car trailer advice

67Dart273 said

The reality of the matter is you cannot buy a nice USED trailer for what it would cost to buy new steel. I realize I'm comparing used trailer to new steel, but that is what it is.

But if you ARE a glutten for punishment, sometimes you can find junked out mobile home "rolling frames." The trick there, of course, is to find one cheap enough.

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And if the state will let you. That's a no-no here in NY. Same as split rims.

I thought about building a trailer once. Figured I'd buy instead, simply because by the time I added up the metal for it and figured in my time invested... Well, like I've said before, I can replace the money, I can't replace the time.

For anyone who's interested, this is what I bought:

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pulls easy, deck longer than anything I'll put on it, spec'd out heavier than I really needed because I don't want to break s***. Throw some sides in the stake pockets and it's a big-*** utility trailer, too.

When I went looking for a trailer used, everyone around here wanted $1500-$2000 for a ratted out race car hauler that needed another $2000 just to get it serviceable.