What is a Trailer Mover?

I just bought a trailer. Well, as do most parents help out, my MOM actually sent me the money to buy a place where, as one character said I can “do me some good without doin’ any harm….” I love it. It is in an ultimately remote area, with trees, birds, horses, cows, squirrels, and very few people. It is self-contained. It is QUIET. But I do obsess, I must confess, on how, when (if) the time comes, I need to relocate. What kind of a trailer mover do I use? How in God’s name will I move the thing myself, especially considering it was originally driven forward into a narrow alcove on a raised area that is on a narrow dirt road, and it will have to be BACKED out.

Well, for starters, there is an industry that makes trailer movers. PowerMoverInc, for instance, offers and educates on the different types of trailer mover, explaining the following:

AC Trailer Mover Dollies – These implements are crafted on the basis that, as PowerMover maintains, “85% to 93% of your trailer's weight is typically centered over its axles,” so the dolly traction is amped up with four-ply, diamond-studded tires. In addition, the most challenging activity, turning, is made easier; and the trailer mover in this category can push or pull 4,500 pounds! That covers my two-ton trailer.

DC Trailer Mover Dollies – these babies can move almost as much, or about half the tonnage, working up to 1,700 pounds with the same ease as the AC trailer mover dollies.

There are, however, trailer movers that can handle thirty (30) tons!!!

You may, though, be looking for mover trailers, as opposed to trailer movers. This means you seek the open, partially enclosed, or fully enclosed containers on wheels that will help you haul your junk from one location to another. These come in lengths from four to forty feet, are ball-jacked so you can hook them up to cars or trucks (usually trucks, of course), and can be locked, used for extra storage, or used for work spaces, even.

Then again, you may be looking for human trailer movers. If this is the case, you can 1) consult the people in areas where lots of trailers are commonplace. (In my area, for instance, the ranching community makes frequent use of trailers, so there are trailer repair, trailer servicing, and trailer mover outlets and shops everywhere downtown!)