There is a reason why utility trailers show up in the parking lot of large box stores just before the snow melts. As the seasons change and spring is right around the corner, naturally we start to think about all the things we need to do once the snow goes away and we can spend more time outside.

Spring is the time that new trailer inventory starts to arrive, and the in-season deals take effect. The main benefit to purchasing a utility trailer right now is that you can guarantee you will have one throughout the busy spring and summer seasons when you are outside the most.

To be honest, there is never really a bad time to purchase a lightweight utility trailer. Given the versatility and low cost, in comparison to other types of trailers, utility trailers can be seen at the best bang for your buck given the amount of days throughout the year you can put them to use. Below is a list of what you may find yourself doing with your new utility trailer season by season:

Spring:

• Cashing in on your overflowing recycling at Sarcan
• Hauling away garbage that piled up in the garage over winter
• Cleaning up any visible yard refuse now that the snow has melted
• Hauling the snowmobiles away for summer storage
• Pulling out the golf cart, motorcycles, and ATVs for the season
• Taking the garden tractor or zero turn lawn mower in for annual service

Summer:

• Transporting lumber and supplies for summer projects like building a deck or raised garden boxes & flower beds
• Hauling things to and from the lake or cabin
• Taking the golf cart, ATVs, or motorcycles out for the days you’ve spent all winter dreaming about
• Supporting local bottle drives for the kids’ sport’s teams
• Hauling firewood and other yard material such as dirt or gravel

Fall:

• Cleaning up leaves, lawn clippings, and branches in the yard before winter
• Hunting trips
• Putting the ATVs away for the winter and pulling the snowmobiles out
• Helping your kids move out or parents move in

Winter:

• Moving the ice fishing shack around
• Easily transporting your snowblower or quad with a blade
• Hauling the snowmobiles around

Be confident that any season really is a good time to buy a new utility trailer from Flaman, as it is an investment that you can use year-round. The best deal and selections are being offered right now as new models are landing weekly. Why wait?

It is important to remember that even with utility trailers, you get what you pay for. The best price does not always reflect the best deal. When you buy from Flaman:

• You’ll be looked after by a knowledgeable industry expert.
  
• You’ll have access to heavier duty, better built, and higher quality trailers that are built to last.
• You’ll be supported by a qualified service department with after-sales support and an abundance of stocked parts.

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If you are interested in purchasing a steel or aluminum utility trailer, give us a call or talk to one of our Trailer specialists at your nearest Flaman location.

But what makes Diamond C’s trailers different?

ENGINEERED BEAM TECHNOLOGY

Diamond C engineers I-Beams, optimizes them and then builds specifically for each trailer configuration, just like the semi-trailer manufacturers have been doing for decades. These engineered I-Beam frames are taller, stronger, and lighter than the industry standard for deck-over and flatbed trailers.

Depending on the model, the beams on gooseneck trailers range from 14-18″ tall, and the beams on compatible dump and equipment trailer models range from 10-12″ tall. Standard steel will buckle and break at 36 ksi, and the beams are built using steel rated at 50 ksi minimum, so it springs back no matter what load you put on it.

Diamond C FMAX216 Gooseneck Trailer with 18″ Engineered Beam

Diamond C Heavy Duty Low Profile Dump Trailer

THE CAMBER

The deck and frame have a slight camber when not loaded. When loaded, it flexes as necessary to level but never sags like traditional goosenecks do.This helps secure the load and prevents your load from swaying.

Model FMAX307 Gooseneck Trailer

ENGINEERED NECK

You’ll notice our goosenecks look very different than normal flatbed gooseneck trailer necks do. This is by design. Our curved 12″ Engineered Neck design distributes force throughout the neck so there is no concentration of stress in the corners like on traditional goosenecks. These Engineered Necks come standard on any gooseneck Fleetneck series trailer, and well as on most of our bumper-pull trailers featuring our optional Gooseneck package upgrade.

Check out the neck stress test flyer below, which compares the Diamond C Engineered Neck with a traditional I-Beam neck on the same gooseneck trailer:

DOWNLOAD NECK STRESS TEST

Model FMAX212 Gooseneck Trailer

Model LPD Dump Trailer

MAX RAMPS

Diamond C's unique Max Ramps are designed with versatility in mind. They can be stowed flat to provide an unobstructed loading surface, allowing the end user to use the full length of the bed to haul longer material. They can also be stowed in an upright position for added security & stability for equipment being transported on the dovetail.

From the materials used to the design of the springs and hinges, Diamond c Max Ramps are unlike any other two wide ramp system on the market. The two-part hinge system (one inside the body and one outside the body) distributes weight while loading and helps to prevent the ramps from kicking up or the dovetail from sagging.

FEATURES

1. 44″ wide ramps for MAX versatility (37″ wide on model LPX)
2. Self cleaning dovetail
3. 50 ksi steel ramp frames x 4 frames per ramp for MAX strength
4. HD Spring loaded for easy lifting from deck and from ground
5. Aggressive angled cleats for traction in the slickest conditions

When in the stowed position, Max Ramps provide a flat, unobstructed loading surface, which allows you to the use full length of the trailed bed to haul longer material. Max Ramps can also be stowed in the upright position during transport if you have equipment with a pull behind mower for example that needs to be transported on the dovetail. Max Ramps provide a safe and stable full-width loading experience.

View our full Diamond C lineup and see the Diamond C difference for yourself.

Every year the Flaman Trailer Division gather to enhance our product knowledge and customer processes.

We bring our partner suppliers from across North America to train with us on their products, new technology and industry trends. We focus our team on customer service and set our product line up for the spring. It is a once a year boot camp for the trailer division to get focused and this year did not disappoint!

As a result of this meeting we have a new additions to our line up. In the spring expect the following new and exciting products:

• Hook lift Dump Trailer from Southland Trailers - A powered lift to service multiple job-sites at once

• Blackwood Decking from Diamond C IC - Non slip rubber decking inserts. Great deck grip!

• Quest Car haulers from ATC IC - These Leading edge trailers will now be stocked at multiple locations

• Express Aluminum Enclosed Cargo trailers from High Country - Lighter but just as strong an industry shift is happening and we are leading the charge now stocking in Saskatchewan

• Detachable Gooseneck Equipment Haulers from Behnke, B-B Trailers - Big equipment no problem call us to determine your needs

• Travalum stock trailers - top quality trailers available at all locations

Prior to getting down to work, we like to get the team primed and focused with some teambuilding. So what do you do in the Canadian Rockies? We went Ice Climbing and Dog Sledding (No salesman or dogs were harmed). After a day in the great Canadian outdoors everyone was recharged to learn for the rest of week.

All in all another successful meeting helping Flaman Trailers reach higher, providing new product offering and more focus on our customers.

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“This is a damn fine trailer”  I thought to myself.  So  I took a closer look at the welds and the convenience features on the unit (some installed by us).  I started to really critic the unit looking at the decking for cracks and other imperfections; I looked under the frame at the paint coverage; I followed the wiring harness (note I wrote wiring harness not strand wiring) along the frame paying attention to how it was secured and protected.  Everything on this trailer was perfect. No matter how hard I looked I could not find any problems with the trailer.  Quite honestly, this is not an exception to the rule, it is the rule: Trailtech product has outstanding consistent quality. 

Call me bias (Trailtech is Canadian built, and a brand FGC has a longstanding history with) but I believe the quality that goes into to trailers built in Canada, for Canadian conditions is underappreciated. To address this I decided to give you reasons as a Canadian consumer why you should buy a Canadian built Trailtech.

1)      Quality of Build.  As in many products there are a good, better and best for light industrial trailers. At Flaman Group of Companies  we sell products that fit into all three categories in order to meet the various needs of various customers.  These categories are differentiated by features and quality which ultimately means different pricing.  Trailtech as a brand offers a good, better and best  models for each category. Where I believe they really shine (and customers have been voting this way with their dollars) is in the best category.  The Premier and Industrial series generally have no equal in the market place.  If you need a reliable trailer as a tool for your business, to me it makes sense to invest in a Trailtech that will always do what you need and last the test of time.

2)      Canadian weather and road conditions. They are awful, both our roads and our weather and many trailer brands are built for the warm flat highways of the southern states as opposed to the gravel and pitted frozen highways of the Canadian north.  For these conditions you need paint that can absorb some of the mechanical impact of road rocks at -40 and a RV plug that will not shatter when you fight to plug it into your tow vehicle.   Trailtech based in Gravelburg SK lives in and understands these conditions.  A Trailtech trailer is made to deal with this weather without fuss.

3)      Warranty: We sell thousands of Trailtech products every year.  They get horribly abused by some customers (another story) and yet we rarely hear of any issues. That said no company is perfect.  The product is built by people and people make mistakes (as we all do).  What defines a product and company is what they do when that happens. It has been my experience that between Trailtech and Flaman when a mistake happens that affects the customer,  the Trailtech and Flaman people always make it right.

Lastly Americans market buy American all the time to support American companies and American workers. Let me be shameless and proudly yell the same thing: Buy Canadian!  Yes I am a hypocrite as we sell many American brands across many of our divisions( including the Trailer Division).  Being a leader in retail we need to provide the leading products in their appropriate categories in order to provide the best customer experience to our customers. That said, there are Canadian products that we sell that are the best in their categories (Trailtech is one of them)…Buy Canadian and support Canadians.

 So if you are in the market for your first trailer or are adding one to your fleet. Think about Canadian quality.  Quality comes with a cost but I believe it is worth it.

Listen to the rest of the podcast below.

• 20’ enclosed steel-framed Summit Series sled trailer with heat
• 26’ all aluminum enclosed NashCar Rage snowmobile trailers
• 20’ two-tone XR Series enclosed sled trailer
• 12’ single axle two-place enclosed all aluminum NashCar Rage snowmobile trailer
• Plus 12’ aluminum and steel open deck sled trailers and 10’ steel and aluminum tilt sled trailers 

Flaman Trailers is excited for the start of the season. Flaman Trailers has already been to the Alberta Snowmobile show and the Saskatchewan Snowmobile show.

We have more product choices for you than ever before. Starting with the economical offering of our steel framed Summit Series trailers to the all flat black Stealth trailer from NashCar Trailers, we truly have a trailer for every sled.  Our open deck line has expanded as well. Aluminum tilt trailers with a five year warranty are always popular units.  For the 2012 season Trailtech  has produced a special edition open deck two place. It is an eye catcher with flat black paint, silver reflective tape, white LED lighting and series 7 aluminum rims. 

However, the show stopper is the ultimate custom Stealth 40 foot long gooseneck. This trailer features mirrored interior walls, black hard top flooring, a kitchenette, a rocking stereo system with no less than 4 subs, air conditioning, a 40,000 BTU heater, insulated generator set...and the list goes on and on.  

Last and most exciting is the new photo contest Sled'N Snap (www.slednsnap.com). Flaman Trailers partnered with the Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba snowmobile associations to bring this exciting contest to the sledding community. The contest has it all: six categories to enter into, an entry prize of a two place aluminum tilt trailer per province, and the grand prize, use of a 28’ tag Stealth trailer for a year.  

So this winter season there is a lot going on at Flaman Trailers.  Check back often to keep in the loop.

• High End LQ units
• Custom built units
• Customer modified units (customer takes a stock unit and makes what they need)
• Unit vented and the customer throws in a mattress

• A Simple pull out allows for affordable, quick, comfortable accommodation.
• The pull out allows for full use of the trailer box
• The unit can be customized for different cargo (extra height for side by side units, or extra length) or more features: Awning, Stereo, water, base cabinets, the list goes on.
• The unit is all aluminum so it will not rust, light to pull plus it is stylishly designed (the triple wedge front really stands out)