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Move Machines With Confidence

Equipment and tilt trailers built to load skid steers, tractors, and heavy machines safely — low-profile and deck-over builds, in stock at our Ohio lot or factory ordered to your spec.

AVAILABILITY

Stock & Custom Order

Rated for Real Iron

Equipment Trailers Built Around the Machines You Move

Moving equipment is where trailer shortcuts get expensive. The right equipment trailer matches its GVWR to your heaviest machine, its deck style to your loading reality, and its brakes and tires to the miles between job sites — so the trailer disappears into the workday instead of becoming part of it. At Mentor Golf Carts & Trailers, we stock equipment and tilt trailers with the bones that matter: heavy frames, honest ratings, and loading solutions — ramps, dovetails, tilt decks — that fit how crews actually work. Bring us the machine list; we’ll bring back the deck.

Decks for Every Loadout

Popular Equipment Trailer Builds

Low-Profile Equipment

Deck-Over Equipment

Low-Profile Tilt

Deck-Over Tilt

Custom-Ordered Builds

Weight, Width, and the Way You Load

How to Choose the Right Equipment Trailer

Start with the heaviest machine you’ll ever put on the deck — loaded weight plus attachments — and size the GVWR above it with margin, then confirm your truck is rated to pull all of it. Next comes width and deck style: low-profile between-fender decks load low and easy, deck-overs carry full-width machines and pallets, and tilt decks eliminate ramp angles entirely for low-clearance equipment.

Then it’s the loading details that save your back: ramp style and length, dovetails, D-rings placed where your tie-down points actually land, spare mounts, and toolboxes for chains and binders. We’ll spec all of it against your machines before you commit.

Brands That Move Machines

Equipment Trailers From Big Tex and Quality

Our equipment lineup pairs Big Tex — professional-grade equipment and tilt trailers built since 1982, backed by a 1-year limited and 3-year structural warranty — with Quality’s equipment and tilt lines. Between the two, we can put nearly any machine on the right deck, in stock or factory ordered.

The Buyer's Guide

How to Buy an Equipment Trailer With Confidence

Machine weights, deck styles, and loading logic — the decisions that keep iron moving safely.

Ratings

14K—17.5K

Common pro classes

Decks

Low-Pro / Deck-Over

Height vs. width

Loading

Ramps · Dovetail · Tilt

Match the machine

Floors

Wood / Steel

Grip vs. armor

Tie-Downs

D-Rings + Rub Rail

Chains land right

Ordering

Stock + Custom

Spec the build

Equipment trailer sizing guidance
Skid steers & track loaders	83"-wide decks in the 14,000—15,400 lb GVWR class carry the everyday machines
Mini excavators & heavier iron	Step to 17,500 lb GVWR builds on 8,000 lb axles before the margin disappears
Compact tractors with attachments	Weigh the machine loaded — buckets, forks, and fluids count against payload
Low-clearance equipment	Tilt decks and dovetails soften approach angles scissor lifts and rollers can't climb
Deck length	Machine length plus room to strap at both ends — cramped decks make dangerous tie-downs
Width & track	Confirm your machine's stance against deck width — deck-overs clear what fenders pinch
Tow vehicle reality	Loaded trailer weight must clear your truck's ratings, hitch included — we run that math with you on every quote

Equipment trailer choices compared
Choice	Pick It When	Trade-Off
Low-profile deck	Drive-on loading and daily use	Fenders limit extreme widths
Deck-over	Wide machines and palletized loads	Taller deck height to climb
Ramps / dovetail	Standard tracked and wheeled machines	Angle still matters for low gear
Tilt deck	Low-clearance equipment, one-person loading	Premium spec; respect the tilt mechanism
14K vs. 17.5K class	Buy the class above your heaviest machine	Heavier running gear costs more — once

Every recommendation gets checked against your tow vehicle and your actual loads before you order — that math is part of every quote.

Equipment trailer terms explained
Dovetail	A downward-angled rear deck section that softens the loading angle
Knife edge	A tapered rear plate on tilt decks that meets the ground for smooth drive-on loading
Self-stabilizing ramps	Heavy ramps that brace against the ground as equipment climbs
Oil-bath hubs	Sealed, oil-lubricated hubs built for constant heavy loading with less maintenance
D-ring	A recessed steel tie-down anchor rated for chains and binders
Rub rail	A side rail that lets straps and chains hook anywhere along the deck
GAWR	The per-axle weight rating — tandem 8Ks carry a 17.5K-class build
Load Range H	Heavy 17.5" commercial-class tires found on the biggest equipment builds
Deck height	Distance from ground to deck — lower loads easier, taller clears wider

Walk the Lot

See Equipment Trailers in Person at Our Mentor Showroom

Specs tell you what a trailer is; standing next to one tells you what it’s like. Visit our Mentor lot to walk the frames, work the gates and latches, and compare builds side by side. Stand on the decks, work the ramps and tilt mechanisms, and measure your machine against the real thing. No pressure, no runaround — just trailers and straight answers.

Buying an Equipment Trailer at Mentor Golf Carts & Trailers

Buying from Mentor Golf Carts & Trailers means a dealership does the heavy lifting: we walk the options with you, confirm the build against your tow vehicle and your loads, and put every number in writing before you commit. We confirm machine weights, deck fit, and loading style before a single dollar moves. Pair it with flexible financing, pick up prepped at our Ohio lot or ship nationwide, and keep a real local team on the other end of the phone after the sale.

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