Old company that I worked for had two Blackhawk trailers . I can promise you this without any reservations . If you upgrade to a self supporting detach you will never go back to a ground bearing .
Tiny, you are so right in saying that. I dread the thought of having to deal with a ground bearing trailer ever again. The thought of having to fill the hole up with rocks after you push the foot through the dirt or blacktop which I have done trying to lift a heavy load just brings back a lot of nightmares. The thing is though, a really good drag is very expensive and if it's not getting used everyday I can understand why it would be hard to sink so much money into one. The base price for an Etnyre Blackhawk like the one I pull is probably around $70,000. I know what mine cost and I can tell You it was considerably more than that but it was also less than a Talbert (which I don't like) anyway. I don't like the way the height adjustment works on a Talbert.
There is a reason why in the pic where I have the trailer raised up so high. It had just got done raining and I was trying to move blacktop rollers. In order to move two rollers one has to go up on the back of the trailer. Well as we all know, smooth wet steel on smooth wet steel doesn't lead to much traction. I raised it up that high after I finally got the roller up on the deck to lower the angle of the ramps going up on the back of the trailer. It finally went up the after a couple more attempts. If I would have had the trailer I have now, I would have never had to go through all this trouble. I have loaded rollers on my trailer in the rain many times and they just walk right up there.
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