Ok gonna start buying........

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Ok gonna start buying........

Postby TAILGATINGnNUT » Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:50 pm

My wife and I arre selling out house so I have until december to find a good trailer and start stock piling materials for my trailer. ANy suggestions on find a trailer? I have searched ebay and found all ofh te trailers below , I was jsut curious as to what your thoughts on each one are.
4x 8 foldable $415
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... gory=50073

5x8 625
This one is real interesting to me becasue of the side supoports already bulit into the trailer, obviously Id remove the gate in the back

http://tnttt.com/postin ... 1f39fa0094

5x10 735 this one is real big and wuld be great for towing the monstrocity im building lol
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayI ... gory=50073

Are they good enough? are the foldables ok to use? they are rated to 1800 lbs, is that safe/accurate?
Looking to build the ultimate tailgating machine, anyone help me?
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Postby Jimbo » Sat Aug 14, 2004 7:23 pm

Woa!!! Whoever is posting this one on Ebay is trying to rip people off. They claim the trailer is 1800 pounds but the label on the fender says 1450 capacity. You can buy the same trailer direct from Harbor Freight for 229.00 and the person on Ebay is wanting 450. I bought one last month. ;) Here's the link. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=90154

The foldables are safe to use on a small teardrop but keep in mind that the stated capacity of 1450 is Gross Vehicle Weight. From that, you have to subtract the weight of the trailer which is 239# I believe which leaves you somewhere in the neighborhood of 1175# true usable capacity.

When used in a teardrop, the folding trailer frame can be modified to eliminate the fold. You can see some pics on my website: http://teardrop.ifindu.com/ under the Day One link.

Good luck
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