if I purchase a trailer would you recommend a metal or aluminum trailer?
does the chlorine effect either of those?
Thanks
Tim Teed said
Dec 16, 2014
metal is fine. Most of us that have a skid system carry it in the back of a pick up. We use a spray bed liner and spray underneath. The key is to rinse end of day.
Chad Eneix said
Dec 16, 2014
If you get a trailer, go aluminum if you have the $$ and plan to work out of a trailer for a while. Trailers are not painted nearly as well as vehicles, and it's impossible to get bed liner sprayed everywhere you'd need it on a trailer. Or, if you could find someone to really do a good bed liner coating on the entire trailer, it would cost enough that you could have just bought an aluminum one anyway. I have a steel trailer with my starter system on it, and the back corner is where my tank sits. That corner is looks about 15 years old while the rest of the trailer looks almost new (2 years old). And yes, I bleach wash every day.
I had to go steel because I carry a 425 gallon water tank on it too, and wanted a short, but heavy duty trailer, otherwise I would definitely go aluminum. I knew going in to it the bleach would ruin my trailer quickly, but had no choice at the time.
That being said, if you can get a good trailer of any kind cheap enough, and start bringing in money, you can get into a truck sooner. The truck is way easier to work out of.
John Aloisio said
Dec 17, 2014
Leon,
if you don't need a trailer...don't get one. You can get pretty much everything you need to get going in the back of a pick up. Save the money you were going to use on the trailer and get a premade smaller skid unit. like chad said it is much nicer just driving around a truck.
The smaller stater units are reasonalably priced and fit right on a pick up with room to spare for pretty much everything else. Don't waste time putting it all together from scratch and trying to figure out what goes where and how to pipe everything......Spend you time a valuable way and promote your business and get out and market and sell. I see too many guys kust starting in this business that spend countless hours and days building rigs, when they can be out actually selling or branding their company. You can always do some little modifications and tweaks to a prebuilt system after you work with it for a little while.
Leon Lapp said
Dec 17, 2014
thanks for all the great info. appreciate it and look forward to meeting all of you.
AC Lockyer said
Dec 18, 2014
Good advice above. However consider a plain steel trailer and just keep up after the maintenance. The axle is still steel on both as well as the springs and tong. The only thing aluminum on an aluminum trailer is the supports, rails and gate. Not enough in my opinion to justify the costs.
if I purchase a trailer would you recommend a metal or aluminum trailer?
does the chlorine effect either of those?
Thanks
metal is fine. Most of us that have a skid system carry it in the back of a pick up. We use a spray bed liner and spray underneath. The key is to rinse end of day.
I had to go steel because I carry a 425 gallon water tank on it too, and wanted a short, but heavy duty trailer, otherwise I would definitely go aluminum. I knew going in to it the bleach would ruin my trailer quickly, but had no choice at the time.
That being said, if you can get a good trailer of any kind cheap enough, and start bringing in money, you can get into a truck sooner. The truck is way easier to work out of.
Leon,
if you don't need a trailer...don't get one. You can get pretty much everything you need to get going in the back of a pick up. Save the money you were going to use on the trailer and get a premade smaller skid unit. like chad said it is much nicer just driving around a truck.
The smaller stater units are reasonalably priced and fit right on a pick up with room to spare for pretty much everything else. Don't waste time putting it all together from scratch and trying to figure out what goes where and how to pipe everything......Spend you time a valuable way and promote your business and get out and market and sell. I see too many guys kust starting in this business that spend countless hours and days building rigs, when they can be out actually selling or branding their company. You can always do some little modifications and tweaks to a prebuilt system after you work with it for a little while.
thanks for all the great info. appreciate it and look forward to meeting all of you.
AC