Well, this trailer now sets exactly one mile down the road from my humble abode. It is a monster, and the fiirst Integrity trailer I ever stepped foot in as of yesterday, as it is also the biggest LQ trailer I've ever been in. I must say I was pretty impressed with the trailer, and the construction appears pretty beefy. That badboy is 39ft. on the floor, 47ft. overall. The driver that delivered it couldn't even back it in Tom's driveway, he had him drop it in the street and backed it in himself after the guy tried three times and only tore up a small portion of the yard. I know my buddy got a supposed fantastic deal for buying this trailer because we live east of the Mississippi, but the LQ left a little to be desired for my taste.
It's not that they did a bad job, just the finishing touches weren't what you'd expect in an upper end trailer. Originally the LQ was supposed to be done by Baileys, but the dealer parted ways with them and did it themselves. So this was one of there first attempts I believe. The reason there are no pictures of the LQ is that it wasn't finished until last Wednesday afternoon. That's why there is no evidence of vents, holding tanks, A/C, antennae, or water hook up evident in the pics in the add. I guess the little things I saw were picky, but that's just me. Like the trim and cabinets. The cabinets over the sofa and the bunk beds all open upwards, and they didn't put spring loaded hinges on so they just fall shut. And the cabinets above the sofa has two pieces of trim angle butted together on the front, and the the color and grain don't even match. Heck, for the extra $2 they should have bought a new piece. And where you go from the main LQ to the mid-tack with the bunk beds you can see the 2x4 through a gap in the ceiling. Just a lot of finishing touches weren't there for me.
So here's my review: Trailer itself seems A1 and is awesome, but the LQ seems a little unfinished in my opinion.
Posted 2005-05-23 5:58 PM (#25535 - in reply to #25513) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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Posts: 326 Location: Palmdale, CA
That's a pretty serious trailer. I like the recessed ladder on the side. Just curious, what does he pull it with? Manuvering that thing doesn't look like fun. I'd think if you can afford (and need) that size trailer, you don't need to park it in your driveway, you'd be parking it somewhere on your ranch.
Posted 2005-05-23 6:39 PM (#25540 - in reply to #25535) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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Originally written by RichB on 2005-05-23 6:58 PM
That's a pretty serious trailer. I like the recessed ladder on the side. Just curious, what does he pull it with? Manuvering that thing doesn't look like fun. I'd think if you can afford (and need) that size trailer, you don't need to park it in your driveway, you'd be parking it somewhere on your ranch.
Posted 2005-05-23 9:51 PM (#25548 - in reply to #25491) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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Posts: 634 Location: Tipton, IN
OK, answers to all. Tom is a 19 yea OTR Owner/operator, so pulling it to him is like every other day. As for what he pulls it with, for the moment a beefed up, chipped, jake braked, F550 rearend havin' 2001 F350 CC dually 4x4. And the trailer with 4 horses in it only set the truck down 3 inches from normal height, and that was measured from bottom of the tires to the top of the wheel well. He plans on pulling it with his semi ASAP just for his own piece of mind, but he has to get his adapter built first. They have a little farm with 8 horses and 3 kids, and camp at Midwest Trails regularly. They will be there this weekend for anybody that might be going as well.
Posted 2005-05-23 9:56 PM (#25549 - in reply to #25491) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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Axles, I forgot. They ony put two on, as with 3 you tend to roll the tires off the rims and your guaranteed to bend an axle if you drop it in a hole. His explanation, not mine.
Posted 2005-05-24 2:13 PM (#25586 - in reply to #25491) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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INTEGRITY MAKES A SUPER NICE TRAILER....NO MATTER HOW BIG IT IS! I'VE BEEN VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE FLOOR SYSTEM AND SOME OF THE "EXTRAS" THAT MAKE IT A REALLY STRUCTURALLY SOUND TRAILER. WE HAVE A COUPLE OF INTEGRITY'S IN OUR AREA THAT ARE JUST OVER 36 FT....BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN THE LQ PART YET. IT DEFINITELY PAYS TO SHOP AROUND FOR CONVERSION COMPANIES....31
Posted 2005-05-25 9:47 PM (#25683 - in reply to #25491) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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Just wondering how 2, 8000# axles on a trailer that big with support it all loaded up?? (this trailer should weigh about 15,000 # empty?) I think the someone tried to cut the wrong corners. LQ looks a little cheesey for a trailer of this caliber. Is this a certified conversion company or a first timer???
Posted 2005-05-25 10:38 PM (#25687 - in reply to #25491) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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Posts: 634 Location: Tipton, IN
Can't speak for the manufacturer of the trailer as to their axle choice. But the LQ was done by the dealership in Kansas, as they have started their own LQ company called like, Integrity Interior Concepts. Personally, if I owned integrity trailer manufacturing I would distance myself from allowing them to call their company something that sounds like a division of their own. Latest news, the shower drain was never plumbed into the gray water tank!
Posted 2005-05-26 9:07 AM (#25706 - in reply to #25491) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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Nice looking trailer, but I think someone got taken by a dealer who didn't know what they were doing when this trailer and LQ was designed and built? Too bad, as that's how trailer companies get bad names.
Posted 2005-05-28 8:15 AM (#25775 - in reply to #25491) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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I was in Penn yesterday and dropped by Outlaw (I think its the same one that does the LQs) but nobody was around. There is a Loooong trailer there, a Sooner I think.
I paced it out at 13 yards on the floor, it is also a double axle. I checked my stride against my own trailer which I know to be 30ft (10 yards/paces). Yes, 39 is LONG, but probably not hugely long and without actually measuring it I'd guess that a lot of the extra length is behind the axles, so getting around town probably isn't THAT bad. Now I know that mine will wrap around the standard Dunkin Donuts square/circular drive-around and come out without hopping a curb, so I'd guess a fer-real trucker is going to have NO problem with a 39 ft'er.
I think we had a note in the old forum on 2 vs 3 axles, as I remember it the rationale is that there are times when a single axle has to "take it all" and 3 lighter weight axles are a poorer choice than 2 heftier ones.
Posted 2005-05-28 9:21 AM (#25777 - in reply to #25491) Subject: RE: Biggest Integrity ever ..... for now anyway
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Posts: 787 Location: Tenn/Ala.
According to the Dexter Co. tech literature, Torflex axles are NOT APPROVED for triple axle configurations. Seems not likely enough to get trailer exactly level & 1 of them ends up overloaded too often.... So Reg's idea of 2ea 10Ks in lieu of 3ea 7Ks is right in line.
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