well pulled the trigger. got a 2011 wabash arctic lite with a 2500a carrier unit on it. its a ex prime trailer but in super good shape. brand new virgin continental tires on it. got a real good deal on it.
now, i looked back to back wabash v utility trailers. never thought i'd say the wabash is way better built. my main turnoff was the doors. the wabash you have to really yank the doors to get them to open with the seals. the utility was more like a van trailer and could close the doors very easily. looked at a few all the same outcome. the walls you can see aren't as well put together too.
as far as the units.. it did come down in the end to wabash/carrier or utility/TK. the TK i looked at was a sb210. i feel that the TK was just as loud. it did not pull down as hard as the carrier. one thing that i love about the carrier is all the settings. so.. next week the adventure starts.