Baystate Jeepers

I know how to do math I just didn't feel like looking back to see how much everyone paid for their trailers Oh and for most people on here your math is wrong Most here will do weekend rental, $115 for three days so 9 X $115 is closer to your purchase price, $1,035 And that is 9 weekend rentals, not 9 days, which is 27 total days, just so you have the math

When I said maintenance I was talking about maintenance costs not what has to be done. So for you it would be $1,000 + (total amount of money paid for maintenance and registration since you bought it) Sorry can't do that math on that one since I don't know what you have spent



Oh and note there are seven total, its a prime number so I thought you would appreciate it Mr. Director at Large, apparent math major.

Don't forget the extra hassle and gas to go pick up the rental.

With what I do and wheel, it's cheaper to own hands down.

Trailers are fairly low maintenance... Just keep the bearings greased, which is trivial with the Ez-Lube axles most have... Tires / etc... last a long time -- 10k-15k (maybe further) pretty easily if they're in solid shape...

Like was said, there isn't much to do once you've got it...

JW

I had an experience following a rental to Canada. Without going into detail ,it was to small a trailer (short) the load couldnt be balanced at all and the tow vehicle had week rear springs. If your going to rent a trailer, I would suggest going early ,, load up and take it for a test. This post contained all of what you need to know about towing. Go do it ! Be safe ! Owning the trailer of choice removes all the stress of what you will get at a rental and all that goes with it . Yes it sits around , but its there when you need it. They also come with 2/10 new friends ! FjR68

Im still a bit undecided on this, if I can get something decent for about 1K its worth it to me, I cant see me shelling out 2-3K though, wife will never go for it...

Good point Jeff. I got mine for 7oo and put tires and brakes first thing. So I have a 1k trailer. The next year I removed all the wires,lights,brakes,bearings. Redid the hole thing. That was seven years ago and havnt put one more dime into it. If you find one in the 6 -8 k lbs. range, you should be good for a long time with very little maintenance. This year Im going to add another set of brakes for the rear axle. I bought a loaded set of backing plates (complete brakes) from the trailer builder,so I kept the back plates to rebuild. So all I have to do is remove 4 bolts to get the axle hub off ,mount the backing plate with brakes to the hub and put drums in place of the hubs. 4 wheel brakes. My trailer is rated for 6k and came with one axle brake. Now I will have two axle brake for way cheap ! I couldn't imaging driving Mona to Rousch, Id leave three days earlier and take my time. You will always find something to do with it. Hauling you new friends car or I brought both my boys Rangers home on it. One work van the list goes on. FjR68

Frank wrote:Good point Jeff. I got mine for 7oo and put tires and brakes first thing. So I have a 1k trailer. The next year I removed all the wires,lights,brakes,bearings. Redid the hole thing. That was seven years ago and havnt put one more dime into it. If you find one in the 6 -8 k lbs. range, you should be good for a long time with very little maintenance. This year Im going to add another set of brakes for the rear axle. I bought a loaded set of backing plates (complete brakes) from the trailer builder,so I kept the back plates to rebuild. So all I have to do is remove 4 bolts to get the axle hub off ,mount the backing plate with brakes to the hub and put drums in place of the hubs. 4 wheel brakes. My trailer is rated for 6k and came with one axle brake. Now I will have two axle brake for way cheap ! I couldn't imaging driving Mona to Rousch, Id leave three days earlier and take my time. You will always find something to do with it. Hauling you new friends car or I brought both my boys Rangers home on it. One work van the list goes on. FjR68

X2 on loaded backing plates when doing trailer brakes. If you bought all the parts separate it would cost double!!