That is where an aluminum trailer shines.
I was nearly convinced to buy an aluminum stock trailer a few years ago.
Until, when I was visiting the ranch center that sold them, and the service guy was welding up stress cracks on one.
I asked him how much of that do they see? Se said it was pretty common on aluminum trailers that get used hard on dirt roads and rough ranch terrain. Seeing the stress cracks, I decided against aluminum.
Don't get me wrong, for most people they are fine. And steel trailers get stress cracks too, in rough terrain. It's just easier to fix the steel trailers for most welders of my ability.
