TREE SERVICE AND LANDSCAPE TRAILERS

Are you a landscaper or tree service professional? If not, do you want to be one? If you’re considering a landscaping business, you’re in good company: Landscaping and tree servicing is a $115 billion dollar industry that employs over a million people in the United States alone. Not only is landscaping already a massive market, but it’s been growing at the rate of about 4% over the past five years.

Are you already a landscaper or tree servicer that needs a good landscape trailer? If you do grass cutting, tree servicing, landscape building, and sprinkler installations, you need a trailer that can help you move your equipment and materials to the jobsite while saving you time and keeping you safe. We understand that landscapers face many different challenges in their work, which are often quite varied. You also want a versatile landscape trailer that can do the different jobs you need it to do.

Here’s a quick guide to help you find the right trailer for your landscaping work.

POPULAR LANDSCAPE TRAILERS
Dylan Figueroa from Landscaping With Dylan
Dylan constructs some absolutely amazing landscapes in California, and he pretty much has us convinced that there is nothing he can’t do. The DJX Scissor Hoist Dump is his landscape trailer of choice, which he uses to haul rock, mulch, gravel, dirt, sod, and other materials, as well his excavator and other equipment.
Seth Poncik with Home & Yard
Seth is a go-getting entrepreneur in Victoria, TX, and is taking their second generation lawncare business to the next level. Seth uses a MAXX-D DTX Telescopic Dump Trailer as his tree service trailer, which he uses to haul his equipment, tree limbs, and other materials to and from his job sites. His crews do general lawncare and maintenance and uses the MAXX-D U4X as their preferred landscape trailer.
Instagram: @seth_poncik
Austin Butcher with The Lawn Butcher and The Trusted Gentleman
Austin is a serial entrepreneur from Missouri that has his hands in a lot of things, but one of his businesses is a landscape and mowing business. He cuts grass with class and his landscape trailer choice is the MAXX-D U3X, which he uses to haul his lawn care equipment to and from the job site.
Instagram: @thelawnbutcher

WHICH TRAILER IS BEST FOR YOUR BUSINESS?

If you do lots of tree trimming and landscape building, you’ll probably want a dump trailer as the ideal landscape trailer for your business. Here are some different dump trailers that can help you get your landscape and tree service jobs done quicker, easier and safer:

 

Pros
  • Shorter sides available
  • More toolbox space than the DTX
  • More stable when dumping
  • Slightly less expensive than DTX
  • Faster dumping when unloaded
Cons
  • Less dumping leverage
  • Heavy loads take longer to dump
  • You will have to be more careful with load placement
  • If loaded front heavy, you might not be able to dump
  • More strain when dumping heavy loads

Pros
  • Significantly more dumping leverage
  • Can be loaded more front heavy
  • You get taller sides standard
  • Cylinder is specifically engineered for the job
Cons
  • No 2’ tall sides option, only 3’ and 4’ tall sides
  • Less toolbox space due to bigger hydraulic reservoir
  • Cylinder protrudes above 3’ sides in the front of dump bed
  • Trailer is slightly longer
  • A bit more expensive

DSX

Pros
  • Strongest telescopic cylinder in the industry
  • Two KTI pumps power the telescopic cylinder for quicker dump cycles
  • 7 gauge floor and fenders standard
  • Added tool trays for more storage and reduced dead space
Cons
  • Cylinder protrudes above 3’ sides in the front of dump bed
  • Trailer is slightly longer
  • A bit more expensive
  • The trailer is heavy
  • Less toolbox space due to bigger hydraulic reservoir

OUR UTILITY TRAILER LINEUP

If you do more mowing and lawn maintenance, a utility trailer might be a better choice for a landscape trailer, since it’s easier to load light equipment with the loading gates, it’s lighter, and will cost you less.

Here’s Our Utility Trailer Lineup

S3X
ANGLE SINGLE AXLE LANDSCAPE TRAILER
  • Can haul with a smaller truck
  • Great for hauling a single mower
  • Light trailer and easy to use
  • 2,990lb GVWR
  • 12-14’ deck lengths
  • Ramp gate that makes for easy loading
U3X
7K TANDEM AXLE UTILITY TRAILER
  • Haulable with a half-ton truck
  • Great for hauling multiple mowers
  • 7,000lb GVWR
  • 16’ Deck Length
  • Ramp gate that makes for easy loading
U4X
10K TANDEM AXLE UTILITY TRAILER
  • Stouter trailer than the U3X, but still haulable with most half-ton trucks
  • Can multiple mowers or even a small tractor
  • 9,990 GVWR
  • 18’ Deck Length
  • Heavier duty ramp gate with supports for loading
U5X
14K TANDEM AXLE UTILITY TRAILER
  • Most heavy-duty utility in our lineup
  • Must be hauled with a three-quarter ton truck
  • 14,000lb GVWR
  • Can haul heavier equipment like min-excavators
  • 20’ deck length
  • HD Ramps for loading heavier equipment

ARE YOU A LANDSCAPING WANNA BE OR A LANDSCAPING BOSS?