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.
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
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
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
- 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
- Haulable with a half-ton truck
- Great for hauling multiple mowers
- 7,000lb GVWR
- 16’ Deck Length
- Ramp gate that makes for easy loading
- 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
- 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