I've been seeing a lot of new galvanized trailers from Canadian manufacturers being advertised by dealers here in NY. Triumph, N&N, K-trail, Silver Mountain, Canada Trailers... They look like decent trailers but I find it odd that I can't find many examples of used ones(here or in Canada). Do people never sell their galvanized trailer or do they not last as well as you'd think?
Interesting. U haul has had galvanized trailers for a while, they've been very popular in the UK for a while, but I can't say I've seen many, if any. Plenty of aluminum trailers, they were only common new not long ago, but now getting more common to see used. I'm talking car hauler and smaller trailers, I don't recognize any of those brands, so don't know what sizes you're talking about. Aluminum stock trailers, and grain trailers have been mostly aluminum for longer.
I think K-trail makes trailers from tiny utility trailers ups to 40ft 3x12k axle goosenecks. Personally thinking about getting a 14k tilt trailer which would move everything other than my tractors(too wide) and 18k excavator.
Out of curiosity, are they hot dipped or electroplated?
I have a N&N Galvanized 14000 LBS trailer and it was hot dipped. Very hard to find used ones. Very well built as I looked at many models before buying this one. Will find a picture to share later. Simon C
I'm not surprised they are hard to find, hot dipped is so much better than electroplating.
I have a N&N galvanized single axle dump trailer. It's 4 years old now and I've put over 50k on it with my truck and I'm not the only one who pulls it. Still looks like new, nothing but normal wear and tear. 1 set of tires and a clearance lamp. I'm glad it's holding up well because the price of a new one is 40% more than what I paid in 2019