A lift-and-tilt trailer comprises:
- an at least one lift-and-tilt mechanism;
- a trailer base;
- a trailer platform;
- the lift-and-tilt mechanism comprises a lower-strut link, an upper-strut link, a support member, a lower lift cylinder, and an upper lift cylinder;
- the lift-and-tilt mechanism being positioned in between the trailer base and the trailer platform;
- the lower-strut link and the upper-strut link being terminally and pivotably attached to each other;
- the support member being positioned offset to the lower-strut link along the upper-strut link;
- the upper-strut link being terminally and pivotably connected to the support member;
- the trailer platform being terminally and pivotably connected to the upper-strut link, opposite the lower-strut link;
- the trailer base being terminally and pivotably connected to the lower-strut link and the support member, opposite the upper-strut link;
- the upper lift cylinder being pivotably mounted in between the upper-strut link and the trailer platform;
- the lower lift cylinder being pivotably mounted in between the lower-strut link and the upper-strut link;
- a plurality of lower crossmembers;
- a plurality of upper crossmembers;
- the at least one lift-and-tilt mechanism comprises a first linkage and a second linkage;
- the first linkage and the second linkage being oriented parallel to each other;
- the first linkage and the second linkage being positioned offset to each other across the trailer base and the trailer platform;
- the plurality of lower crossmembers being distributed along the lower-strut link of the first linkage and the lower-strut link of the second linkage;
- each of the plurality of lower crossmembers being connected in between the lower-strut link of the first linkage and the lower-strut link of the second linkage;
- the plurality of upper crossmembers being distributed along the upper-strut link of the first linkage and the upper-strut link of the second linkage;
- each of the plurality of upper crossmembers being connected in between the upper-strut link of the first linkage and the upper-strut link of the second linkage;
- an initial lift cylinder;
- wherein the lift-and-tilt mechanism, the trailer platform, and the trailer base are configured into a collapsed configuration;
- the trailer platform being positioned parallel and adjacent to the trailer base;
- the initial lift cylinder being positioned in between the first linkage and the second linkage;
- a first end of the initial lift cylinder is perpendicularly connected to a select lower member from the plurality of lower crossmembers;
- and
- a second end of the initial lift cylinder being pressed against a select upper member from the plurality of upper crossmembers.