blue924.9
flannel wearin sumbitch
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anyone here ever build a trailer? the local northern tool sells blueprints for all kinds of trailers bumper pull and gooseneck, supposed to be very detailed and include optional material lists depending on how heavy you want to build the frame ect. im thinking about building myself an enclosed trailer instead of buying one as all the enclosed trailers i see are made too flimsy for my likings, i want to haul my tools back and forth to college with this trailer and then haul wood with it when im out of college. with an 8x16 trailer with just 5200 pound axles costing around 6 thousand dollars and only having a 3/16 angle iron frame (read flexy) im thinking i could build my own with a 4 inch c channel frame and 5200 or even 7000 pound axles for about half the cost, it just might not look as pretty.
if trailers had any sort of resale value at all i would just buy a single axle ramp door enclosed trailer with a 3500 pound axle for my college needs and then sell it for a bigger double axle trailer later, but a used trailer just isnt worth much for trade in, and around here they jack the prices up on used trailers compared to new that it doesnt make sense to buy a used one. both my 5x10 and 16 foot flatbed trailers are homemade, and built like a tank. they were built before my time and to date only the 5x10 broke a weld last year, trailers were made in the mid 90s. on the 5x10 i have had 4000 pound rated springs so loaded down the shackle link was resting up against the frame, so i know what kind of a beating our trailers can take and how much better built they are compared to a big company;s trailer.
if trailers had any sort of resale value at all i would just buy a single axle ramp door enclosed trailer with a 3500 pound axle for my college needs and then sell it for a bigger double axle trailer later, but a used trailer just isnt worth much for trade in, and around here they jack the prices up on used trailers compared to new that it doesnt make sense to buy a used one. both my 5x10 and 16 foot flatbed trailers are homemade, and built like a tank. they were built before my time and to date only the 5x10 broke a weld last year, trailers were made in the mid 90s. on the 5x10 i have had 4000 pound rated springs so loaded down the shackle link was resting up against the frame, so i know what kind of a beating our trailers can take and how much better built they are compared to a big company;s trailer.
