I wonder if anyone, anywhere has ever made a trailer that somehow folds or "knock's down" enough to haul it around in the bed of a standard (fullsize 8 foot bed) pickup truck, that would magically be light enough (aluminum) for two guys to remove it without a forklift, assemble it and yet yet "heavy" enough to haul perhaps 1,500 lbs on it. All this without it taking up the entire space of the pickup bed as well !
Four by eight foot trailer platform would be big enough. And yes, I know about those little fold up for storage in your garage, trailers, but they are still too heavy and big for this I think.
Of course even if it did take up the entire bed, for certain situations it might be useful. If you needed just the pickup bed for hauling, you'd take the trailer out, and tow it (empty) behind.
I suspect the biggest challenge would be the axle/wheel aspects. Just wondering if anyone here has ever seen such a contraption attempted ?
Bottom line is there is no doubt it could be done in a narrow width trailer, but to do so and have a practical trailer is the tricky part. I could even imagine one completely assembled that fit perfectly in the pickup box, that you roll down ramps, adjust axle position, connect tongue and go...but I suspect there is some downfall to the idea...maybe that it would be bouncing all over the place when towing it empty...
Four by eight foot trailer platform would be big enough. And yes, I know about those little fold up for storage in your garage, trailers, but they are still too heavy and big for this I think.
Of course even if it did take up the entire bed, for certain situations it might be useful. If you needed just the pickup bed for hauling, you'd take the trailer out, and tow it (empty) behind.
I suspect the biggest challenge would be the axle/wheel aspects. Just wondering if anyone here has ever seen such a contraption attempted ?
Bottom line is there is no doubt it could be done in a narrow width trailer, but to do so and have a practical trailer is the tricky part. I could even imagine one completely assembled that fit perfectly in the pickup box, that you roll down ramps, adjust axle position, connect tongue and go...but I suspect there is some downfall to the idea...maybe that it would be bouncing all over the place when towing it empty...