I don't know what these guys are thinking that channel is easier to work with than tubing? Channel has to be notched to fit inside itself for cross members. Tubing can be cut straight for cross members. I have a 14,000 GVW trailer. It is made with 6"x2"x.188 wall tubing. I looked at channel trailers and then talked to a custom trailer shop that used tubing. He suggested jumping on one corner of a trailer made with channel and then doing the same thing on a trailer made with tubing. The channel trailer would flex while the tubing trailer didn't move. It turned out that the owner of the trailer shop was interested in my welder at the time cause he was expanding and I traded it and for the trailer and some money to boot. He then tacked it together in his jig and let me build it myself how I wanted it. I've never regretted the decision to go with tubing. There are small holes drilled in the bottom corners of the tubing so that any water that gets in from the deck bolts, etc. will drain. For 10 tons, I think I'd go with the 8" tubing. A little lighter and the 8" height will have more load capacity than the 6".
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