What's going on with HF trailers??
Yesterday I purchased my 3rd HF kit from a local store. But when they brought out the boxes, one had a sizable rip. Ruptured boxes are nothing new, but when they called me back to get a part that fell out while I drove up to the door, I got a bit worried. So this morning I did a close inspection of the box still in the jeep. The rip was bigger than what I was able to see at the store or while they loaded it into my jeep, so I got a flash light and peered into the box. All the (remaining) parts were the usual red forged iron parts, but I saw neither of the two angle irons which join the tongue arms to the frame. Maybe they were in the other box, but I expected all the red metal to come in the same box from the same factory. Before looking in the other box, I went on line to download the manual for a parts list. To my surprise the HF site had none of the usual 4x8 trailers or their manuals, not even from a search using the SKU.
After my 6 month battle to get my 2nd trailer usable (and then only with a warp, see "tale of 2 trailers" and "Tip Top Tier Drop" links in my signature), I did not want to fight for missing parts, so back to the store it went. So now I wonder, why are the trailers so scarce at my local stores (2 within 12 mi, 4 in larger metro area) and not listed on-line????