etrailer | Malone EcoLight Sport Trailer Review and Assembly
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AJ: What's up, everybody It's AJ with etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be checking out at the Malone EcoLight trailer. It's a nice customizable trailer that you can help get the things that you can't fit on your roof or inside your vehicle out on the trailer behind your vehicle, and still take it wherever you need it. Let's check it out.Whichever way you want to haul your boat, this trailer is capable of it. It comes in a bunch of different kits. You got J-style, V-style, post-style, kayak carriers, all three of those.
And then it also just has bunks you can put on there, too, to haul your boat that way. Each one of the trailers has the same base that this is. You're just going to have the accessories added onto the bars on top.The trailer's made out of a nice galvanized steel, so it's going to hold up to those elements when it's out in them. And even if you back it into the water, it'll be just fine. It also has a weight capacity of 400 pounds and a speed rating of 70 miles per hour.
The only thing that's not made out of galvanized steel on this trailer would be the fenders and the lights themselves. But that's all right, they're going to hold up just fine as well.It also includes working lights. You just wire them up to your vehicle. It starts with a standard four-pole. I got it with a converter to go to my seven-pole, but you have working lights for your left turn, right turn, brake lights; all work.
So I like that it's better than just reflectors on the back of the trailer. That actually functions in line with your vehicle so people can see you when you're stopping or turning at night.You get a nice 2" coupler with a handle so when you go to take it on and off the ball mount, it's easy to lift up and move around and set right back down. You don't have to grab it awkwardly here and walk it up and drop it down. It's got the locking up there, just drop that. It's locked into place and even comes with safety chains so you can hook up to your loops on your vehicle.
And it's also supported by a leaf spring suspension system so you can take some bumps and not worry about that either. It will absorb it.Another great thing was the license plate holder. That way, if it's blocked on the back of your vehicle, you can move back here and it can be street legal. And there's even a light underneath here that shines down on the license plate so you can see it at night as well. It's got a cross bar spread of 38.5" and works with boats up to 14' long. So just keep that in mind if you're trying to picture if it's going to work with your boats or not.Now that we've gone over what you get with this trailer, you will get it in different pieces, so you're going to have to put it together. I know that can be a little bit intimidated. I was too. It's pretty easy. We're going to go through the directions, go through it step by step. Let's check it out.We got everything laid out for how we're going to put this trailer together. Each bag is labeled for different groups. So the instructions actually tell you, "Use this bag with this number, for this section of the steps." We're going to go step by step and put this trailer together. If I can find any shortcuts or anything to make it easier on you, I'll let you know.So the first step is going to be putting this grommet in our bottom hole of the tongue here. It's going to be at the front. It's got the Malone sticker on it so you know this one goes toward the top. We're going to put the coupler on here later on, but that was just helping you identify which one this is. So it's like you just push this plastic grommet in there. It's going to help protect the wires when you run them through so it won't slowly cut those. Kind of just push them towards the back to guide them back that way, that way they don't come out the front. Now we've got it through the first one, we're going to run through the second one. This time, just through the front, we don't have to go through the side. We'll just push that wire back down and through to the other side.We ran the wire through both tongues, pushed them together. Now we're going to connect them with these plates. We're just going to push these plates on the side. Make sure you line up the four holes with these four holes. I got the one already installed on the opposite side. Make sure you line it up. Looks like it's good. Put our bolts through. There we go. The good thing about it, when one goes through, all the other ones will be lined up, too. With the bolts pushed th
I used this video to assemble my trailer. Just took my time. Great.
Thank you for the feedback! We are happy we could help!
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Super helpful! Thanks so much!
Nice!I need a trailer like this with v attachment!
Can you please explain further about the V attachment you're speaking of? We're not sure what you're describing.
Thank you so much for making this great video. Mine came with no instructions and many bolts missing. Would have been boxing it all up to send back if hadn't found this!!!!
Awesome, glad the video helped! Get back with us and tell us about the adventures you have with the trailer!
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Just bought the eco-lite trailer for wife to use with her kayak. Instructions not included. Found this video which I think she will be able to follow it with ease! Maybe add socket size and torque but other then that it was great!
Very helpful!! Thank you for the video!
We are happy to help! Check out the following link to see more information on this trailer.
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This saved my life.....wasn't expecting a $900 trailer to come in 200 pieces
That is the one downfall. It's much easier to ship the parts for this trailer than it is to ship the entire trailer. We love hearing that you found our video to help you put your trailer together.
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Note to self, throw the impact driver battery on the charger tonight😂
We'll pass that along....
I just got my Ecolight sport ready to be assembled, I want to be able to back this trailer up and slide my Oldtown Autopilot 120 right into the water. Will it slide off, or am I going to have to lower/mod the bars to do so?
I had that problem with my fishing kayak so I took the short upright bars off and dropped the horizonal bars down to the trailer bed and put some pieces of pvc around them for rollers. With the uprights on the trailer, it made the boat too high to slide off and on. I just drilled and bolted the horizontal bars on.
Hello, nice install video! One question, you didn’t do anything with the bearings. Do they come greased up already?
The bearings and hubs on this trailer come pre-greased from the factory.
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Great step by step instructions. I'll be using this video as I put my trailer together.
Thank you for the feedback! Check out the following link for more information on this kit.
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Could this be used with roof mounted bike racks?
Yes, you will just need to move the legs on the trailer close enough together so that you can get the bike rack mounted. Your roof top bike rack will need to be compatible with a square crossbars.
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Real time install time ??
Depending on the skill level of the person, this trailer can be put together in 4-5 hours.
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Okay, followed your method of assembly over the instructions. The instructions were terrible! Your method, I made one mistake but easily fixed. Only recommendation is tool sizes.