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RVpullinGuy
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May 19, 2013

Enclosed ATV Trailer

For those of you who pull enclosed trailers for your ATVs/UTVs...

What is the best enclosed trailer? I prefer/need a 24' box with something like a 5' V-nose for hauling a RZR 4 900 LE and four other ATVs. What enclosed trailers do you have great experiences with... and why? What do you like about them? What don't you like about them? Thanks!

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  • We have had Haul Mark trailers for many years and have hauled race cars all over the country. Per my husband the best thing he has done is order an extended tongue on the trailer. It has made such a difference when trying to maneuver it and the motorhome.
  • We have a Pace American GT enclosed trailer. Nice trailer, looks great but the quality of all trailers these days is pretty low as they are cranked out quickly to keep the prices down.
    Or you could step up to an ATC or Gold Rush trailer if you want top quality. But then expect to pay big bucks.
  • That E trac in the floor would be nice, at least then you could strap something down anywhere in the trailer.

    As for the open bed trailer, which I do have as well & do use from time to time, park at a motel over night & see what you have left the next morning on that open bed.
    Neil
  • We use a 24' Haulmark trailer for our racecar. I see lots of haulmarks out there. Also I have heard H and H are good. C-Leigh is right, check the tires and their load range. I have also heard some trailers have undersized axles so you might check that. If we upgrade I will skip out on the wood floor and try to get aluminum. We don't have enough tie downs either, I am looking into installing some E-Tracks.
  • We went away from enclosed trailers for ATV's due to the size required to pull just 3. The Razrs will be even worse unless you're only pulling one. You will end up with a very large trailer, that is very difficult to load even 3 machines and even one Razr. And the weight...width...height...heck...might at well pull a travel trailer. At the time we had only one guy in the group with an Burb that could haul our trailer, and it was not good. We soon dumped that and I bought a 3 place Triton that I have towed with a Honda minivan...now a Pilot...on nuerous occasions and we never looked back.
  • We pull a 8.5 X 24' King flat nose. Never seen much need for the V nose, because of the odd shape inside is hard to use.
    One thing I can tell you, any new enclosed you get, set your mind on getting new tires early, because what will come on them unless you special order a type of tire on the trailer, they will be junk from the factory.
    Another thing, would be to have more tie down hooks in the floor, because most enclosed are car hauler trailers & the hooks are in the front & at the rear.
    Dont chance traveling & not tyeing every thing down inside either, & use high quality locking straps no less than 5000 lb test each.
    One 350~400 lb atv, should have no less that 4 straps on it to lock it in place, keep it from moving & "BE SURE THE GAS PETCOCK IS TURNED OFF".
    I've been hauling racing atvs since the mid 80s & you can NEVER have enough tie down strapes holding everything in place.
    Neil
  • I'd tow something with good aerodynamics. Your coach is already probably dragging a lot... V nose would be a good option, or at least a trailer with lower height than your coach.
  • From pulling snowmachines, get an enclosed V-nose that the front door also folds down to unload from. Get at least two lights in it. I'm not partial to any particular brand, but get an aluminum one that won't rust. Ours had steel siding of some sort and it's starting to get small rust holes through it.

    It might be hard to get everyting in one trailer. It's more money, but you could put a deck on your truck. A friend puts his Razr up on one.

    P/U deck Clicky

    Bill