Which Trailer Is The BEST Choice? Let's Weigh The Pros & Cons!
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2021
- Today we're going to compare open vs enclosed trailers and help you make the decision about which one is best for you. When shopping for a trailer it can be a daunting task between weighing out the pros and cons for each unit, and which one you want to go with.
We're going to present some pros & cons with each style of trailer, namely a utility trailer vs an enclosed trailer setup. It is going to come down to a ton of factors, some of which we hope to cover here in this video. Enjoy!
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Which style of trailer do you guys prefer, and why?! Do you like the benefits of an enclosed style trailer, or do you rather prefer the flexibility of a utility trailer? Let us know in the comments down below, and as always, thanks for watching!
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Open vs Enclosed, that is the question!
Which do you guys prefer?
Never had an enclosed trailer. I've had 2 open trailers and used a good 10 to 12 open trailers. I've always wanted an enclosed but never needed one lmao.
I've run both enclosed and open if you can afford both I feel it's best because you have a better versatility when it comes to tight streets or need a smaller footprint having the option to rotate them as needed
@@jonathonjones9505 Good point
Closed. I used a cargo carrier for 3 months 😒 that sucked. Then I got a 4x8 enclosed tall trailer. This was big for me cause it was buy that or another shed the trailer won. 👍🏼 time saver for sure
You're going to have better gas mileage with an open also maybe you said that lol
Enclosed trailer for storage and to protect my equipment from the elements.
Yup cause ATM i have almost everything in my bed of the truck. I really hate taking everything off when I'm done for the day. Don't want anything stolen probably about $1500 in the bed of my truck lol
I chose enclosed as my 1st trailer. I mainly chose it for security reasons and rolling bathroom.
Yes! That's the real reason, haha
After watching this never going enclosed in S Texas the heat is no joke!
I've always run a 20 ft enclosed trailer as my main trailer. The biggest thing for me is having everything under cover and not having to unload at the end of the day. Also I can keep all of my spare parts with the mowing trailer and not have to swap it from truck to truck when I run a different truck.
I run open trailers keeps the equipment cooler, i do more landscaping jobs so the versatility of throwing sod,brush,mulch Best thing is when you need two types of materials like mulch and rocks to the same house rocks in the truck mulch on the trailer no delivery fees and no time wasted going back for the secondary materials👍 yes mulch on a trailer is less efficient but on smaller jobs that extra 10-15 mins of shoveling it off the trailer saves you gas ,and a 20-30 mins on another run especially being a solo guy every minute counts unless you want to work later and burn more gas
Thats my thoughts Great job brian for making this channel strait to the point and hides nothing great tips and trick
5 gallon bucket with the attachable toilet seat lid comes in handy in my enclosed trailer. When Mother Nature calls you just can’t wait.
Such great info Brian! Love how you share all the info you have learned through the years to help us all grow and be better! I have an open trailer now (7.5X16), but am looking to upgrade to the enclosed this next season. Thanks for all you do!
I run a utility trailer. No complaints. I would love to let you know that I am a huge fan of your podcast. Thanks for all the golden nuggets.
I started with a utility trailer because of price but purchased a 6x12 enclosed this season and I love it! I did keep my open trailer for mulching,debris removal and for transporting shrubs and trees. Love your content! Thanks Brian
Awesome video... I'm starting a stump grinding business and I hadn't thought of using an enclosed trailer but after watching the video I believe that is the direction that I will be going with the enclosed trailer...
I really like all your Pros and cons and I really appreciate all the effort to make this video.. I'm looking forward to seeing more videos...
Thanks and have a great day.
I bought my first utility trailer last summer, 5x8 from tractor supply last summer based on your reviews. Best decision I’ve made, been able to use a larger mower which reduces time on each job thus allowing me to take on more jobs. Thanks Brian!
Enclosed for me.. Now you need to do pro and cons with enclosed trailers vs box truck.
I just bought my open 2 axle trailer for $2200 😅 so happy wit it! Been using just the old truck bed for years. I really need some racks
Love the content man! I'm actually looking to start a lawn mowing company in MS coming up 2023 and all this info is amazing. Def would prefer an enclosed trailer though
I'm in construction but I agree with alot of same points.
One downfall to enclosed is exhaust fumes buildup during startups, especially cold machines.. thanks for video!
At Lawn Works of West Michigan we have 3 different tailers for the exact reasons you mentioned. Enclosed also helps with handling bags of fertilizers etc. The open trailer for speed and options. The third trailer is 12 yard dumper for hauling larger tree debris and for leaf season. It has a big leaf vacuum attached to it
Cargo trailers definitely have pros. I have a 22ft continental cargo trailer I've had for a few years now can hold 3 sit down mowers or 4 with 2 stand ons. Also got it with a wider side door where I can load a pallet of mulch and still have 2 mowers. I use my Lamar dump trailer which I love for heavier or bulky loads. Thanks for the video Brian! #teamscag!
Started with a open, and ended up buying a bigger landscaping open trailer. Weed eater racks and blower cages are absolute life savers.
I just stared my own business this year and I bought a 6x12 utility trailer and I love it
Thanks so much for your videos! Really educating me as I launch a new mowing business!
Great video Brian
So I only have a 6x12 open utility trailer as we speak. This is my 2nd full time year . So I am sticking with a open for now,but I think in about two more years I will go enclosed. Great points on both. Security, elements and advertising would be the selling points for myself. The bathroom is another feature I have not thought about.
Southern pine mowing
Texas
I had a utility trailer and now use an enclosed trailer. I love the enclosed for the same reasons you have stated. A con that I noticed was that clippings that may fall off the mower tend to stay in the enclosed as with the utility I never noticed the dropped clippings
I started off with a small utility trailer and hated having to unload it every time I ended the day. I’m running a 7x14 enclosed now and have no desire to go back. Love having it organized and my eq protected from the elements and prying eyes!
With a little imagination you can remove a couple of negatives of open trailers. Large storage bin covers my big blower (straps and equipment defender rack). Covers on the weed eaters. Custom made all weather covers on the mowers, Road worthy, cold proof, keeps the sun and rain off. Purchased from silver lake mfg concord NH. Had them one year - so far- very pleased.
I went with a "snowmobile" type enclosed 7.5×24, and it helps to correct a couple downsides to the enclosed trailers...with the v nose and front ramp, you can unload a mower in the front without have to unload every mower in the trailer...also, it has "gas doors" on the sides so you can get the nozzle in and fill up almost as easily as an open trailer.
Rockin a open right now you can’t beat a inclosed
I started with a small single axle open utility trailer and didn't like it at all for normal mowing. Always had to unload equipment at the end of the day and had to have a space to store the equipment. Enclosed trailer is the best decision I've had just wished I went with the 8.5x 16 instead of the 7x16...
Also have an bigger open trailer for other things I may need it for.
Just got a 16 foot enclosed. I don't have a place to put my equipment at night. Love it.
Have both. Utility/Open is lighter to pull and cooler for most of the season. Will have to give the utility as the best option.
Ran an open 14' enclosed and half ton truck for years. The versatility of the open trailer and weight has always been nice. Cons for me: my equipment has definitely taken a toll from the elements and I don't have a place to store the whole trailer away from the elements so always having to unload and have equipment around the house. Secondly some landscape jobs that required me to haul away debris or anything meant unloading that by hand at the dump at the end of the day which was another job on its own. On a 95° day with 90% humidity in GA talk about feeling like dying. So last year I took the leap and purchased a 14k # rated dump trailer. A friend's dad let me store that at his shop but it's outside. I got it for a steal but knew it would open up another can of worms. I can do all the brush work and mulch much more easily with it but now the problem was my half ton. Well I decided to get a 3/4 ton diesel. This has opened up a lot of possibilities for me. So with the dump trailer now my open landscape trailer was basically just hauling mowers around. I also store the diesel truck at the shop so this meant loading mowers onto my open trailer and towing it to the shop with my half ton and then unhooking to get hooked up to the diesel. Talk about a pita. Well I got an enclosed trailer now as I want the rolling billboard, I want the storage, and I want to take advantage of having the heavier duty truck. I got aluminum signs made for my open trailer last year that cost me $900 and they brought in a handful of new accounts. Planning on wrapping my 16' enclosed here soon but $3500 to do a wrap is no joke! I know it's going to pay for itself in the long run but definitely something to consider folks. Plan on selling the open 14' trailer. Only thing that makes me want to keep it is for loading small equipment like mini skid steers or mini excavators. I guess down the road I'll probably get an equipment trailer.
I'm starting my company this year thanks to you and I'm starting with a snowmobile trailer
Started with 4x8 open 34” gravely belt drive, upgraded to 6x10 open now I fit the 34, and a hydro 52” on
Brian, I love the open.
Currently a 16' open. But the vid did help with my case about getting an enclosed. I'm mainly running this bizz to off set my taxes, an do enjoy the me time about mowing and music.
I have a utility trailer but I love the enclosed trailer.
Great video Brian, I started with a 5x8 utility trailer! But now I have an enclosed trailer I got sick of loading and unloading each day, but enclosed it sucks to fuel up!!
Fantastic explanations Brian, for both trailers. I’d have to go with the utility trailer though, seems easier,& takes care of the basic needs. Great video.💯❤️👍🏾🙋🏽♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸
Thanks Brian for the input and I live down here in Florida and it rained like heck down here so I always have had an enclosed trailer I do not like my stuff getting wet I keep my stuff looking like new to me it's all about appearance just bought me a new trailer this year still have my old one calls around my four-wheeler when I want to go riding
Needed this, thanks Brian!
Currently rocking a modified ski boat trailer (price was very right) about to get my first enclosed (single stall horse trailer) that will need a little welding to make it pretty but the price is right.
I like my enclosed due to keeping the equipment dry! I feel like when the rain comes it can rust and obviously no one wants that! BUT, one bad thing is... How hot it gets in the enclosed, with all hot engines. thanks for the video, missing the everyday videos.. but I know you have ALOT going on! keep on keeping on brotha.
My favorite is an enclosed. When I worked at a larger company we ran enclosed. They just are so much more organized and it's a shop, storage, and restroom on wheels. Plus you cannot beat the advertisement. With my business I'm currently running a utility trailer. Alot easier to get around and cheaper option for beginner companies. But I'd recommend to everyone to work there way up to an enclosed when more established.
Here is my take Brian. I have a 2015 Diesel Isuzu NPR now and before this truck, I had a 1999 Diesel Isuzu NPR the I sold to buy my present truck. I have all my equipment secure and don't have to worry about tight spots to maneuver. I can carry a Lazer Z 48" with a bagging system, a 48" Starris, a 36" walk-behind, and a 42" walker mower. I have racks installed for my backpacks blowers, trimmers, chainsaws, etc. Shelves for gas cans, tools. I started with an open trailer about 30 years ago but once I found the box trucks for me was the perfect setup. Hope this helps
I like being able to see around the utility trailer, less weight to pull! Looking to bump up to an enclosed trailer once the business picks up.
1st time trailer buying for my lawn gig, 5x10 I have a 42 hustler zt and 2 21inch commercial self propelled I can also fit 2 backback blowers and a handheld blower all with ease. Although already outgrowing it I'm thinking a 7x14 enclosed. I do worry about the sun fading during the day.
Great video. Hard choice but both have their advantages
For me is a dump trailer with loading/ramp doors as well. Reason is that I do 70% gardening/landscaping and 30% lawn care. That way I can easily load and unload mulch/stones etc and my lawn mowers for the lawn care part. All around great!
Started just using a 21" mower out of my truck. Around the corner lived another lawn care and landscape company owner, bought an old enclosed trailer off him to go with walk behind scag I had picked up
I love my enclosed trailer! Keep everything in it and can duck inside when it starts raining. Also use the trailer for #1s. No #2s! Started with open trailer.
Utility trailer, I park mine in my shop so it's out of the elements plus I only do it part time with 14 yards. My first year in 2009 my neighbor gave me a 6x12 single axle trailer for free! He was excited to see a young man running a business. As the years went I thought about an enclosed trailer for storage and was about to go fulltime cutting but the weight, cost and me getting a big promotion at my daily job steered me away and once I started picking up bigger clients I needed a bigger mower and bought a 7x16 tandem utility trailer and love it.
I bought a new utility trailer. 6x14. Still cost 3,000 but wanted a good one since i was going to be driving alot. Will go to enclosed trailer eventually. One day ill get there...
Using an enclosed right now but will also be getting an open for trimming and side jobs 👍
install a backup camera on the enclosure trailer works perfect
Great video man I’m rocking a little open until I get enclosed trailer in September maybe
Great job Brian
I would just like a trailer period. This is slowly changing from side work to a possible full-time job. I would probably start with the less expensive utility and move up to enclosed and have both.
Put your equipment together tape it off different size trailers to best fit what you want I bought 5x10 should've bought bigger but I can fit a 42zt and 2 21inch commercial mowers along with 2 backpack blowers and handheld in trailer.
Great video, I love enclosed trailers but an open trailer is so much easier to just grab stuff from the side
I just mow a few family yards each week. I have a 5 by 10 SureTrac open trailer. I have added wooden sides and more tie down points to make it more useful. It holds my 42 inch zero turn and my push mower. My trimmer, blower and other tools go in the back of my truck. I have a flip-bak bed cover that keeps the tools out of site. My mowers take a beating in the rain, but the other tools stay dry. Some times I wish I had an enclosed trailer. I also think that sometimes signage on the trailer attracts thief’s. My sure trac trailer is quality hardware!!!!!
Utility trailer, I can haul my JD 1025 with different attachments to jobs when I'm not mowing. Would love an enclosed for my mower setup but hey, gotta work with what I have....Thanks for the info!
Ideally an enclosed 18-20 for mowing and a small dump trailer, but when your in the market for one then a utility trailer is the best for cost as you can do a lot with it for a cheap entry price
In terms of protection from the elements (specifically rain), the thing I was most looking forward to when I went to an enclosed was keeping the rain off the trimmers, blowers, etc . I had problems for years with the air filters getting wet on them...while they were still wet the motors would run terribly, if at all! Once the filter dried, the dirt and oils on the filter would be spread out from the water and make the filter almost unable to get air through it...
I have had a 14-foot open trailer that can fit a 52 motor on it for the last five to seven years only give 575 bucks for the trailer so I can't really beat it but definitely someday would want a enclosed trailer like you have
I bought my first trailer this spring, its a sure-track 7x12. I wish I had the 14' but as you know there was barely anything available. Good thing is that I have the dual axle with 7K gvwr so I can tow my mowers and also my Ditch Witch skid steer. Was $3,500 with tax and that was with the heavy duty gate with ramp legs..
Thanks for the vid
Started out with a utility trailer from Harbor Freight. Yes it sucked loading and unloading it. Went to an enclosed trailer just about a year later. What a time saver, and yes I put a " bathroom " in it and it wasnt that hard
I have a 8X18 open but will be purchasing an enclosed.
I generally prefer enclosed, although after the hassle I've been through trying to get my brand new enclosed trailer repaired after a dump truck mangled it, I might get open next time 🤣
Open trailer. I have a 7x14 Sure-Trac trailer with an easy lift rear gate and two foot mesh sides. It's easy access, I can carry mulch, stone, dirt, sod, etc., if need be when I don't have mowers loaded. I'd love an enclosed trailer like yours, but I don't have the space for it and I don't want to have to store it at a storage lot.
Would love an enclosed, think I'll have to go with open simply for the price and versatility.
Great informational video!
I use an utility trailer and I love it. Its effortless to load and unload and get on and off. Although I'd still love the security of an enclosed trailer. So I'm torn.
I'm not in the lawn business or use my trailers other just for personal use but I like my enclosed trailer for my motorcycle and anything the I don't want the weather to get to. My utility is good to use for anything cars,tractors, lumber, trash. So almost as if the utility is more useful but I would never get rid of my enclosed unless I was upgrading
Aluminum open trailer is what I'm rolling with,6 1/2 x12 thinking about an enclosed trailer but haven't decided yet..
Started with open, bought a enclosed, now back to open.
Utility trailer in south Alabama it’s hot here. Also lighter and I use dry wrap bags to keep them very thing dry I also pull my tractor and bush hog a lot and I use my trailer for sod and mulch and straw it’s all in one
Thanks for the name drop tho! John’s Lawn Maintenance. 👍
Tell her your purse makes $$ 😁👍
Enclosed is great for many reasons....open just easier access and to get around and fuel up mowers....your points are all on point.😎👍
Hers holds the money 😄
@@greeneracre1151 lol 100%
Utility my favorite although I would like to try inclosed.
My first trailer was a homemade one two van half welded together!
Both but if I had to choose one first it would be a utility trailer. Way more versatile. Now if I was going to mow only then it would be an enclosed trailer.
I have both, but I kinda love my open a Lil more
Somebody should count how many times Brian says the word "trailer". Great video!
Trailer! Ha! 🤘
Started with open...than enclosed than open now I use both depending on the job list. Enclosed is like a mini garage....
I think the main decision point, for me, would be cost. Not only the cost of the trailer but also having to buy a heavier duty truck to pull an enclosed.
I run a 7x16 utility. I am putting up a car port with both ends open but have enclosed sides so I can pull my trailer under it and it's out of the rain. Planning on installing a few led light bars on the inside of the roof of the car port for lighting at night. Luckily i have almost two acres of a yard to fit it. I would like a enclosed trailer one day but in my area they are pricey
I primarily use my enclosed trailer. Keep my blowers and weed eaters on equipment defender racks. And the mowers down the middle, I keep the spare blades, oils, tools, etc in a front cabinet. I do have a "utility" style for those days when I have needs for it. But I use it for so many other things that I can't install racks for my trimmers and blowers, so they usually end up in the truck bed or beside the mowers on those days. My enclosed always ends up being my equipment "garage" though at the end of the day
I'm a neat freak. Definitely enclosed 👍
single axle 5x8. Holds my 42" zturn john deere, and has a rack for edger and weedeater. I can pull this still attached to my 2 door jeep rubicon in my garage perfectly. weedeater and edger are on a rack that locks. blower goes in the back of jeep. Works perfect and parking this setup in front of client's houses without blocking the mailboxes is great. I'm curious how the parking goes with a bigger setup.
Open is what I use super fast to get around with and quickly load and unload
I started with a 5x8 from tractor supply went to a 6.5x12 that I still have and run on occasion. I just bought my first enclosed trailer this year 7x16
I personally like the enclosed because I have everything I need with me. Basically my rolling shop
You're rolling billboard comments were quite good. For several years I operated a construction related business and had my work truck covered as my rolling billboard. I picked up a lot of business from people that just saw me drive by. I never could understand why so many of my competitors had what I called stealth trucks, no logo, no name, no phone number, just a regular pickup truck.
Thanks for sharing!
Don't even need to watch the video, the answer is yes! There are many things that an enclosed trailer is absolutely the best option, and there are many things an open trailer is absolutely the best option. There's a lot of overlap, but both types of trailers have their niche.
6x10....solo side gig....scag v ride II rocking it
Just purchased a 6x12 enclosed as my first trailer. No where to store equipment, so it was my only option aside from a storage unit.
love the vids
Open trailer my guy! 5x8 first now a 6x10. My next will be 7x18 open or enclosed 8x16 cheers
we have started the business w 6x12 utility but have already begun to outgrow. now looking at 7x14 cargo. i need the bathroom privacy lol
A pole barn would be help to drive in open trailer.. I think enclosed trailer then way to go...
Utility because I keep my small equipment locked in the bed and regularly dump bagged clippings, sticks etc on the utility along with the mowers