โJun-23-2018 03:59 AM
โJul-10-2018 07:19 AM
enblethen wrote:
Photo shows trailer has the wheels what seems to be back on the trailer.
โJul-09-2018 12:39 PM
rerod wrote:
Thanks for the tip that 14' isn't long enough.. What brand is your narrow track mkirsch?
โJul-07-2018 12:33 PM
Bobbo wrote:
When I sold my tow dolly in 2010, I had someone who asked if I could hold it for him. I told him the first person at my door with cash got it. I won't hold it. Ticked him off, but I wasn't going to turn away money and was honest with him.
Grit dog wrote:
I'll still say, although you appear to be about 100% set in what you want and will not waiver, if your building something for the long haul, it doesn't make much sense to start with a 15-20 year old trailer. Especially in the rust belt.
Don't look at it as a % of new vs used cost look at total $ out the door.
$3k (if you can find it, or maybe you'll sit on the couch indefinitely until you find one) vs $5k for a trailer isn't much.
You'll start off with new bearings, brakes, tires, Jack, breakaway system, wiring, etc....a new trailer!
If you have to work on all that stuff or replace, you'll eat up that $2k mostly in money, or more in time too and still have an old trailer.
The 12 valve thing I get. Significant difference between that and newer trucks and the simplicity is a bonus. Even with the 12V though it's a point of diminishing returns.
But trailers are trailers. They haven't changed in 30 years. Certainly not for the worse. And your one experience with a leaky roof doesn't mean anything. If it leaks fix it, if it still leaks, you don't know how to fix a roof.
โJul-07-2018 09:52 AM
โJul-06-2018 09:13 PM
โJul-06-2018 07:06 PM
โJul-06-2018 11:14 AM
mkirsch wrote:
To be fair, you flaked out on him first, not wanting to drive 2-1/2 hours to look at the trailer. You can't expect him to sit on it for a month until he gets up your way, only to have you look at the trailer and tell him you don't want it, after he's turned down several offers.
By the way, I do have the exact trailer you're looking for, and no it's not for sale. I started making the modifications you have listed. Shower, cabinet (for an eventual sink), place to sleep, etc.. Turned out 14' is just not big enough to fit everything in. I had to shuffle EVERYTHING around every time I wanted to use a different function of the trailer. Taking a shower required moving just about everything in the trailer. Sleeping required moving just about everything. I didn't even bother trying to cook.
โJul-06-2018 07:57 AM
mkirsch wrote:
To be fair, you flaked out on him first, not wanting to drive 2-1/2 hours to look at the trailer. You can't expect him to sit on it for a month until he gets up your way, only to have you look at the trailer and tell him you don't want it, after he's turned down several offers.
This is why I never make an offer until I've looked something over first, and I won't put up with someone that give me the runaround on something I'm selling. Come look at it, today, and bring cash. Otherwise I'm moving on to the next guy who says he can come look at it today, and is bringing cash. None of this "accepting" an offer from some guy who has never seen it, and probably won't ever show up.
โJul-06-2018 07:35 AM
โJul-06-2018 02:58 AM
Grit dog wrote:
^ Yeah, that's considerably more than $3k for sure.
How much weight do you plan on hauling?
That's an awful small trailer for 5200lb axles, especially if you're concerned about how much it bounces around when empty. 5200lb springs come with those axles ya know.
Guess if you're searching for a unicorn trailer that rightly no one or very few would spec out, you may be looking for a while unless you spec your own.
You did mention going off road. Ground clearance on narrow tracks or inlines with recessed fenders inside have cr@p ground clearance. Deck overs, whle they sit a little higher, also sit a little higher. Way better ground clearance and no fenders or tires to rip off the side.
As far as matching your trucks lug size, id, why that has any bearing on your trailer. You're apparently buying a trailer for the long haul. You get lugs to match, what about tire size? You get a new truck, then what? You have a trailer with a gvw of over 10klbs, what difference does the extra 40-50lbs of a spare tire for the trailer make?
โJul-05-2018 10:50 PM
โJul-05-2018 04:44 PM
โJul-02-2018 11:01 AM
Grit dog wrote:
May still be worth a call to King Trailers in Wausau.
โJul-02-2018 07:26 AM