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I’m looking at purchasing a 7x14 bumper pull dump trailer. I’m in central NC. I saw a local dealer had the below brands and found all of them to be similar enough it’s making the decision difficult for me, or else I just need to choose one.

Lamar - Best overall fit and finish, comes with rear stabilizer jacks, has toolbox storage, don’t like lippert axles, $11,500

PJ - Good overall fit and finish but not as good as others, Dexter axles, some previous qc issues I’ve seen. $11,500

Load Trail - Again overall good fit and finish, cheap coupler, heavy built looking trailer, $11,500

Maxx-D - Looks nice, but nothing special compared to other brands, $12,500

Delco - Never heard of this brand, dealer seems to think it’s the best cross of value and heavy build, has separate hitch and bed frame instead of 1pc I beam, $11,200

IronBull - Meh, looks decent but again separate hitch and bed frame, cheap coupler, fit and finish looks nice, $11,600

So as you can see all are really similar to each other, only beating each other out by a small amount.

Im down to either Load Trail or Lamar, the Lamar has nicest fit and finish of all of them but I don’t like Lippert axles. Load trail looks next best in line for similar price.

Any opinion on brand or price from your experience?
 
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You've got a full field to choose from. I purchased a Load Trail a few months ago, and made mention of my observations in the last post on this thread:


Hope it helps. I haven't ever studied a Lamar in person, but the internet seems to have positive reviews of their products.

I will say- if you expect to do much heavy towing, you may want to step up to the 14' dump with the 8K axles, as tires are much heavier-built on the 17.5"s. We will see how the x2 front tires (Carlisle All-Steel that look like 17.5s in build and tread pattern) I immediately had to put on my dump trailer hold up.
 
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The price difference in very similarly-optioned trailers between spring 2020 and winter 2021 (when I finally bought my new Load Trail) was approximately $1500– $2000, give or take.
While some of it is probably “price gouging” i.e. what the market will bear, their raw materials, labor, delivery, etc costs have gone up just like everyone else.
 
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