Rear Door Height

[Mountain Cur]

I need to have a rear door height of at least 5'10" to get a UTV inside. I would take either the ramp or the two doors if one of the two has a taller opening. Of the few trailer dealers I called all said the rear opening for their trailers either ramp or barn doors were the same height. Anybody know of a brand of trailer with slightly taller rear opening than most? I would rather not pull around overheight trailer if I didn't have to.

While asking about rear door option it seems I see more two door conversions on here than ramp. A lot of manufactures seem to be the same price now for either ramp or barn door. Is the two door just so much better for camping? Thanks

[d30gaijin]

Mountain Cur,

See this thread (currently the last photo) and ask JWhite where he got his trailer (his has a 6 1/2' tall ramp door opening): http://www.tnttt.com/viewtopic.php?t=29577&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

As to barn doors being more popular than a ramped door I think it depends on what your primary use will be. Getting vehicles in and out would make the ramp a better selection, in my mind. My conversion has barn doors simply because that's what I found in a used CT at a good price. I think, possibly, more CT's are built with barn doors because they sell big to the construction trades and that puts more barn door trailers on the used market.

Don

[jwhite]

I can only speak for myself but if your going to use it like a toy hauler or if you want to move anything you will want the ramp door,I would think that having to set up ramps to load anything would be a real hassle and would get old fast.
I looked for over a year on craigs list and Ebay and found out that it's better to just buy a new trailer most of the used ones weren't that much cheaper and for a few hundred dollars more you can have one built just the way you want.
For me I wanted one that was taller for the golf cart and I am 6ft so in a stock trailer my head was touching the ceiling and I would have had to take the roof off the cart so I knew I would rather have the cart with the roof so I can get out of the sun and rain.
It was the same price to have the roof 6inch or 12inches around 200.00 or less so I went with 12inches and glad I did.
I also had them put rear stabilizers on the trailer and for 50.00 that was well worth the money,the first thing I noticed when I looked at the trailer was it was kind of shakey walking around in the trailer but when I got it home and put the rear stabilizers down and winched up some tension it's rock solid.


if you look close you can see the stabilizers down.

[jwhite]

I can only speak for myself but if your going to use it like a toy hauler or if you want to move anything you will want the ramp door,I would think that having to set up ramps to load anything would be a real hassle and would get old fast.
I looked for over a year on craigs list and Ebay and found out that it's better to just buy a new trailer most of the used ones weren't that much cheaper and for a few hundred dollars more you can have one built just the way you want.
For me I wanted one that was taller for the golf cart and I am 6ft so in a stock trailer my head was touching the ceiling and I would have had to take the roof off the cart so I knew I would rather have the cart with the roof so I can get out of the sun and rain.
It was the same price to have the roof 6inch or 12inches around 200.00 or less so I went with 12inches and glad I did.
I also had them put rear stabilizers on the trailer and for 50.00 that was well worth the money,the first thing I noticed when I looked at the trailer was it was kind of shakey walking around in the trailer but when I got it home and put the rear stabilizers down and winched up some tension it's rock solid.


if you look close you can see the stabilizers down.

[Mountain Cur]

Thanks for the replies guys. jwhite that is some kind of nice on your conversion!! WOW it looks great. What is the make of your trailer? Also I really liked how your bed was encased along the wall. Is that a trade secret or can you elaborate on how that works for you. Thanks again guys.