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markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/6/16 8:44 p.m.

Looking for something in the 24+ length. Trying to keep it under $2500. ~ 200 miles from 21146. Please let me know. I will also be selling my ope 2 axle trailer. TIA!

Donebrokeit
Donebrokeit Dork
10/6/16 10:10 p.m.

Mark, If you have any "cast off" trailer in that range let me know as I have been on the look out myself for some time and anything in that price range has been a smoldering pile of E36 M3 with no title.

Paul

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/6/16 10:13 p.m.

A few 20 foot landscape trailers around but the need the side door, etc. not expecting beauty. Just function. New they are only 4.5-5k.

NordicSaab
NordicSaab HalfDork
10/7/16 5:52 a.m.
markwemple wrote: A few 20 foot landscape trailers around but the need the side door, etc. not expecting beauty. Just function. New they are only 4.5-5k.

biggest problem you are going to find is they don't really depreciate. A $5k trailer typically resells for $3500-$4000. At least here in FL, $2500 will get you a nice open trailer or a small and narrow enclosed trailer.

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/7/16 7:56 a.m.

They are out there but rare. More are landscape and not car trailers.

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
10/7/16 8:04 a.m.

In reply to markwemple:

You are asking several thousand people who are competing with you looking for the exact same thing to tell you about it when they find that rare bargain?

Good luck.

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/7/16 8:07 a.m.

Lol. I know. But we do share bargain car finds....

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/7/16 8:08 a.m.

I have found a couple of sweet deals on huge trailers with lifts but way outside my price range.

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
10/7/16 8:19 a.m.
markwemple wrote: Lol. I know. But we do share bargain car finds....

...only because our yards are so full of crap cars that we simply can't take on one more forgotten project dream.

Not so with trailers.

NOT A TA
NOT A TA Dork
10/7/16 9:12 a.m.
SVreX wrote:
markwemple wrote: Lol. I know. But we do share bargain car finds....
...only because our yards are so full of crap cars that we simply can't take on one more forgotten project dream. Not so with trailers.

^^^ Because a cheap enclosed trailer is a cheap garage/storage space that draws less unwanted attention than the cars we put in them.

Donebrokeit
Donebrokeit Dork
10/7/16 7:43 p.m.
Donebrokeit
Donebrokeit Dork
10/7/16 7:46 p.m.

I have not looked at this trailer but it's in you price range.

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/tro/5813278514.html

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/7/16 8:40 p.m.
Donebrokeit wrote: I have not looked at this trailer but it's in you price range. http://baltimore.craigslist.org/tro/5813278514.html

Guy hasn't gotten back to me and I'm concerned about the title issue

Donebrokeit
Donebrokeit Dork
10/8/16 12:12 a.m.

I think there is a way to go through Maine and get a new title, might want to look into that route before buying.

Paul B

NordicSaab
NordicSaab HalfDork
10/8/16 6:22 a.m.

In FL you can title ANYTHING as a homebuilt trailer and they don't even look at it.

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/8/16 8:42 a.m.

An open trailer is no problem here for homebuilt. Closed would probably take some convincing.

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/8/16 8:43 a.m.

I've come across a frw but the are gone before I get to see them.

Ian F
Ian F MegaDork
10/8/16 8:47 a.m.

$5K for a new one? I didn't know they were that cheap.

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/8/16 10:30 a.m.

Go to eBay. 5 to 6k seems to be the going rate for a 24 ft.

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
10/8/16 10:38 a.m.

One note...

A 24' landscape trailer almost certainly has (2) 3500 lb axles. That's a little light for a car trailer that size. You want the 5200 lb axles.

3500 is OK on a 20'.

The owner will probably not know the difference.

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/8/16 10:46 a.m.

Good point. That and a side door is mandatory. The 5k ebay ones may be utility and not car trailers. There was a sweet barely used 24 at a dealer near me for 5k but it had a lot of options including aluminum wheels and roof a/c

NordicSaab
NordicSaab HalfDork
10/8/16 1:37 p.m.

4 years ago I paid $4995 for my 24' V Nose Diamond Cargo car trailer. It has been fantastic. I cant remember the dealer, but if interested I could find the receipt for contact info. Dealer was on the west coast of FL (Largo area).

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
10/8/16 1:48 p.m.
NordicSaab wrote: 4 years ago I paid $4995 for my 24' V Nose Diamond Cargo car trailer. It has been fantastic. I cant remember the dealer, but if interested I could find the receipt for contact info. Dealer was on the west coast of FL (Largo area).

That's about right. I'm a Diamond Cargo dealer.

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/8/16 2:22 p.m.

Wish I had a few more bucks to spend

markwemple
markwemple SuperDork
10/11/16 12:37 p.m.

Well, I won a trailer on ebay and am on the hook for a swap plus cash for another. So I may have a trailer for sale soon. One is a 28' with a 24' box. the other is a 24' box with a 4' V on the front.

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