I purchased a lamar 25' tag along that someone ordered and never picked up it is a nice trailer and super heavy duty. It was optioned with an eight inch frame and dual 10,000# jacks, 18"x6' ramps it is the best trailer purchase I've made and I got a great deal on it. I have not seen another like it, thanks for the videos.
I sold my Lamar trailer after 1 year and purchased a Diamond C. Diamond C uses a better grade of steel and much better workmanship. VERY happy with DIAMOND C
I’ve had to modify every trailer I have owned, big Tex maxx d. Top hat my current gooseneck is a PJ trailer only had to modify wheels tires an fenders , been real happy with the PJ
Damn, sorry to hear this... One of my local stores quit selling Lamar because they started going cheap and the store didn't want to deal with the aftermath.. Don't buy Big Tex bro they are just as bad or worse... I think the quality issues for most makes started about 10-15 years ago. Maybe look for an older trailer that you can rebuild. Might be worth a try..
I’ve got a Lamar and it’s been a great trailer with no issues, but I only haul vehicles. My only complaint is the ramps and angle suck, so I bought longer ramps.
Very good video and thank you for putting this out there, I am the owner of an excavation company and looking at purchasing a new bumper pull equipment trailer to put behind my Silverado, I have spent hours reading forums, looking and listening and have put Diamond C at the top of my list, also looked at Precision Trailers out of Canada but expensive for the trailer and shipping. It seems if its not one thing its another, why cant a 'professional' company that makes trailers make it right, good design, good paint, good customer service, I always try to buy the best product, but these equipment trailers really dont 'SELL' themselves, come on trailer manufacturers, lets make this happen and be pride to put that 'Made in USA' sticker on the product!!
I hear you. My trailer is only a year old and the ramps are already bowed on my 14k deck over (it’s not a Lamar though). Seems like it’s hard to buy a trailer that isn’t cheaply built. I hear lots of people like their Diamond C trailers, maybe I’ll check them out next.
Hey skid-co great honest and upfront review thanks for your input. Food for thought 🤔 go to the DOT truck scales and ask for a courtesy inspection and point out these issues your having to the officer. Ask him to document the weight of the trailer and truck combination along with trailer and Equipment combination see if he will write a report that you can send to Lamar about these issues at hand. They may step up to the plate and be willing to work with you on it. If not and this dot officer deems this trailer unsafe and not roadworthy you may be looking at a full refund. Good luck to you, my friend!
I am going back to Maxxd or maybe try a Diamond C. Either way I think I'm going to go with the Max Ramp style ramps. I figured id get the most longevity out of them.
@@skidco from the quality (or lack of) on a Maxxd trailer, I don't think you would be any better off then your Lamar and the issues your having now unfortunately. I was not impressed with the welds or paint quality on the last Maxxd trailer I saw. Diamond C is absolutely going to be your best bet, just a matter of it you can handle the lead time issues because they have become so popular within the last 2 years. A DC gooseneck LPX with drive over fenders, frame extensions and max ramps. sounds like what you need. good luck man, I enjoy your F-450 Godzilla V8 content, rare to see, but I think its cool going down a path different from what everyone else is doing.
Get max ramps....youll wonder why you ever dealt with lifting the ramps and lunching them sideways for the skid....i did that for 2 years. Worth every penny switching to max ramps
I know that all trailer brands cost too dam much but remember that you get what you pay for. Even though your equipment that you’re pulling is below 8 thousand pounds in my opinion I would have purchased a tandem axle duel wheel 10 thousand plus pound axles with mega ramps or the power tail ramp. I would buy a bit heavier than I needed to prevent the lite weight metal fatigue which you purchased in that single axle Lamar trailer you have. I noticed your other truck was a 3/4 ton. That truck would pull safely the Lamar gooseneck but you purchased a Ford F450. Doesn’t matter if you already had the F450 b4 you got the gooseneck. What ever brand you by is a investment. Spend the money upfront so like now later you want be cussing because you chose to cut corners and go the cheep route. From this video I can tell that any brand that you purchase that you want be satisfied. I’m not saying buy a DC LoadTrail or any other brand but what ever brand you choose buy a heavy duty trailer. Duel wheel 10 or 12 thousand pound axles with mega ramps or power tail with the 102in wide deck. Let us know what you decide to buy or better yet go shopping and take pictures of your choices and let us decide for you. Do a video on several brands 2 of each brand duel wheel and single wheel mega ramps and power tail pictures and prices. We can choose // vote the rite trailer for you giving you a 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice B4 you by. THANKS Liked Subscribed & Shared
Nothings built to last anymore smdh I bought a raw max roll off trailer 4 weeks ago I just made first payment The winch went out being in San Antonio I have to drive to Houston to warranty it. And I have dumpsters on job sites rn Be careful what you buy even my big Tex dump trailer was a poor design I hear PJ is best. I sure hope everything works out for you brotha
I hear ya. Looking for trailer for a while now. Hard to find good quality and availability. Talked to Kauffman and back order till September or October!
Stay extremely far away from Kaufman… I have a 35” gooseneck trailer & IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TO SELL TRAILERS LIKE THESE! There is a reason why they the cheapest trailer on the market!
i ordered a 22'x83 bumper pull trailer back in 2016 with 6' slide in ramps behind the rear wheels . the shitty power coating chips off if you chip the paint and 6 months ago the ramp holder that holds the ramps in broke and i lost two 6' ramps out from under the bottom of the trailer and now the trailer lights the left turn and stop light won't work with a new light and plug
Lamar and Load trail have been quality trailers for me, including my lamar dump which was the best built dump ive seen. This looks to me like its been overloaded on the front of the trailer, a good bump in the road or going offroad with being overloaded is hard on stuff. All the brands look to have similar gooseneck design to me except diamond C obviously. If this has happened with you honestly not overloading or front loading then yea that is crap but ive only ever seen 1 gooseneck that was tweaked ever and it was not a lamar. Im by no means a lamar salesman or bleed lamar but they along with load trail have the best lookin welds usually also
The trailer was never overloaded and I bought it new to haul a skid steer. My current gooseneck and all the other ones I've seen all have at least double the thickness of steel gusset up there where it was bending. I have had some other people with the same trailer tell me theirs were doing the exact same thing.
@@skidco thats just crazy, my lamar dump trailer with the same gooseneck setup has been overloaded big time (i had over 7.5ton in it and max capacity is 5ton) and it didnt even do this. Only difference is its not as long of a trailer from axles to gooseneck . Makes me nervous cause i just put a bid on this same trailer at an auction its in good shape 4 years old
I have a lamar 7x14 i regretted so much not returning it. Welds is cracking all over. it broke with less than a month of use was fixed under warranty broke 2 more times after that
I hotshot a have a load trail a ND have good luck out of it a haul 20k all the time but it's a heavy trailer. The best trailer company out there is diamond c trailer the have the best. Good luck
Did you end up getting rid of it? I know you have a Load Trail. I have a LT dump trailer. If I get a dump truck, its getting traded for an equip trailer.
Almost looks like a trailer I seen that got into a small rear end type accident while loaded. It buckled the neck just like that. Wonder if it happened just under a hard brake event? Super lame. Sorry it happened.
Yes. I have a bumper pull Load Trail 18K deck over. If I had the Monet I found a Sure Trac that I found I really like. 18K gooseneck low deck tilt. I have a big deck over for my dump truck to use if I need a deck over.
Bad thing is there isn't a good trailer place in town that's a Lamar dealer. There is only a few and they suck for repair or service. Im just going to fix a few things to sell it and move on.
If you fix it just keep it, I don’t think there’s a trailer out there you will be 100 percent happy with... it is really upsetting when you buy a brand new trailer and you have to finish it yourself....
@@JohnDiMartino I know. The bad thing is I just needed something in a pinch to haul the tractor. Id rather have a bumper pull 20+5 and at least 20K. I can haul the tractor with the brush hog on it and haul materials and maybe a bigger excavator. If pulling heavier stuff ill pull it with the dump truck.
If you want to build a trailer buddy then just build you a trailer. However, I just think you want a bigger trailer after purchasing this one and now see you need more trailer than you anticipated. I mean, I’m not saying Lamar has the golden ticket to buying trailers(idk maybe) but what i am saying is from my research they make some damn good trailers. By the way I’m not saying this just because I am a Lamar.
My main problem with it is how Lamar their selves handled the situation. They just gave me the finger. I even made a comment about being a RUclips and I was making a video at the end of our last conversation and they said good luck. Ill never buy another one of their trailers. Side note Ive owned allot of trailers and a fair amount have been load trail. if there ever was an issue, I never had to call corporate. they approved anything and everything I've ever had wrong with them.
Guessing thats a 14K rated trailer? Take away the weight of the trailer even at 4000 lbs. Might just be over loaded to bend those pieces. That or Running on rough roads. Just looked a few of these trailers today. Did not like the looks of them. But just saying overload the unit. Its going to fail. But should be build to withstand more weight then rated forsure.
I always carried less weight than what the trailer manufacturer said it would haul. I think it was a pour design. The material they used was pretty thin compared to all my other goosenecks.
i sell trailers. Depends which brand now. Find a good dealership that focuses on selling quality and not getting rich off of one customer. Just like Central Arkansas Trailer Sales
Yes I had one before. It was ok. It was when they had only been out for a few years. Im not big on their designs. But I never had a problem with the trailer.
Well that is an older video. But when I owned the trailer I did contact Lamar. About a dozen times. Most the time someone sent me to someones voicemail. I talked to someone twice besides the person that answered the phone. Once I told them I had pictures and video and they had me send them and they would get back to me. Never did. It took I think three more times of calling and leaving messages to get someone on the phone. Then they made me feel like they just wanted to be off the phone with me. The dealer in the area is not well set up at all to do repairs or anything. They have a couple of kids setting up trailers and no one in the shop. But they told me without approval what are they going to do. They said they didn't understand the problem. Even though you could see a clear difference between a new one and mine. I didn't want it to happen to someone else. So there is the video. Im glad you are good with Lamar. Ill never own another one.
There are still a couple around here. But ill never buy one again. I love my load trail I have now. And I don't think I have ever had a bad experience with one of them either.
Man I really appreciate your honesty. I am shopping for a gooseneck trailer and this just took lamar off my list.
That’s unfortunate my gooseneck by Lamar has been awesome zero issues been overloaded several times with no issues
Great video, they all make their trailer sound so sturdy until they're put to work and you find out who makes junk and who makes quality .
I purchased a lamar 25' tag along that someone ordered and never picked up it is a nice trailer and super heavy duty. It was optioned with an eight inch frame and dual 10,000# jacks, 18"x6' ramps it is the best trailer purchase I've made and I got a great deal on it. I have not seen another like it, thanks for the videos.
I sold my Lamar trailer after 1 year and purchased a Diamond C. Diamond C uses a better grade of steel and much better workmanship. VERY happy with DIAMOND C
Thanks for showing us. I'm bout to buy a 44ft goose neck I'm taking this brand off my list
I’ve had to modify every trailer I have owned, big Tex maxx d. Top hat my current gooseneck is a PJ trailer only had to modify wheels tires an fenders , been real happy with the PJ
I was looking into buying one. Thanks for changing my mind 👍🏻
No problem 👍
Damn, sorry to hear this... One of my local stores quit selling Lamar because they started going cheap and the store didn't want to deal with the aftermath.. Don't buy Big Tex bro they are just as bad or worse... I think the quality issues for most makes started about 10-15 years ago. Maybe look for an older trailer that you can rebuild. Might be worth a try..
I bought a Deck Over LoadTrail and I love it. 8K axles and 17.5 tires.
I’ve got a Lamar and it’s been a great trailer with no issues, but I only haul vehicles. My only complaint is the ramps and angle suck, so I bought longer ramps.
Very good video and thank you for putting this out there, I am the owner of an excavation company and looking at purchasing a new bumper pull equipment trailer to put behind my Silverado, I have spent hours reading forums, looking and listening and have put Diamond C at the top of my list, also looked at Precision Trailers out of Canada but expensive for the trailer and shipping. It seems if its not one thing its another, why cant a 'professional' company that makes trailers make it right, good design, good paint, good customer service, I always try to buy the best product, but these equipment trailers really dont 'SELL' themselves, come on trailer manufacturers, lets make this happen and be pride to put that 'Made in USA' sticker on the product!!
What did you end up getting and what are your thoughts of liberty trailers?
I hear you. My trailer is only a year old and the ramps are already bowed on my 14k deck over (it’s not a Lamar though). Seems like it’s hard to buy a trailer that isn’t cheaply built. I hear lots of people like their Diamond C trailers, maybe I’ll check them out next.
Hey skid-co great honest and upfront review thanks for your input. Food for thought 🤔 go to the DOT truck scales and ask for a courtesy inspection and point out these issues your having to the officer. Ask him to document the weight of the trailer and truck combination along with trailer and Equipment combination see if he will write a report that you can send to Lamar about these issues at hand. They may step up to the plate and be willing to work with you on it. If not and this dot officer deems this trailer unsafe and not roadworthy you may be looking at a full refund. Good luck to you, my friend!
I am going back to Maxxd or maybe try a Diamond C. Either way I think I'm going to go with the Max Ramp style ramps. I figured id get the most longevity out of them.
@@skidco from the quality (or lack of) on a Maxxd trailer, I don't think you would be any better off then your Lamar and the issues your having now unfortunately. I was not impressed with the welds or paint quality on the last Maxxd trailer I saw. Diamond C is absolutely going to be your best bet, just a matter of it you can handle the lead time issues because they have become so popular within the last 2 years. A DC gooseneck LPX with drive over fenders, frame extensions and max ramps. sounds like what you need. good luck man, I enjoy your F-450 Godzilla V8 content, rare to see, but I think its cool going down a path different from what everyone else is doing.
@@skidco Every Maxxd ive seen was terrible welds. The new stuff is even worse. Id go diamond c
Get max ramps....youll wonder why you ever dealt with lifting the ramps and lunching them sideways for the skid....i did that for 2 years. Worth every penny switching to max ramps
I know that all trailer brands cost too dam much but remember that you get what you pay for. Even though your equipment that you’re pulling is below 8 thousand pounds in my opinion I would have purchased a tandem axle duel wheel 10 thousand plus pound axles with mega ramps or the power tail ramp. I would buy a bit heavier than I needed to prevent the lite weight metal fatigue which you purchased in that single axle Lamar trailer you have. I noticed your other truck was a 3/4 ton. That truck would pull safely the Lamar gooseneck but you purchased a Ford F450. Doesn’t matter if you already had the F450 b4 you got the gooseneck. What ever brand you by is a investment. Spend the money upfront so like now later you want be cussing because you chose to cut corners and go the cheep route. From this video I can tell that any brand that you purchase that you want be satisfied. I’m not saying buy a DC LoadTrail or any other brand but what ever brand you choose buy a heavy duty trailer.
Duel wheel 10 or 12 thousand pound axles with mega ramps or power tail with the 102in wide deck. Let us know what you decide to buy or better yet go shopping and take pictures of your choices and let us decide for you. Do a video on several brands 2 of each brand duel wheel and single wheel mega ramps and power tail pictures and prices. We can choose // vote the rite trailer for you giving you a 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice B4 you by.
THANKS
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Nothings built to last anymore smdh
I bought a raw max roll off trailer 4 weeks ago I just made first payment
The winch went out being in San Antonio I have to drive to Houston to warranty it. And I have dumpsters on job sites rn
Be careful what you buy even my big Tex dump trailer was a poor design
I hear PJ is best.
I sure hope everything works out for you brotha
Midsota out of Minnesota. B a B out of farly Iowa one of the best but expensive. Diamond C also good from what I can see.
I hear ya. Looking for trailer for a while now. Hard to find good quality and availability. Talked to Kauffman and back order till September or October!
I was going to go with them as well but I had to have something 102" wide to haul my tractor.
Stay extremely far away from Kaufman…
I have a 35” gooseneck trailer & IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TO SELL TRAILERS LIKE THESE!
There is a reason why they the cheapest trailer on the market!
I'm glad I see your video! No Lamar for me.
Im never being one again.
Oh no now I’m going to have to look over my gooseneck Lamar dump. I haven’t noticed anything buy I’m going to have to look it over again.
i ordered a 22'x83 bumper pull trailer back in 2016 with 6' slide in ramps behind the rear wheels . the shitty power coating chips off if you chip the paint and 6 months ago the ramp holder that holds the ramps in broke and i lost two 6' ramps out from under the bottom of the trailer and now the trailer lights the left turn and stop light won't work with a new light and plug
Lamar and Load trail have been quality trailers for me, including my lamar dump which was the best built dump ive seen. This looks to me like its been overloaded on the front of the trailer, a good bump in the road or going offroad with being overloaded is hard on stuff. All the brands look to have similar gooseneck design to me except diamond C obviously. If this has happened with you honestly not overloading or front loading then yea that is crap but ive only ever seen 1 gooseneck that was tweaked ever and it was not a lamar. Im by no means a lamar salesman or bleed lamar but they along with load trail have the best lookin welds usually also
The trailer was never overloaded and I bought it new to haul a skid steer. My current gooseneck and all the other ones I've seen all have at least double the thickness of steel gusset up there where it was bending.
I have had some other people with the same trailer tell me theirs were doing the exact same thing.
@@skidco thats just crazy, my lamar dump trailer with the same gooseneck setup has been overloaded big time (i had over 7.5ton in it and max capacity is 5ton) and it didnt even do this. Only difference is its not as long of a trailer from axles to gooseneck . Makes me nervous cause i just put a bid on this same trailer at an auction its in good shape 4 years old
I have a lamar 7x14 i regretted so much not returning it. Welds is cracking all over.
it broke with less than a month of use was fixed under warranty broke 2 more times after that
Sorry to hear that. I wouldn't care if they gave me one ill never buy another one.
I hotshot a have a load trail a ND have good luck out of it a haul 20k all the time but it's a heavy trailer. The best trailer company out there is diamond c trailer the have the best. Good luck
Did you end up getting rid of it? I know you have a Load Trail. I have a LT dump trailer. If I get a dump truck, its getting traded for an equip trailer.
yes. Its gone. I have my load trail deck over I use all the time and an older Lamar 14' utility trailer I use every once in awhile.
Almost looks like a trailer I seen that got into a small rear end type accident while loaded. It buckled the neck just like that. Wonder if it happened just under a hard brake event? Super lame. Sorry it happened.
Not sure. Lamar didn't want to do anything at all.
Good points. I agree its poor design cheap built junk.
Ill never buy another one. Lamar didn't give a damn. I called them direct and it wasn't good.
Big Tex
I have a Lamar made in 2018 and it had the same shitty metal "wire holder" that popped just like yours.... Pain in the ass to fix
did you get a new trailer yet ?
Yes. I have a bumper pull Load Trail 18K deck over.
If I had the Monet I found a Sure Trac that I found I really like. 18K gooseneck low deck tilt.
I have a big deck over for my dump truck to use if I need a deck over.
I'm looking at buying a Lamar Gooseneck dump trailer. I better take a good look and really scrutinize, I guess.
I would. I probably won't buy another ever again.
Look at Ranch King Trailers Bellville Texas
3yr warranty, right!?
I'd 100% go back to Lamar and complain. I'm pulling a 14k Tag as we speak. No issues... Haven't loaded it fully yet either tho 😔
Bad thing is there isn't a good trailer place in town that's a Lamar dealer. There is only a few and they suck for repair or service. Im just going to fix a few things to sell it and move on.
@@skidco I sure hate to see the luck you're having, Sir. We all wrk too hard to put up with tht bs
If you fix it just keep it, I don’t think there’s a trailer out there you will be 100 percent happy with... it is really upsetting when you buy a brand new trailer and you have to finish it yourself....
@@JohnDiMartino I know. The bad thing is I just needed something in a pinch to haul the tractor. Id rather have a bumper pull 20+5 and at least 20K. I can haul the tractor with the brush hog on it and haul materials and maybe a bigger excavator. If pulling heavier stuff ill pull it with the dump truck.
If you want to build a trailer buddy then just build you a trailer. However, I just think you want a bigger trailer after purchasing this one and now see you need more trailer than you anticipated. I mean, I’m not saying Lamar has the golden ticket to buying trailers(idk maybe) but what i am saying is from my research they make some damn good trailers. By the way I’m not saying this just because I am a Lamar.
My main problem with it is how Lamar their selves handled the situation. They just gave me the finger. I even made a comment about being a RUclips and I was making a video at the end of our last conversation and they said good luck. Ill never buy another one of their trailers.
Side note Ive owned allot of trailers and a fair amount have been load trail. if there ever was an issue, I never had to call corporate. they approved anything and everything I've ever had wrong with them.
Guessing thats a 14K rated trailer? Take away the weight of the trailer even at 4000 lbs. Might just be over loaded to bend those pieces. That or Running on rough roads. Just looked a few of these trailers today. Did not like the looks of them. But just saying overload the unit. Its going to fail. But should be build to withstand more weight then rated forsure.
I always carried less weight than what the trailer manufacturer said it would haul. I think it was a pour design. The material they used was pretty thin compared to all my other goosenecks.
That’s why I bought a Kraftsman… call me tomorrow.. we can talk about it..
i sell trailers. Depends which brand now. Find a good dealership that focuses on selling quality and not getting rich off of one customer. Just like Central Arkansas Trailer Sales
Ever looked into Iron bull/Norstar? They seem to be really built well!
Yes I had one before. It was ok. It was when they had only been out for a few years. Im not big on their designs. But I never had a problem with the trailer.
How come ya don’t contact Lamar and or the dealer instead of bitching on You Tube
Lamar is very good to work with
Well that is an older video. But when I owned the trailer I did contact Lamar. About a dozen times. Most the time someone sent me to someones voicemail. I talked to someone twice besides the person that answered the phone. Once I told them I had pictures and video and they had me send them and they would get back to me. Never did. It took I think three more times of calling and leaving messages to get someone on the phone. Then they made me feel like they just wanted to be off the phone with me. The dealer in the area is not well set up at all to do repairs or anything. They have a couple of kids setting up trailers and no one in the shop. But they told me without approval what are they going to do. They said they didn't understand the problem. Even though you could see a clear difference between a new one and mine.
I didn't want it to happen to someone else. So there is the video.
Im glad you are good with Lamar. Ill never own another one.
Rusting in 2 months, whole neck is underbuilt....
all of the old Trailer dealers that carried Lamar around here do not carry them anymore 👍
There are still a couple around here. But ill never buy one again. I love my load trail I have now. And I don't think I have ever had a bad experience with one of them either.
Well no Lamar for me thanks
Low quality
Look at belmont trailers or diamond C
Its stressed