nailed it, Dexter EZ Lube. I called BigTex, and the guy I spoke to said that I could bring it back and their tech would check it out and see if it was a defect from the factory (which would be covered under warranty), or if it was something else (no warranty coverage), and if the tech ruled against me, I would be responsible for diagnostics + repair, and if I don't pay, I don't get trailer back. Rather than roll the dice, I chose to do it myself. Manufacturer + Dealer were the same, because I bought the trailer at the manufacturing plant in Mount Pleasant, TX. So the trailer literally had 0 miles on it. It was never transported to a dealer. Since then I have difficulty trusting anyone but me with my trailers or trucks. The town that I live in only has 1 safety inspector, so he literally has a local monopoly on safety inspections. When my registration expired, I had to get it renewed. Just before, my brake controller literally went up in smoke. I ordered another from Amazon, was waiting for it to get here, but I figured I'd get my trailer inspected anyways. The inspector failed my trailer because my truck (which was not being inspected) had a bad controller. But he had a solution, instead of waiting on Amazon to deliver a Tekonsha, I could just fork over 300 and he would give me a no-name chinese brand and then pass me. I took my trailer to another town. They inspected the trailer and passed me. Last month registration expired again, went back to the same inspector. He failed me again because it's against the law to patch the sidewall of a tire, and if I wanted to pass, I'd have to cough up 300 for another tire. I don't know if the sidewall patch is true or not, but it didn't matter, none of my tires have patches. I look at the tire to which he objected, and there was no patch. There was some road grime on the sidewall, that I washed off with some soap and a water hose. I could of just used the spare tire, but I didn't feel like bothering with him anymore, so I had to go out of town again to pass inspection. I said I was a used car dealer. Last year, a guy from Guatemala bought a car from me. He speaks no English, but I speak Spanish, plus he had a passport which TX DMV allows for a non-citizen to use to buy/register a car. After 3,000 miles, he takes the car to the same inspector for an oil change. Inspector tried to bill my guy for 1k for an oil change. My guy, not being able to speak English, calls me and asks me to translate. Inspector said that the oil pan was destroyed, that the plug was just hanging on by a thread, and it'd be 1k to fix. I asked my guy to bring it to me. I changed the oil myself, for free, took me all of about 15 minutes, and I torqued the drain plug to 35 ft-lbs, no issues. Sorry for long rant, it's just that as of late, I have a hard time trusting mechanics and techs to do the right thing. I see good techs here on RU-vid, I just have a hard time finding them out here in east Texas.

Stubby barely fit. What else could they do with this trailer. Classic Is both less expensive but more expensive. As it would not serve purpose for other vehicle testing

It’s obvious that trailer wasn’t right for them but he said it wouldn’t work to pull stubby. Thats what doesn’t make sense.

maybe its there to prevent people from putting anything beyind it

@@JogBird Perhaps but it was a issue that they pointed out on the first trailer as well so they seem to want to be able to get a vehicle past the front edge. It's all rather half assed it seems.

It's a longer trailer than the 1st, and without the issue of foldable ramps limiting towed vehicle length. Can go down the road with a much longer vehicle on the 2nd one.

Yes... but the actual loaded weight of the combination must be within the truck's GCWR. There's no point in buying an excessively heavy trailer to get capacity that you can't use, unless you're buying one trailer to be shared among multiple vehicles and just can't use the full trailer capacity with one of the tow vehicles.

Unfortunately, the trailer dealer let him leave with another unsuitable equipment trailer, rather than a suitable car trailer or a power-tilt-deck trailer which would be way too heavy but would work.

My 6cyl truck from a competitors brand averaged 12mpg at 70mph with roughly similar weights in an enclosed, single axle, equipment trailer... Turbo 4s are good for small cars and city driving. Not real work loads.

No This is a bad idea in a fleet situation where trailer isn’t assigned to a truck. You will need the tire. And the tire will be elsewhere.

I had issues with the spare always being in the way in an enclosed equipment trailer... Moved it up to the side of the tongue so it's out of the way but still easily accessible