Galvanized Chinese Box Trailer Review

Today I review our Chinese Galvanized Trailer and discuss how good it actually is, and will it suit your needs?

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Just A Little More by Nicolai Heidlas @nicolai-heidlas

[liquoricebullets]

Worked at a trailer joint and they done chinese trailers, everything came in shipping containers and crates and they assembled them in shop, same ones you get at bunnings

[TheBeaker]

I am in NZ and got one a year back, I love mine its half the price of local made only difference I can see is lighter gauge steel. We live in the suburbs and I wondered if it would get enough use but it does most weeks someone in the family uses it for something. It tows well is light and easy to use. I used the front opening gate this week to pick up a flat pack small boat trailer for a sailing dinghy I just finished building I spent today assembling that, it also looks great. Don't buy one if you are a tradie but us suburban DIY guys its a good buy.

[roughas]

I bought one about 5 years ago, sold around a year later as I didn't need a 2 Tonne trailer anymore . Overall not a bad trailer but the 4 wheel hubs had just a smear of grease on the bearings, noticed the hubs getting hot within the first 50km, ( empty trailer ). Decided to get some grease and do a 4 hub repack before going on, wasn't too happy atvtge time... .also the hub seals are not all the same, the braked hub seals are a different size to the unbraked hubs.

[randygoldberg]

Hi Jason. I am an Indian gentleman and transport my wife in my trailer. I am planning on buying a trailer with a cage next time for her comfort.

[michaellast]

I had mine for a few weeks before I noticed rust underneath, funny thing is it was kept in a garage.

[CamperKev]

Thanks for the review. The trailer looks pretty good. I'm just about to buy another galvanised trailer, but I will be paying the extra price for an Australian built trailer, as I'm in no mood to support Chinese manufacturing in this current climate concerning cold war type trade tactics from the Chinese Communist Government, over the outfall of the Chinese Covid19 virus. 😁👍🏼 (Still waiting for the QLD government to open the boarder, so I can purchase it. If they don't do it soon, I'll be buying it in NSW.)

[AndrewSmith-ppir]

I bought a new Chinese tipper box trailer from a supplier. Overall besides the great price it had a crap galvanising job and crap wiring on it, The break-away switch was not the same ARK brand as the main battery controller, it was a chinese copy and did not work as the contacts did not touch.

I seemed like good value even after I QA'd it and addressed the wiring issues, but it didn't end with that. The concerning issue I discovered with mine and on another mate's same trailer was the hitch bolts sheared off. I noticed mine after coming back from a job. The front two bolts had sheared and the back too had major play in them. The bolts were stamped "8.8" which is high tensile, but the nuts were cheap shit nylock style nuts, they were thin and definitely not high tensile. Obviously they do not cut the mustard and it's a MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. My mate wrote off his car and trailer because of it, ironically 2 days after I found my issue and changed my bolts out. As an Engineer one of the issues other than a nut that will strip out could be the Galvanising Job. The Gal coating could compress and cause looseness in the bolts, in turn causing them to flog out, the other possibility is the hitch installer could have over tightened the nuts stripping the poor-quality Chinese threads.
I am also sus on the bolts themselves shearing, are they really high tensile? even though marked 8:8, could they be Chinese High tensile? I have yet to go back to my old Uni to get them to test their shear strength.
I urge people to check these bolts. Spend the coin and get someone competent to change those 4 bolts, nuts and washers out, it should cost under $15 for the bolts. It beggars belief that the Chinese merchants will go and save $5 and possibly kill a family. My mate wrote his trailer off and damaged his new ute canopy, If there was another car oncoming he would have been dead along with others. The other key thing on my list now is to check the wheel bearings.

DONT TRUST THE CHINESE WITH YOUR SAFETY

[offyarocka]

for heavy loads ive seen them with added pole and winch system 😉😉😉

[alanhughes]

Brought one 5 years ago gal 5x8 two axles was 2100 on the road cant complain its a ripper I'm a boilermaker could not build it for under 3 grand.

[just_some_bloke]

Cheers for the review. I just purchased a similar chinese trailer my only complaint being the floor is warped. The salesman showed me all the trailers of varying different sizes he had (approx 20) and all had warped floors. I bought one and got $200 off. I think the 2.5mm floor is not thick enough and didn't like their welding system and possibly also the high heat from galvinizing.

[letsbehonest]

Dude.. yr spare wheel will move forward enough to open the gate fully...
..rotate forward it to the next hole....
This will move the spare wheel forward that little bit....

[maryallott]

Just purchased a 7x5 trailer in Maryborough Queensland. Looked good but after carrying my ride on mower, approx 180 kg developed 'waves or ripples' on the floor. You can see the outline of the cross beams under the galvanised floor. The dealer said these 'ripples' were from the galvanising process? I took the trailer back to the dealer and he offered me my money back if I wanted. An inspection of all the hire trailers in his yard showed the same 'ripples or waves' on the floor, , all these hire trailers showed no sign of rust. Some of the welds on my trailer are 'only just' adequate in my opinion. The price was right, I rang a manufacturer in Brisbane and his quote for an Aussie made trailer was nearly $1000.00 more.
I hate buying Chinese stuff, could not even buy a pack of Aussie undies at Big W!! Time will tell if this trailer is up to the job. Regards Peter

[pukavita]

Did you mean at 5:45 the trailer's GVM is 750kg?
This trailer is unbraked which means the total towing mass cannot exceed 750kg (legally).
If the weight of the empty trailer is 250kg, for example, then the maximum weight of the payload should not exceed 500kg.

[izaak]

Wonder what brand your’s is. Just recently got a 8x6 galvanized trailer from stonegate and well yes I think it is just Chinese crap to some degree. But I got a big tool box and spare wheel in the front so can’t even lower the front part of the trailer, might take it to a welder sometime and see if I can get the front tie down bar extended

[darkfireBikes]

Tilt is more for loading, I use it for loading lawn tractors. It won't high center

[mrbungle]

Good review. For the price, there OK for light loads. Bolted are inferior to welded trailers and the 750 KG you mentioned isn't the load capacity. It would more likely to be around 400 KG maximum load capacity with the tare weight of the trailer around 350 KG.
If you needed a trailer for work and heavy duty, you wouldn't want these. Cheers

[herbertvonsauerkrautunterh]

The Chinese always cut corners.. it's very hard to get 100% fully functioning products out of the box.
Build your own trailer... 👍

[pop-]

Thanks Jason, well presented look at a Chinese trailer. Insightful...
Safe Traveling M8.

[bdbdd]

Hi Jason,
Do you need a ramp to load your ride on mover?

[dutchylt]

750kg is the ATM. not the payload. The trailer payload = ATM - tare weight.