Originally Posted by
KeyCityRecycling
I wouldn't mess around with a trailer if your serious about hauling cars. For one most trailers are set up with an electric
winch that doesn't have the power needed to move junk cars. Trust me electric winches are nothing but a PITA. Usually the tires are flat, the car has been wrecked or they have been sitting in the mud and the wheels won't roll very good. Some cars won't even have tires at all or the people selling the cars will want to keep their tires. Good luck trying to get one of those cars on a trailer.
A roll back is the only way to go as far as picking up cars. With the tilt bed you can remove the tires and still drag the cars on if someone wants to keep their tires. If the wheels don't turn the hydraulic winch has the power to pull the car. Just make sure you buy a rollback with a steel deck.
Are you serious ? My 9000# harbor freight winch has yet to find a vehicle it can't move, flat tires, no tires and even winched a car on the trailer that was flipped over on its top. Yes a roll back is sweet for sure but what else can it do ? Higher insurance, crappy fuel mileage, and it takes 2 miles to turn around. I'm not trying to bash a rollback but a good tilt bed car trailer and a 12,000 # winch isn't a bad way to start out either.
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