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Nice work on that top! I have only been around one behind a deuce and a half or bigger. Definitely be a heavy duty trailer. May be a bit on the heavy side down a hill if the vehicle towing it doesn't have sufficient brakes.

What Mike P. said; they don't do too well with the tongue much higher or lower than level at road speeds. We used them for combo pole/material trailers in the power line business - with a few modifications to accommodate the poles, and they were tough as an anvil. I have loaded as many as a dozen 40 to 50 foot wood power poles on one, and with the correct rigging and balance, never had a whit of a problem with one. I saw a picture of one that a guy had replaced the hubs - maybe the whole axle - with some to use conventional eight lug wheels; it lowered the box some, and made a real good looking trailer. I also saw one that had had the single axle replaced with a tandem setup like a car trailer, and was lower than the standard military stance, also a good looking mod.