I’ve been selling firewood for several years now and sales are getting better as I grow my costumer base.
Just this past week I sold and delivered 7 cords to various people with my existing trailer and in most cases it the trailer worked fine.
There are two deferent problems I have encountered that have got me thinking I might get a new trailer.
I have a nice heavy duty 7’x16’ utility trailer that I bought new 8 years ago. (108” total width)
The first problem is the trailer is too wide to get down some of these narrow driveways I have encountered.
Second is I cant reach the wood in the middle of the trailer from the side when I unload and stack.
I was thinking I could sell my existing trailer and get a 6”x12 to do deliveries.
The problem with doing that is one: taking a loss on a used trailer by selling the one I have. Then spending that money plus some to buy a new trailer like the one I want.
Then while I was looking at new trailers I started thinking dump trailer?
Trouble with a dump trailer is cost plus deck height and side height.
Even a low profile dump trailer has a higher deck height then a utility trailer has.
So do I stay with what I have and deal with it? Or do I go dump or utility?
A dumper would be nice but much more money.
My used trailer is worth I’m Guessing eighteen hundred, if I’m lucky.
A new 6x12 utility is around seventeen hundred with tandem axels and breaks.
A 6x12 dumper is forty two hundred. 10,000.00 lb capacity.
I rarely need a trailer as big as the one I have, but there nice to have when you need one.
I’ve been thinking about all the things a dump trailer can do and comparing them with how much I would use it.
I just can make up my mind.
Any thoughts?
Just this past week I sold and delivered 7 cords to various people with my existing trailer and in most cases it the trailer worked fine.
There are two deferent problems I have encountered that have got me thinking I might get a new trailer.
I have a nice heavy duty 7’x16’ utility trailer that I bought new 8 years ago. (108” total width)
The first problem is the trailer is too wide to get down some of these narrow driveways I have encountered.
Second is I cant reach the wood in the middle of the trailer from the side when I unload and stack.
I was thinking I could sell my existing trailer and get a 6”x12 to do deliveries.
The problem with doing that is one: taking a loss on a used trailer by selling the one I have. Then spending that money plus some to buy a new trailer like the one I want.
Then while I was looking at new trailers I started thinking dump trailer?
Trouble with a dump trailer is cost plus deck height and side height.
Even a low profile dump trailer has a higher deck height then a utility trailer has.
So do I stay with what I have and deal with it? Or do I go dump or utility?
A dumper would be nice but much more money.
My used trailer is worth I’m Guessing eighteen hundred, if I’m lucky.
A new 6x12 utility is around seventeen hundred with tandem axels and breaks.
A 6x12 dumper is forty two hundred. 10,000.00 lb capacity.
I rarely need a trailer as big as the one I have, but there nice to have when you need one.
I’ve been thinking about all the things a dump trailer can do and comparing them with how much I would use it.
I just can make up my mind.
Any thoughts?
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