Triton XTD 11x101-QP, what do you think?

[Ben 500RR-S]

I'm in the market for a new open trailer. I have considered a hybrid but just don't want a covered trailer at all.

I have the snowbike and one 121" trail sled and don't have any plans for a new sled anytime soon and the trailer will be used to get dirtbikes to the trails when there is no snow.

I have my eyes on the Triton XTD 11x101 QP as I am loving the idea of the V-nose with the flip up/drop down salt shield/ramps to ride-off. It seems that it will make getting the snowbike off the trailer so much easier than me dragging it off the trailer backwards, which is not all that bad, but to simply turn the bars and gas the bike down that front V-ramp seems like it will be so much simpler and easier on the body over time. #4 on page 5: chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/http://www.tritontrailers.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/2018_OPEN_SNOW_AND_COVER_BROCHURE_WEB.pdf

What do you think of that trailer? Drive on, drive off is a lot better/easier, correct?

 

[Cooksend]

When building up my bike this year I just couldn't handle the idea of trailering my bike on an open trailer and getting road salt into everything on the bike.
I decided to buy a small enclosed value trailer and went with an MTI 6X14. I can haul 2 mountain sleds, a few snowbikes and use it in the summer for dirtbikes and so on. Figured if I take care of the trailer my $2,600 will last an easy 10 years before I sell it for $1,500 and do it again.
Nice to pull into a parking lot, light up my little LP heater and heat the bikes up for 10 or 15 minutes before firing them up and heading out into the bush.

 

[Ben 500RR-S]

When building up my bike this year I just couldn't handle the idea of trailering my bike on an open trailer and getting road salt into everything on the bike.
I decided to buy a small enclosed value trailer and went with an MTI 6X14. I can haul 2 mountain sleds, a few snowbikes and use it in the summer for dirtbikes and so on. Figured if I take care of the trailer my $2,600 will last an easy 10 years before I sell it for $1,500 and do it again.
Nice to pull into a parking lot, light up my little LP heater and heat the bikes up for 10 or 15 minutes before firing them up and heading out into the bush.

Man, I fight so hard to NOT get an enclosed, despite all the good they are for my stuff. I keep telling myself that tying and strapping the covers down is not that bad. That the salts and road chemicals are not that bad. That slipping and sliding on the deck when loading or unloading or not all that bad and that an open trailer is just the ticket. Am I out of my mind?

I know that I want a drive on-drive off trailer no matter what as dragging the snowbike off the deck, while not too tough, is going to get old in time and the idea of riding off, even with the dirtbikes is a nice thought. Now I'm looking at drive on-drive off enclosed trailers but am going to see how much the XTD is with the drop down ramps in the front as I see that the enclosed trailers I'm looking at are upwards of $5,000 and I can only imagine what a new Triton XT 127 will go for.

 

[Vincenthdfan]

This is what I bought when I decided to do the snowbike thing...

 

[Ben 500RR-S]

This is what I bought when I decided to do the snowbike thing...

Those hybrids are also really nice.

I just have to get a drive on/drive off to make it so much easier with no reverse on the snowbike. I do suppose, with the wheels on the bike, that it would roll right back and down the ramp though.

Proline trailers up near me in NH, has a third week in February for an estimated build-time, winter will be almost over. I'm looking at a SNO 714 from them.

I have a call into my Triton dealer to see what a XT-127 will cost and the lead time will be to have one built.

 

[Motogeek33]

I know that I want a drive on-drive off trailer no matter what as dragging the snowbike off the deck, while not too tough, is going to get old in time

With a ski dolly on your kit, pulling the bike backwards is super easy. I wouldn't want to load or unload without one.

 

[Ben 500RR-S]

Now I know why I ask questions online, I forget stuff and sometimes the obvious stuff.

The delta between an open trailer and an enclosed drive-on, drive-off is big. The ProLine trailer I'm considering is $6,695. I forgot that with the wheel kit, because neither the inside deck, nor the ramp would have snow or ice on it, I'd be able to easily roll the snowbike out of the/a hybrid trailer-clamshells are out of the question-and a hybrid would cost a lot less than an enclosed, and be lighter and all that. Now I'm looking at hybrids.

The number of manufacturers for hybrid trailers near me is almost overwhelming, but good in that I have choices. Nitro, Mission, Pace American . . . I will have some reading to do tonight to try and choose one.

 

[Vincenthdfan]

The number of manufacturers for hybrid trailers near me is almost overwhelming, but good in that I have choices. Nitro, Mission, Pace American . . . I will have some reading to do tonight to try and choose one.

The reason I went with the SnoPro versus the Mission brand, SnoPro walls aren't tapered.

They're both made by the same company in Maine and Montana (ALCOM), but for some dumb reason (rear visibility maybe?) they tapered the walls inward on the Mission brand trailers...less than ideal for handlebar width of a snowbike, particularly if you ever want to haul 3 of them at a time.

 

[Ben 500RR-S]

The reason I went with the SnoPro versus the Mission brand, SnoPro walls aren't tapered.

They're both made by the same company in Maine and Montana (ALCOM), but for some dumb reason (rear visibility maybe?) they tapered the walls inward on the Mission brand trailers...less than ideal for handlebar width of a snowbike, particularly if you ever want to haul 3 of them at a time.

Hmm, this I did not know and am glad you let me know. Yes, SnoPro and Mission are both made in Maine, not far from me here in MA.

I think I realized tonight that I'm going to just bite the bullet and get a ProLine SNO 714, drive in and drive out, heavy duty, and have it be the only trailer I'll ever need.

 

[Snowbikenewbie]

“When building up my bike this year I just couldn't handle the idea of trailering my bike on an open trailer and getting road salt into everything on the bike.
I decided to buy a small enclosed value trailer and went with an MTI 6X14. I can haul 2 mountain sleds, a few snowbikes and use it in the summer for dirtbikes and so on. Figured if I take care of the trailer my $2,600 will last an easy 10 years before I sell it for $1,500 and do it again.
Nice to pull into a parking lot, light up my little LP heater and heat the bikes up for 10 or 15 minutes before firing them up and heading out into the bush.”
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How do you get two mountain sleds in? One each direction? I cant imagine trying to back one up a ramp??? Would love to see some pics of this trailer with snowbikes and sleds loaded up. Great price on these and very useful for all kinds of things. Easily towable by half ton truck too I presume.