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Post by highgrit on Feb 15, 2020 6:08:02 GMT -6
Does anyone know anything about Diamond C trailers? www.diamondc.com/We've pretty much narrowed our choices down to Gator Made and Diamond C. If we decide to drive out to the Diamond C factory in Texas, we might swing up through Oklahoma and look at the Red Rhino trailers. Thanks for any information. |
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Post by smokinm on Feb 15, 2020 6:28:40 GMT -6
Don’t know anything about Diamond C but I haven’t heard anything good about Gatormade. Lots of different issues with them IIRC. Did you check out Kaufman out of NC? I have had great luck with them and good pricing.
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Post by highgrit on Feb 15, 2020 6:48:44 GMT -6
Don’t know anything about Diamond C but I haven’t heard anything good about Gatormade. Lots of different issues with them IIRC. Did you check out Kaufman out of NC? I have had great luck with them and good pricing. No I haven't checked out Kaufman, but we will. We heard the same thing about Gator Made and went to the factory to check things out for ourselves, very impressed. We're buying a hydraulic dove tail and the rear lock up and carrying capacity on the dove tail is important. |
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Post by fence on Feb 15, 2020 7:07:26 GMT -6
Check out Texas made in Huntsville.
I bought my tandem dual from them. Been a good trailer except for the wheel thing.
And they drove me down a pair of tires and wheels the next day. Owned by some big-time second amendment supporters.
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Post by okie on Feb 15, 2020 10:10:10 GMT -6
Most of the commercial hotshot guys that I've talked to swear by either PJ's or Gatormade. I went with PJ as there's a dealer near here. The kaufmans are the industry standard for car haulers but I haven't heard anything about their other trailers.
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Post by smokinm on Feb 15, 2020 18:38:50 GMT -6
I would love to have a 30’ with a hydraulic dovetail. PJ is a great trailer Okie but they used to be heavy as heck. Have they lightened them up some? It killed your payload.
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Post by highgrit on Feb 15, 2020 19:23:15 GMT -6
I would love to have a 30’ with a hydraulic dovetail. PJ is a great trailer Okie but they used to be heavy as heck. Have they lightened them up some? It killed your payload. Don't forget the self leveling 40k lb hydraulic jacks. A lot of the trailer manufacturers don't want more than 2-4k lbs on the dovetail when transporting, and that won't work for our application. |
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Post by smokinm on Jun 4, 2020 14:53:20 GMT -6
What brand did you go with Grit? Also how do you like the hydraulic dovetail 30’ combo? Seriously considering one of these especially moving hay equipment as much as I do. I think the hydraulic dove would let me load the Tedder and tractor relatively easy and that is the hardest most dangerous piece to move. Thanks for any feedback.
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Post by smokinm on Sept 29, 2020 21:59:35 GMT -6
Just an update. Bought a 32’ Diamond C with the hydraulic dovetail. Couldn’t be happier with the trailer unless I could have bought it for half price Pulls great loaded and empty and 20 rolls of hay ride like a dream. Got disc breaks and that load stops like the truck empty. Really impressed with it so far.
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Post by backhoeboogie on Oct 18, 2020 9:01:50 GMT -6
The dang tires are what nips your butt. They are competitive in pricing and all use the cheapest tires they can find. The first thing I do is go buy a quality set of load range G tires and they're over $220 each. Times 8. Ramirez buys the factory tires which helps a little but not much. They only have a few miles on them.
The last thing you want to do is blow tires when you're pulling a load. Been there, jack knifed and damaged wheels when it happened.
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