I've used the "Better" Harbor Freight trailer ( if you want to call it that ) with the 12" rims and 1700 lb. rating to recover quite a few 003a's and 803a's over they years with as much as 500 miles at a time, Mainly because I've made family vacations out of some of the recoveries and I can easily tow it with the wife's mini van and have room inside for 2 kids and all our crap, without having to take my pickup and car trailer on vacation!
My HF trailer has a 2x4 platform to raise the deck above the tires, so I can fit wider items, but it also prevents tire damage from loading and the deck is cross braced diagonally which really stiffens up the tin foil frame rails and takes all the torsional flexing away.
These trailers are also tilt-deck which has come in handy to deliver machines into tight spots or to people without ability to lift.
Simply unstrap it, tilt it up and it will slide right off... uncontrollably, so stand clear!
For loading out at home I use forks on a backhoe, but they are 2" thick and require strips of 2x4 under the rails to allow the forks to get out from under the machine when lifting from the ends.
As an easier solution I bought four 1"x6' nylon lifting straps and a large D-ring.
Feed the strap through one eyelet at the end, cinching it around the lifting rings, then put the other eyelet through the D-ring. Do all 4 corners and now you can lift from the D-ring at a single point and be able to spin it around etc. with no chance of it slipping or shifting.
Definitely helps in some situations where forks are impractical.
