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Originally Posted by redmt
Just curious, why would you want aluminum for a flat deck trailer? Weight?
A conventional frame and wooden deck only weighs out around 1500 depending on configuration.
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In the past 15 years, I have had a steel flat deck, (rusty and looked like crap due to outdoor storage), then a Pace enclosed, (convenient for safe travel storage, but very heavy to pull, 8-9mpg), and now a Featherlite Flatbed alum. trailer with a nose guard. The weight savings is tremendous (haul 66 Vette or 67 Shelby GT350), and the mileage on the interstates pulling with an '08 Tahoe is about 15mpg. I love the savings on the long distance pulls, plus it looks nicer and will hold up longer, hopefully. Featherlite makes a heckuva nice trailer and the nose piece protects the front of the cars.
