7k Trailer in new england?

[irwin]

Hoping to get some help from the combined experience of TBN members. I will be buying a trailer to tote the tractor with backhoe & FEL 50 miles at least a couple times a year.. I find if I lived down south I'd pay 1500-1900 for a new 17-18' with brakes on both axles. However I'm not getting the same numbers around my neck of the world..
Any help finding new (or used) trailer sales in connecticut or near ct. will have my gratitude thanks for your input.

 

[MikeD74T]

If you're looking for locations that sell trailers do a Google advanced search for "trailer sales", CT, equipment. I just got over 105,000 hits. There's lots of trailer sales places in Ct. Part of the reason you're seeing higher prices in New England is sales tax impacts what the owner has invested & many trailers are built in the south so transportation to NE is a factor. MikeD74T

 

[George2615]

Tim,
I found the same thing when I was looking. From a lot of posts here you can get a pretty good deal if you live in the southern states. It seems we in the northeast have to double the prices they pay for the same trailer. I did save about $1500 by driving to PA to get my 20' x 8.5' tilt bed trailer. Still higher priced than down south but cheaper than in NY. It took me a 10 hour day, 5hrs. down and 5 hrs. back with two stops to eat. I wanted a multi purpose trailer with the extra width for hauling the occassional car or truck but if you don't need it most standard width utility trailers are 76" wide x the length you want.

 

[irwin]

Thanks for the replies guys, knew it, knew it, oh well. Was hoping for some magic I guess. Paying 2900.00 for the same trailer that costs 1500.00 in georgia don't seem very fair to me is all
It's not that i can't use google or yahoo just didn't like what I found

 

[john_bud]

. Paying 2900.00 for the same trailer that costs 1500.00 in georgia don't seem very fair to me is all

Well, that's the price you have to pay to get those lower taxes, lower crime rates, lower housing costs, lower insurance, uh say ... come to think of it, you don't have any of those things, do you?

Now that you mention it, it don't sound fair!

jb

 

[LarryRB]

In Ellington CT is Limberger trailer which is a good sized dealer. I went to New England trailer sales in Palmer MA,, Were great to deal with,,

 

[irwin]

In Ellington CT is Limberger trailer which is a good sized dealer. I went to New England trailer sales in Palmer MA,, Were great to deal with,,

Thanks Larry, I will most likely give em a call soon. still watching trader flyers for good used.
Went to look at a trailer advertised as 16' x 8' utility, dual axle for $900.00, called the seller-was told he remembered the dot plate said 3200lb axle cap.so I thought 2 axles 6400lbs- no! axle cap. not listed individually-and not what was listed anyway, the guy "remembered wrong" had 1500lb axles ..and he'd said it's "about" 9 years old. the plate read 1984- gross cap 2998lb load cap 2200....had a 13' bed not 16'. The thing looked awful too- tires dry rotted with huge cracks,(they were 10 or 12" tires) tons of rust/rot, deck is wood thats about rotted and worn through. He's not going to have happy people unless he tells the truth before they drive up to see, especially if they come from far away If it was a 6500-7k 16' trailer the shape wouldn't be a deal killer-I'd spent a few hundred 3-5 and have a trailer I could use. I already have a 3k trailer so not much help to me.

 

[2003Pilot]

Irwin:

Where in CT are you?

You may want to call Bob Wolf at Woodbury Tractor to see if he knows anyone with good deals on trailers. I will be trailering my Kubota L3130HST up to Bob soon to have him put on a Woods BH-90X for me. He gave me a good price.

I just bought a used (6 yrs old) Hudson 18' 10,000GVW trailer from a guy in NC that had it advertised it here on TBN. The trailer looks brand new and was garage kept. I paid $2200 for it and lucked out becaues I coordinated the trip to NC with a business trip to Virginia, that my company paid me for the milge.

Gary
Hillsborough, NJ

 

[irwin]

Irwin:

Where in CT are you?

You may want to call Bob Wolf at Woodbury Tractor to see if he knows anyone with good deals on trailers. I will be trailering my Kubota L3130HST up to Bob soon to have him put on a Woods BH-90X for me. He gave me a good price.

I just bought a used (6 yrs old) Hudson 18' 10,000GVW trailer from a guy in NC that had it advertised it here on TBN. The trailer looks brand new and was garage kept. I paid $2200 for it and lucked out becaues I coordinated the trip to NC with a business trip to Virginia, that my company paid me for the milge.

Gary
Hillsborough, NJ

Thanks for the advise Gary, I'll put Mr. Bob Wolf on my to call list. Sounds like you got a great deal.. ....Will be getting something when the deal is right. Although I want what I want when I want it, I really can wait a few weeks or more to find something good, but not premium priced. This will be used very rarely, but often enough that rental/or paying someone to haul it doesn't make good (to me) sense. Besides I hate being subject to someone elses timetable.

 

[pekabu]

Finding rentals can be hard. The only rental place that would rent an equipment trailer was almost 45 minutes away (From me anyway). Finding a decent trailer at a low price is very hard. Most single axle 6x10's I have seen on eBay and local sources run just under 1k. I don't have much money, but putting my 20k baby on a cheap trailer just doesn't seem smart either. I don't have to move it much (I'm not commercial), but I think it's just cheaper to have a roll back tow truck move it when I need to.