My aluminum trailer with two quads on it is well over 1,000 pounds and it has worked well. I bought it in 2007 and is still used today. Torsion axles are good, my camping trailer has it and it works well.

The piezoelectric coolers barely keep things cool but the portable fridge/freezers are compressor operated and can cool down to -4F. They're a lot more expensive than the coolers but much better, and to top it off they draw less current than the piezo coolers do.

yes I was packing for a day 80 mile day ride on Forman. So what ever will fit in the Moose. So small cooler with Milk (for My rum $ Milk after ride drink) and lunch. But I am looking at the Freeze dried stuff also to try.

also why do you never see brakes on single axle trailers? I installed on mine. It was easy.

Totally agree. LOL.. I have a Harvest Right freeze dryer I got on sale at Costco last year. My 82nd birthday present to myself. A game changer in making trail food and snacks Freeze dry and package up food in vacuum sealed bags.. Great meals and snacks, almost no weight and worry about spoilage ,

well the small cooler bags are dangerous if not packed with ice. .Ha Ha cold beer...I like milk that does not need to be refrigerated. AKA Shelf Stable milk...first saw it in Europe. Over there you could pick the butterfat content...WOW! But of course evaporated milk can be kept unrefrigerated....evaporated condensed milk was introduced commercially back in 1864 ....Can you says "Gail Borden" Elsie the Cow?

Thats bad news, that should have been noisy running. Thanks for the update!

I like my 12v fridge/ freezer For packing stuff that needs to stay cold, Yes, they're expensive but far cheaper than ending up with spoiled food and warm beer.

Yep tongue weight should be around the same 10%. Tandem axles have a few advantages, like a lower deck height because you are using 2 smaller tires instead of one big one. But then you have 2 more tires to maintain. Deck over is the best use of space if you are going to side load. I love single axles, lite, easy to tow. Easy to move around. Just didn't work for me. I ran out of storage so enclosed when the best solution for me. Everyone's situation is different. Problem with any trailer, not just single axles is being over built, or buying too much trailer. The closer you can load a trailer to it's gvwr the better it will ride. Single axles will ride rougher in general, especially when empty, it doesn't have that second axle holding the first one down.

Personally I would get something with a manual trans like a kawasaki bayou for pulling at low speeds. Anything with a CVT trans, that is going to be hard on belts at those speeds.

Late to the party like always. So if your SxS is 10ft a 12 trailer will still not be enough for you to side load the atv. I started out with a 4x8 trailer for ATV, hated it. Could not see the trailer behind the vehicle. Bought a snowmobile trailer at auction for $100, Put new deck on it. Got another machine and started side loading it. But it was tight if either had larger tires. I have since moved on to a Thule enclosed trailer. Love it so much better. Tall enough to ride into, or for side x side. If we take the side by side we take one atv in the pickup bed. Otherwise it has room for 4 atvs. It is 8.5ft x 14ft. Aluminum. Very light, nice pulling trailer. You can move it around on the concrete by hand. It is aluminum, all of it. It is 20 years old and no signs of cracks or rot in it anywhere. Best part is, when we get home, atvs are already stored. LOL I prefer a lot of tongue weight, less chance of the trailer pushing the tow vehicle around. When you look at gvwr on a trailer you need to remember at least 10% should be tongue weight. So a trailer with 3500 gvwr, weighs 1500 pounds. Leaves 2000 pounds payload correct? actually not. 10% tongue weight would make payload 2350.

Great morning QC !! Off for a short ride then in to the A/C before it get frickin HOT !!LOL

I'm curious. How many here rely on satellite , either geostationary or LEO ( Starlink) services for their internet? Where I am in BC's Southern interior, I have Starlink home for my internet. There is no cable or fiber here and cell service is minimal at best. I can get all the TV service I want through streaming. I recently bought and set up a Starlink Mini and lent it to my granddaughter who is working at a remote mining camp as their safety officer and paramedic. I subscribed to their 100GB monthly service and had it drop to Standby at the end of the first month service. So for an investment of $299.99 for the Mini, an initial $75 for one month of !00GB of full speed data and then $15/ mon. for standby, the Mini gives my granddaughter internet services at old dialup speeds so no streaming. It allows her to make audio calls ,and we found it also allowed her to make a video call to me although it had freezing and pixilation frequently but was still usable. So with her phone and the Mini she has internet service, and the ability to make a phone call through Messenger from anywhere in North America for CAD $15/mon. Compare that to the price of Inreach, Spot-x or any of the other emergency calling equipment and service. The Mini does not have navigation, but you can easily download maps with it. At only 10 x 12 Inches ,it can be carried in a backpack or mounted on a vehicle,quad, ATV or boat as needed and easily transferred between rides.

Looks good...Available at retailers like Bas Pro shops it looks like good.

Thats very possible but these things do get kind of honery with age, i always put the harder stuff off as a last resort, but would be good to check that and make sure things are moving properly. Good luck, keep us informed!

Very good! I would run the fresh oil for a bit just to get everything lubed up properly then change it again, wouldnt push it to hard, water and oil are hard on the internal engine componets.