Am looking in to a new 32ft GN flatbed. There's a lot of people building them.
I'm thinking about a Brute Trailer, 27+5 tandem dauls, ramps center pop up, dual jacks, winch, etc. I've looked at Gatormade, Hay Van, and Others. What do you guys think? thanks.

www.brutetrailers.com

google: Gatormade trailers and hay van trailers

 

Ive heard many good things about them...i have no personal experience with them though. I would say if the price is right, go for it. but thats my opinion.

almost forgot, you may want to look into something a little bigger than 27' deck length. you never know when you may need the extra feet and most manufacturers dont charge all that much extra for the space. If I were buying one, it would be no less than 35' total length. But then again if you are going to be using the trailer in an area that you will be doing alot of city driving and tight manuevers, then that may not be the best way to go.

 

I have not seen a Brute up close but I will say out of the trailers you said you were looking at I have a hayvan and the reason I bought it was the welding all trailers are pretty much the same externally when you look underneath and see how they are built that is where things get iffy. My trailer follows behind me like they are supposed to ( I had a bad experience with a Kaylan trailer we had pulled severely crooked) when I got my trailer the sales guy pointed out alot of small things on the trailer that we compared to the Pj next to it, the trailer has been flawless so far. One thing though it is heavy we put an identicle Neckover trailer on the scales and the Hayvan was 500# heavier, this was another reason I bought it, plus it was almost $700.00 cheaper than the PJ and other brands on the lot.

 

For what it's worth, the guy from brute is a TDR member.

 

This is my brute trailer just yesterday going from Laredo to Houston.

Tows pretty good. I like it. Before delivery though go over the trailer with a fine tooth comb. My trailer has several "noob" building mistakes.

Merrick