I've been half-arsed looking at car trailers for a few months now. I've yet to see a Gatormade in person but, I have seen them on the internet. I have not seen how they are constructed, or even read about how they are constructed. All I've read is that the tounge goes all the way back to the spring hangers. I'm told that one of the guys at work has one (Gatormade) but, I've yet to track him down to ask him about it. He hauls his utility tractor on it. This guy usually doesn't skip on stuff so, my guess is that it's a pretty decent trailer.