Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
1/23/09 9:50 a.m.

or useable.. just I'm very cheap.

largest objects that will be hauled are these:

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Kramer
Kramer Reader
1/23/09 10:32 a.m.

Good luck. I sold this POS trailer about 18 months ago. It's been broken in half twice, the lights didn't work, no brakes, and had more rust than should be allowed on a trailer. I put it on the Detroit Craigslist for $400, and had five calls within 24 hours.

I paid $200 for it in 1989.

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Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
1/23/09 9:03 p.m.

yeah....but I need something yesterday

mw
mw New Reader
1/24/09 7:54 p.m.

A cheap Harbour Freight trailer ~$200 should be able to handle those things ~800lb capacity. You have to put it together yourself, but you do get new wheels, bearings, lights, etc. Probably better than used trailer you can find for $200

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
1/24/09 8:43 p.m.

how are the HF trailers quality wise?

Mental
Mental SuperDork
1/25/09 1:42 a.m.

Actually pretty good. I got the foldup model and hauled a V-Star behind a Mazda 3 from Colorado to Georgia and brought it back empty with no rpoblems. The biggest issue I had was one of the lights fell off and broke some where. I used scrap wood for my deck, but I ride with a guy who actually put diamond plate on his and is pretty happy.

I even built cheap stake side for mine and hauled an engine block, transmission and host of other crap to the dump.

I'd say the quality is as good as any cheapie beat up pickup bed trailer you are gonna find. At least with the HF, you know what you're getting becuase you built it. The bigger plus I like about mine is it really does fold up and I roll it into a corner of my garage.

mw
mw New Reader
1/25/09 12:03 p.m.

Just to be safe, I welded mine as well as bolting it together. The biggest complaint I've heard is that the lock nuts don't lock and end up coming undone.

oldopelguy
oldopelguy HalfDork
1/26/09 7:26 p.m.

Yeah, I've put together a few of them, both the smaller and the larger HF trailers even back when K-mart was selling them, and the bolts they use are scary soft. Bolt it all together, square it up, then weld the seams and put your deck on. My dad still uses one of the 4'x4' we built back in '85 with a car-top carrier on it behind his car or trike.

You're probably going to bust the lights a few times too, and the easiest answer I've found is to get a set of the all rubber 4" round utility lights, the sealed beam ones, and use those housings with the 4" sealed semi-trailer light assemblies. You can pop a new on in at any truck stop if you smash it or it blows out, and the rubber housing just pops back to shape.

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