What are the advantages of aluminum, steel and enclosed trailers?
Aluminum trailers are light weight and will provide improved gas mileage over a steel trailer, simply because you will be dragging less weight. The disadvantage of an aluminum is that it is not as strong as steel. Aluminum tends to bend and break at lower tolerances. You will be throwing around a 4-800 pound ATV and there would be some advantages to having some real resistance when needed. On one occasion while boarding the trailer, the machine jumped into the opposing rail. Had it been an aluminum rail it may not have remained in place. If you were carrying mountain bicycles an aluminum trailer may be just the ticket. In my opinion, an ATV is just too much payload for an all aluminum trailer. Steel trailers have the disadvantage of rust. They will require some ongoing maintenance and reasonable attention. However, when it comes to hauling ATVs this is the best solution in my opinion. Enclosed trailers are the real luxury solution. If you can afford an enclosed trailer to haul your ATV
