BigTex 70PI-18 Utility Trailer review after 4 years ownership
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- I bought this trailer in 2019, now it's 2023. For the most part the trailer had held up for the loads I put on it with firewood, compact tractors, etc. But, the quality for preping the metal frame for painting is a total F grade. If your looking at this brand, consider where you may live in order for this paint to stay on the frame and how the trailer may be used in the winter months.
After operations maintenance. Using my big Tex 16’ 70pi, every week I would inspect and spray paint any scratches on the paint (tractors and implements are rough on paint.) also, rejuvenating deck stain extends the life of the wood decking.
The paint would stay on much longer if the metal was primed correctly. This trailer has no primer under the paint. They just painted bare metal. The under side is now covered with an undercoat treatment called NHOil. Its a wet undercoating so any water is immediatly pushed to the surface not touching the metal. I tried the paint thing for three years and it was a complete fail.
Hello,I just bought the same trailer tonight n it is use
I just recently bought a used 2020 Big Tex 60PI. Being a 3 year old trailer I wish I had looked it over a little better before buying it. It was rainy and cold outside on the morning I bought it. A week later on a sunny day I went out to take a good look underneath the trailer. The amount of rust is insane. I'm really disappointed with myself for not looking it over a little better. The leaf spring hangers on the right side overhang the frame at least 3/4 of an inch. So only half the hanger is welded to the frame. To top it off one of them had broken off at one point and was poorly welded back on. At this point I may just try to sell it being honest with a prospected buyer about the condition of the trailer.
Pending on how much you spent and money is tight, this is what I would do, IF you do not own a welder, look for a metal fabricator or pro welder willing to fix the shit welds. May be a $100 bucks or so to fix the broken/half done weld, but is less then taking a loss on the trailer resale. The 2nd thing I would do, is have the underside treated by NH Oil undercoating. I just had my F150 done again (2nd treatment) and I have zero rust underneath on a 2014 truck that sees 6K miles per yr. driving over salt roads to go snowmobiling. You will need to read into why and how this product, NH Oil, works on current rusted metal. Its not a hardening undercoating, but stays wet...for ever. As you saw in the video, I had the trailer treated and I see no rust runs underneath, the fenders though, eh, they will need replacing in a couple years. I paid around $300 to have my trailer undercoated. So, look at what you would lose if you were to resell it vs just have these 2 things done. LOL, my next utlity trailer will be aluminum.
@@bigguydiy2184 I do own a welder, but don't trust this trailer with a new John Deere tractor on it. Do you know of any other brands of trailers I could look into? Thanks for the info.
Off hand, I would look for a builder that's located in the Northern parts of the US. Places that see snow every winter and know what salt on roads can do to a steel trailer. I did this for my new enclosed snowmobile trailer. Its made in New Hampshire and is considered one of the "premier" builders for Aluminum trailers because they understand what road salt and salt brine can do to trailer. New Hampshire uses so much salt, they have salt shipped in from other places then transfered via trucks through out the state. The salt is not trucked in, it is shipped in!
Also warranty, a manufecture that is really good will have the warranty to back it up. If you can buy a trailer from the manufacture, that is much much better than from a dealer hands down. By buying it from a manufacture, it means they have blood in the game, they need to put out a good product or they are done bacause of social media will put them under. I hope this helps, I have not done any research lately for a replacement trailer since the current one is no longer being used in the winter.
My family owns a Trailer shop we build and repair all types of trailers, your trailer was not properly painted, it looks like they painted right on untreated metal with no primer that’s unprofessional what they did
You are correct. Zero primer!!!