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I have an 18' tilt bed from dressen custom trailer. Mine tilts all on its own with weight it does not use a jack like some. I like that fact but it is not very good for trying to drag a dead car up on to it. But I really like not having to deal with ramps. I don't know if they still make the style I have their web site does not seem to show it anymore, the one they show now has a jack to tilt the bed. http://www.dct-usa.com/ 

If you think you are going to be hauling some dead ones with a tilt bed I would get one that uses the jack to hold the bed. I have buddies with tilt trailers from johnson trailers in colfax WI. Have used them and few times and seem like nice trailers. http://www.johnsontrailerco.com/ 

As you found out with beaver tails things can scrap and hit under the car pretty easily.

Thanks for the feedback, so far I have only looked at http://www.sure-trac.com/, which looks to be a nice trailer, but think it is a must to look at a number of different ones before pulling the trigger.  I appears there are some subtle differences that can make a big difference.

 

 

Tony Hoffer wrote:

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I have the Challenger custom series trailer.. I pretty much like everything about it ...

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If you do purchase a trailer with ramps... Make sure they dont store from the side.. If someone pulls in next to you you may not be able to get them out.

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 And I can't park next to a curb. One of my ramps stores under the back of the beavertail and it is too low to pull out at a curb. I need to close that storage door before moving the car too, as it digs into the ground and bends the hinges. Mine is  PJ. I bought a pair of Race Ramps to extend the too short ramps that came with mine. The headers on both the '66 Chevelle and '67 Camaro caught on the peak. My '38 sat too low for the oil pan and trans crossmember to clear without the Race Ramps. No issues with any now. I am looking at building longer ramps and having them store from the back, or along the sides.

I have an H&H with side stored ramps and I wouldn't trade it for rear. Never seem to have a problem getting them out, most of the rear stored ones I see at shows are either full of road gunk, gravel etc or bent to heck from backing into things. Have had it for about twelve years and still like it. Had to do a bunch of rigging to get the Corvette on it, would look for something else if I planned on trailering it much. Seen tilts with remote controls, some are pretty slick.

69SSConv wrote:

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I am really leaning towards a tilt-bed, and would prefer the remote style, just not sure if I want to blow my budget for the remote?  Or maybe a I pack away for an extra month or so, and get what I really want

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 Here ya go, this is a pretty good deal...

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/for/4413650004.html

Loren, did you see this one? $4500  http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/rvs/4447156848.html

The used aluminum one is quite high for the appearance. It has been stored outside and left with salt to rust all the metal parts. Looks tough for a 3 year old trailer.

Zac Sales Near Fairmont has some really good prices on new H&H trailers.This one is steel and manual tilt but for the price of $2555, it's very attractive.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/hvd/4448912158.html

http://www.zacssalesandservice.com/inventory

When is ask an H&H dealer, he said for a tilt bed it was about 500lb?

Kevin,

You make a good point, balancing the number of times a year I would use it would take a while to recover the extra$$ spent for the aluminum.  If all goes well will have a storage building completed this year that would allow me to store it inside, which would really help keep in nice condition for many years?  Still not ready to jump yet, we will see how the next couple of months go?

Thanks all for the feedback

Why even play? Go big:

 

 

I like the cool factor on the air lift. You can't take the money with ya.

How about this?