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Wheel Chock Safety Tips for Trailer Owners
If you have a trailer, you have probably used a wheel chock at one time or another. After all, you don’t want your trailer rolling away while it’s parked around Michigan. However, using your wheel chock incorrectly can...
Trailer Loading Tips for ATVs and UTVs
It seems like a simple enough task to load your ATV or UTV trailer, but improper loading can be disastrous. Before taking off on your next adventure, make sure your trailer is ready by following these simple tips...
Choosing and Maintaining Your Trailer Tires
When it comes to keeping your trailer safe around the roads in Michigan, your tires are one of the most important aspects. But how do you choose the right trailer tires, and what maintenance do they need?...
Do Cargo Trailers Hold Their Value Well?
Cargo trailers are an investment, especially if it’s for your Michigan business. One of the primary questions asked during the buying process is how well these cargo trailers hold their value...
How Does A Weight Distribution Hitch Work?
There are so many uses for various trailers around Michigan, but the right hitch often receives too little attention. One important option to consider is the weight distribution hitch...
Keeping Your Cargo Trailer Cool This Summer
Whether you use your cargo trailer for business or pleasure, you want to make sure you and everyone else stays safe wherever you travel around Michigan. Here are some things...
Manufacturer Spotlight: Genesis Trailers
One of the joys of living in Michigan is the number of lakes and the opportunity for recreational boating. Whether you are a fan of personal watercraft, speed boats, or...
Keeping Your Cargo Safe in the Summer Heat
Keeping your cargo trailer safe as you travel around Michigan should be a top priority this summer. How you store your load may be the difference between...
Are LED Lights Right For Your Trailer?
Anyone who has hauled a trailer around Michigan knows how important it is to have the proper trailer lights working. Not only do they keep you safe by helping make you more visible to other motorists, but they also keep the MSP off you back...
What Type of Trailer Hitch is Right for You?
If you are hauling a trailer around Michigan, there is no doubt you have encountered many types of trailer hitches. But as you consider your own options, how do you determine the right...
Landscaping Trailers for Your Business
Whether landscaping is your primary business or a side gig, it is a bustling industry around Michigan. As you work to bring beauty to homes and businesses around...
Trailer Leaf Springs And What You Should Know
It is important to understand how trailer leaf springs actually work. Take the time to also understand what damage you should look for and repair before hauling your trailer around Michigan...
Disc Versus Drum Brakes: Which Is Best For Your Trailer?
What kind of brakes should you look for on a trailer? Unfortunately, it is not a simple one-size-fits-all answer, but is dependent on what you are hauling. Consider the following to determine what will be the best option for your utility trailer...
Choosing A Pontoon Trailer for Spring
Michigan is in part known for the number of large natural lakes. Whether you are a native Michigander, you have a vacation home, or just enjoy visiting, you will be spending some time on a lake. As you search for your perfect pontoon boat, you know you are going to need the right trailer to pair with it...
Manufacturer Spotlight: Middlebury Trailers (MTI)
One premium manufacturer many of our clients in Michigan are gravitating toward is Middlebury Trailers. MTI Trailers is Offers a wide range of options, and provides smart solutions for a more discerning client...
Utility Trailer Tailgate Party
Chances are you love Michigan sports, and you love to enjoy the experience with others. Whether you prefer high school, college, or professional sports, you probably enjoy a good tailgate, and your utility trailer can take it to the next level. Here are some tips for creating the perfect trailer party experience...
Enclosed Trailers and Classic Cars
As a classic car enthusiast in Michigan, you know a big part of your hobby is transporting your car to various shows and gatherings. There are many types of trailers you could use, but you know a quality car hauler is the best option. As you look at your options...
Tips for Choosing A Snowmobile Trailer
You love being outside in the Michigan winter, feeling the excitement that only comes while snowmobiling. One of the challenges to this sport is moving your sled to where the snow happens to be when you want to ride...
Winter Towing Tips
Towing a trailer comes with its own risks, which are only compounded by winters in Michigan. However, you can reduce some of that risk by following the tips below...
What Are The Benefits of Owning A Snowmobile Trailer
Winters in Michigan are often a snowmobiler’s dream, with plenty of places to get out during the winter months. You have enjoyed the time you get to...
Trailer Spotlight: Load Trail Tilt-N-Go Car Hauler
Properly coupling and uncoupling your trailer is critical for safely hauling anything around Michigan. However, there are many people who...
Tips for Coupling and Uncoupling Your Trailer
Properly coupling and uncoupling your trailer is critical for safely hauling anything around Michigan. However, there are many people who...
Tie Down Tips for Your Cargo Trailer
You have heard the clamor of people dreaming of getting a utility trailer. Heck, you have probably even looked at it and found some uses for one in your own life...
Popular Uses for Your Utility Trailer
You have heard the clamor of people dreaming of getting a utility trailer. Heck, you have probably even looked at it and found some uses for one in your own life...
The Best Apps for Towing a Trailer
It does not matter whether you are towing locally or on an extended road trip, having the right apps can make the difference. There are options for everything from helping you navigate to keeping you alert while you drive...
How Should You Clean Your Aluminum Trailer?
You have worked hard to have an aluminum trailer to help meet the needs of your business or your hobbies. Either way, you want to keep that investment in top shape so it will continue to be useful...
Spring vs. Torsion Trailer Axles, Which is Best?
A trailer is just a trailer, right? Well, if you have been following our articles for long you know that is simply not the case, especially when you are talking about utility trailers. Among many other options available are...
Five Easy Steps to Storing Your Utility Trailer
Although a utility trailer might seem like something you can simply detach from your truck and park in a garage or storage facility, you can actually damage your trailer if you do not store it correctly...
Choosing A Gooseneck Trailer
There are so many options when it comes to an equipment trailer. However, depending on the equipment you need to haul, you may need to consider an industrial gooseneck trailer. Not sure what these are or if...
How to Customize Your New Trailer
what does it take to have a trailer that is truly useful for you? Unfortunately, it does means going beyond the normal stock trailer options. After all, when you buy a trailer that comes with someone else’s specifications, you are...
Choosing the Right Landscape Trailer for Summer
Whether you are a seasoned landscape professional or just getting your business started, you understand how important your utility trailer is for your success. However, with so many options available, which is the best to choose?
Buying a Cargo Trailer for Summer
So you are ready to buy a new enclosed cargo trailer for your summer escapades, but what do you get? While there is a lot online about which trailer is best, there is very little to actually help you evaluate your purchase.
Getting Your Trailer Ready for Summer
As summer approaches in Michigan, people are excited to get their trailer prepared to head out for summer adventures. But what does a trailer owner need to do before hooking up that trailer for the first time?
10 Business Ideas Using a Cargo Trailer
Everyone wants to find ways to generate some extra income, and many people look at a side hustle as a way to do that. A cargo trailer can offer a perfect opportunity to put together a business either as a side gig or...
Questions to Ask When Buying an Enclosed Cargo Trailer
The decision to purchase an enclosed cargo trailer is a pretty big one and can represent a significant investment. Like any other large purchase doing a little research and asking a few questions could save you from...
Springtime Maintenance Checkup for Your Trailer
From hauling equipment from downstate to a northern residence to recreational equipment for just pure fun. The best way to make sure your spring and summer plans are not disrupted is to perform seasonal trailer maintenance...
9 Things to Look for in a New Trailer
Trailers come in handy for a variety of uses. Many are used for transporting ATVs, motorcycles, classic cars, and landscaping equipment. They can also be used to haul furniture and...
How A Get Your Trailer Ready for Trade-in
Everyone who owns a trailer loves having access to simply hit the road with it and all of the amenities they provide. Often, however, there are reasons in which you would want to trade in your trailer...
How A Dump Trailer Can Help on the Job Site
There is generally a lot of heavy equipment to manage around a construction site. Businesses can end up spending a small fortune on dump trucks, bulldozers, excavators, and backhoes to get the job done...
Should You Buy an Adjustable Hitch?
Deciding what type of hitch to add to your vehicle may seem like an easy decision, but once you find out that there are many different types of hitches to choose from, you might find that the decision is...
How Can You Afford a New Trailer?
When your work or personal projects require transport, there's no better way to handle it than with a trailer. Whether you transport cars or motorcycles, animals, dirt or rubble, or heavy equipment, a sturdy trailer is a beneficial investment...
Tips for Safe Towing
Millions of people across the globe haul trailers of various shapes and sizes. As long as you have a vehicle capable of towing, nearly anyone can tow a trailer. However, towing in a safe manner is a different story...
Choosing the Right Dump Trailer
If you've got heavy hauls and want the easiest and most efficient way to unload them, then buying a Load Trail dump trailer is probably your best bet. These trailers use...
Which ATV Trailer Is Right For You?
Today's ATVs, or all terrain vehicles, are both fun and functional. This makes ATVs an all-around good purchase choice for work and recreation...
Utility vs Cargo Trailers for Landscaping Businesses
Since each landscaping or lawn care contractor has a specialty focus, the trailer purchased for the business should focus on offering the best hauling space for the company’s main focus of the business....
Snow Removal Tips for Home & Business Owners
With the winter season upon us, it is more important than ever to properly prepare for all that comes with winter weather. Icy and snowy conditions are often responsible for damage to properties, vehicles and in some cases people....
Aluminum Trailers vs Steel Trailers
Whether you intend to haul a few sheets of plywood, take yard trimmings or junk to the dump, or haul the family gear for camping or fishing trips, picking the right trailer is important....
Boost Sales with a Trailer Wrap
If you have a trailer that’s seen better days or if you’re starting a business and need some company advertisement on the side of your trailer, there’s another option besides paint or magnetic decals...
Winter Trailer Towing Tips
Snowmobiling in Michigan can be a great experience and a fun past time for the winter season, but it can also be very dangerous if the proper safety precautions are not taken. To help keep you safe, we’ve put together a list of...
16 Tips for a Safe Snowmobile Trip
Snowmobiling in Michigan can be a great experience and a fun past time for the winter season, but it can also be very dangerous if the proper safety precautions are not taken. To help keep you safe, we’ve put together a list of...
Manufacturer Spotlight: Curt Manufacturing
CURT, the FIRST Name in Towing Products offers a complete line of towing products and is the leading manufacturer of USA-made custom-fit trailer hitches. They offer the broadest selection of custom-fit receiver hitches...
Fixing Common Trailer Light Issues
Trailer lights are crucial for trailer safety so please check your lights every time you use your trailer. Some things like a burned-out bulb or a bad ground wire, can be pretty simple to repair while other things can be a real challenge to diagnose and correct. Here are a few pointers to help you keep your trailer lights working properly...
More Than Just Trailers
While we definitely specialize in trailers we do have a few classic cars for sale too. Check out a few of them out on our site by clicking here. You can also visit our Monroe locations and take a look at all of the classic cars that we have in the shop. While they may not all be for sale they are still a lot of fun to look at...
The Wheel Deal
Your tires are the only part of your trailer that has direct contact with the road. Tires affect your trailer handling, ride, braking, and safety. For optimum performance, tires must have the correct air pressure, tread depth, balance and the wheels of the trailer must...
Master Tow Car Dollies
Master Tow has used quality workmanship and unparalleled service to become one of the largest and fastest growing tow dolly manufacturers in the industry. You'll find NASCAR drivers use Master Tow Car Dollies to move their own personal vehicles...
Trailer Talk - A Glossary of Trailer Terms
The trailer industry has a lot of unique words and acronyms that you do not see in normal day to day life. We have put together a glossary of some of the more common terms that you may encounter when you are shopping for your next trailer...
Trailer Hitch Classes
There are five classes of Hitches for towing trailers. Each class is designed for a specific trailer weight range. The information below is a meant to be a guide to point you in the right direction when choosing a new hitch. You should always consult your vehicles manual and talk to a professional when deciding...
Trailer Hitch Guide
Perhaps the most common type of trailer hitch is the receiver hitch. A receiver hitch is designed to mount onto the tow vehicle's frame and provide a receptacle or tube opening to accept the shank of a ball mount or other insert. Most receiver hitches are made to be vehicle-specific, meaning each one is uniquely designed...
Choosing the Right Size Trailer
A trailer has many potential jobs! From hauling ATVs to the trailhead and bringing a zero-turn mower to the jobsite to transporting boxes and furniture to your new house, you should keep in mind all of the possible uses you’ll use the trailer for. The best-sized trailer is one slightly larger than your intended use for it...
Manufacturer Spotlight: H&H Trailers
For over 20 years, H&H has been manufacturing trailers with unmatched strength, durability, and exceptional value. Their diverse range of steel and aluminum utility trailers, car haulers, equipment trailers, dump trailers, and enclosed cargo trailers...
Tips for Buying a Utility Trailer
Utility trailers are often small but can be a real workhorse and excellent tool for anyone from gardeners and DIYer’s to farmers and homeowners. There is no doubt that owning a utility trailer can make your life easier in many ways but doing a bit of research before buying a new utility trailer can help ensure you get the trailer that is right for you...
5 Tips for Maintaining Your Trailer
When it comes to pretty much all things mechanical most of us will agree that a little maintenance can go a long way. Your trailer is no exception and regular maintenance can help to maintain value, reduce costly repairs and just make your trailer operate more smoothly which of course will save you time and headaches in the long run...
Simple Tip for Backing Up a Trailer
Backing up a trailer is counter-intuitive. If you want to back up with a trailer, the trailer moves in the opposite direction of the back of the vehicle. This can get complicated and you can find yourself moving back and forth and making multiple attempts to line up your trailer...
