Posts by Bill Hoisington
Making an Impact: The Hobby Ranch
 In this episode of Making An Impact, we travel to Killeen, Texas to award one of our 20,000lb Dump Trailers to two incredible people who have served and continue to serve our country. You last saw this trailer in the Big Truck Big RV Torture Test and now it’s found a new home on…
Read MoreAll About Trailers: Dump Trailer vs. Roll Offs
Hauling construction and other solid waste is a good use of a dump trailer. But if your needs call for 3 or more dump trailers, you have another option to consider, the Roll Off trailer. In this episode of All About Trailers, Chris Dominguez walks you through some of the advantages of the Roll Off…
Read MoreJeremy Formato: An Unhitched Interview. A Beast on and off the Track.
Jeremy Formato, the badass dude who takes any and all cars to create beasts through some serious modifications. A Smart Car that can beat all comers on the ¼ mile. Heck yeah! It’s no wonder he has over 350,000 subscribers. In this Unhitched interview, Jeremy discusses where the name “Fasterproms” comes from, and how he…
Read More50,000 Trailers: An American Made Journey
 “A bunch of trailers, a bunch people, and a bunch of good experiences along the way.” – Texas Pride Trailers CEO, Jim Bray Looking back at where the idea for trailers started- a one-person operation, a 4-month turnaround, a move from Florida to Texas- allows us to appreciate just how far we’ve come. The…
Read MoreBehind The Steel: Welders Juan and David
 “From day one, we just clicked.” – David; Texas Pride Trailers Welder Today’s episode of “Behind the Steel” takes you behind the masks of two of our incredible welders. Juan and David have been working together for three years, and have built more than 600 trailers in that time. Here’s a glimpse of what…
Read MoreBehind the Scenes: Fasterproms, Jeremy Formato
“Sandblasting, prime, paint: everyone has a hand in this trailer.” -Cedrick Brice, Sales Consultant Take a ride with Texas Pride Trailers and Jeremy Formato for a closer look at how Jeremy’s custom 30K 2 Car Hauler gets built at our old-school manufacturing facility. From the 24″ diamond plate perforated flooring to the 14ga heavy duty…
Read MoreBehind The Steel: Bandsaw Operator Phil
 We’re proud to take you Behind The Steel to introduce you to the people who make Texas Pride Trailers what it is. A family. Today meet Phil. He’s a bandsaw operator and the process of each and every trailer literally starts with Phil. Long runs of raw steel are cut to specifications and delivered…
Read MoreTech Tips: Dump Trailer Voltage Issues with Brad
“At Texas Pride, we design our hydraulics system to be really robust and really reliable. However, if you have problems with your hydraulics down the road, whether it’s raising the dump bed, lowering the dump bed, today I’m going to take you through a few troubleshooting tips.” -Brad Walker Dump trailer not working like you…
Read MoreA Father’s Day Surprise. A Brand New Dump Trailer!
 In February of 2020, JD from Big Truck Big RV wanted to find out just how much abuse our 20,000 GVWR Dump Trailers could handle. So we staged a torture test to overload three of them, each with a different lifting system. As you’ll see in the video, one of our trailers was up…
Read MoreMatt Carriker Gets A Tilt Deck Trailer for The Ranch
 A few weeks ago we all saw Matt Carriker literally break his trailer in half. We knew we had the answer to fix his problem. We got right to work with Matt to design his new gravity tilt-deck trailer and we knew we had to make it strong enough to hold up to the…
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