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[wvpolekat]

Just a followup to those posts. That's fab pricing. Can't beat it. Around here you're paying thousands more.

Larry

You can pay those prices plus the cost of 2 tanks of gas. 2 tanks of gas would get you into WV, TN, KY, NC easily where you can get prices like those.

So, add $200 for gas and snacks and you can get prices like that.

 

[KeithInSpace]

That's fab pricing.

? The last place I expected to get a good deal on a trailer was where I actually made my purchase. I picked up my Leonard 20' x 8' dovetail 10,000# trailer for $2,400.

I'm sure your trailer's great for your needs, but funny thing about the weights...looks to me like the trailer weighs more than half of the total capacity of the trailer. It'd work pretty good for an ATV, but it wouldn't do much for me around my house. My picking up anything less than 2 tons worth of ANYTHING (stone, mulch, wood, concrete, whatever) isn't worth the trip.

I will HAPPILY say that my trailer is a freakin' monster...WAY more trailer than I need now or, perhaps, will ever need...sometimes a smidge too big...but at least I can haul whatever I want, whenever I want. I could load my wife's Volvo XC90 on there if I wanted. Of course, I look like a real goober carrying, like, a dryer. Or 2 long boxes from IKEA you can't even see over the stakesides. I carried my son's PowerWheel home on it once...folks probably thought it was a joke or something...may as well have been a MatchBox car on that huge freakin' trailer.

Of course, I'm happy as a clam when I drive my ~3,000# BX2230 on there, FEL and BH installed, along with my BoxBlade...toss some chains over everything and I'm loaded up in 5 minutes. No muss, no fuss. And VERY safe.

If you paid $1,800, I'd call my trailer a STEAL. And it's not a "fab" unit. Factory-built in North Carolina.

Just look around. You may be surprised that there's a good price lurking around somewhere.


EDIT: Just saw a later post by Mr. Baucom...I read "fab" as "fabricated"...one-off buy some steel and axles and put a trailer together...somebody doing it out of their garage and selling them inexpensively...sorry if I misunderstood. Either way, mine was a marked price on a trailer on their dealer lot. Just a matter of looking around.

 

[Baucom]

I was pretty sure by "fab" he meant fabulous pricing.

I found that for any trailer larger than 5x10, the real value was in a 16' 7k landscape or car hauler type trailer. I just wanted something for my lawnmower and/or a pair of 4-wheelers. I thought a 6x12 would be perfect, but when I started pricing them, w/ just a rear gate they were around 900-1000 and with a side gate too the price was nearly 1200. It was only another 200 or so to add a second axle, with brakes, double my capacity, and tack on 4 extra feet of length. To me, that's a bargain.

Also, when buying a trailer, if you're just going to own 1, it helps to remember that you can always haul a small load on a big trailer, but rarely does a big load fit on a small trailer.

 

[KeithInSpace]

...you can always haul a small load on a big trailer, but rarely does a big load fit on a small trailer.

You speak the truth...

 

[LBrown59]

You can pay those prices plus the cost of 2 tanks of gas. 2 tanks of gas would get you into WV, TN, KY, NC easily where you can get prices like those.

*So, add $200 for gas and snacks and you can get prices like that.

Wonder what they would charge to deliver?

 

[Diamondpilot]

Wonder what they would charge to deliver?

About a $1 per mile. Just go it it, much cheaper.

Chris

 

[LBrown59]

I just got back from looking at a used 16' with 2 3500 pound axles no brakes.
Date of manuf. March 2009.
Like new cond.
Is it worth the $900 the guy is asking for it.

Baucom hit the nail on the head. I can buy and sell 16' 7K dual axle trailers all day long for under $1,800. Back when I bought mine in 2004 I paid $865 brand new but it had no brakes and used tires. Its 18' x 82" wide and came with a spare tire and mount and 5' ramps. I replace the tires just last year and put brakes on one axle myself shortly after getting it. It can carry 5,750# and is a well built trailer. Here is a pic.

Call these folks. I would not get a mesh gate, too much trouble in my opinion. I like ramps for situations like loading cars and trucks plus you would not be able to haul long lumber like my picture below.

Gator Made Trailers :: Trailers - Utility Trailers - Gooseneck Trailers - Equipment Trailers - Trailer Parts - Gator Made Trailers, is one of the largest open air trailer manufacturers in the US and the largest in Kentucky for the preceding 11 years.

Here is the 16' trailer Gator Made Trailers :: Trailers - Utility Trailers - Gooseneck Trailers - Equipment Trailers - Trailer Parts - Gator Made Trailers, is one of the largest open air trailer manufacturers in the US and the largest in Kentucky for the preceding 11 years.

Chris

 

[Diamondpilot]

I just got back from looking at a used 16' with 2 3500 pound axles no brakes.
Date of manuf. March 2000.
Like new cond.
Is it worth the $900 the guy is asking for it.

Not without brakes. Figure $400 for the brakes and then you may need new tires or some other work. Now you are pushing the price of a new trailer. Problem is someone will pay $900 because they think its a deal.

Chris

 

[Baucom]

I just got back from looking at a used 16' with 2 3500 pound axles no brakes.
Date of manuf. March 2000.
Like new cond.
Is it worth the $900 the guy is asking for it.

I wouldn't want any 7k trailer w/o at least 1 brake axle. I'm not sure how much it would cost to add brakes, but I'd say a few hundred bucks.

If it still has the original tires on it, then they're at or near the end of their useful life, and 4 new tires won't be cheap.

Bottom line is, it's way too much for a 9 yr old trailer. I'm kinda surprised it's even factory built since it doesn't have any brakes.

 

[dodge man]

I'll add a comment, I have a 16+2 dovetail trailer rated at 7000lbs. It has 16 feet of flat deck and a 2 foot dovetail. When I bought it my 14 year old son laughed at me for buying such a long trailer and my wife thought I was crazy. I bought a 4' brush mower last week and hauled it home with my tractor on the trailer. I had the end loader on as counter ballance on the front end. It pretty much filled up the trailer. The tail wheel was sitting on the very back of the dovetail and the end loader was about 8 inches from the front rail.

In other words, you can fill a trailer up in a hurry, so everyones advice on getting at least a 16 foot trailer with brakes on one axle is pretty good advice.