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gooseneck trailers - a ? about quality

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eric

11-26-2003 05:14:11




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i am buying a g/n early next year. looking at wil ro, corn pro, moritz, and fleet neck. they basicly run about 7500$ for a 25+5 with the features i want. i can find all these in ohio where i live. on ebay the other day i saw a trailer that fit my needs for 6195 in texas or oklahoma. then later on the net i see another co in oaklahoma selling 27+5 for 5300. what is different about these trailers that they can be almost 3k cheaper? it would be worth the drive to save 3k, but thats a long haul to see something that you dont want. anybody from these parts know why the big difference in price? if it sounds to good to be true it probably is?

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kyhayman

11-28-2003 06:05:43




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 Re: gooseneck trailers - a ? about quality in reply to eric, 11-26-2003 05:14:11  
Labor costs can make a huge difference, so can advertising. I got a 20+4 with 2 -7500# axles a few years ago. Good heavy trailer, cross channels on 28" spacings, built by an independent. List at the dealer was $3800. Dealer is about a mile from the farm. He offered to let me have it for $2800 (his cost). If he could show it from my place instead of having to inventory it. When the guy brought it he said I bought it $500 cheaper than he would have sold it at the factory. So there is at least a $500-1000 markup in the trailer for dealer profit. Figure the big names have to buy ad space in all these farm mags at so many 10's of thousands of dollars per page.

Then, particularly in the northeast and midwest, you have a strong tradition of organized labor. Higher wages translate into higher prices. Less so in other places. If labor costs are a third less then that would cut you price yet again. I'd make the road trip into a mini vacation. In fact that's the only kind of vacation I've taken in 10 years. May decide to drive 600 miles to look at equipment, even flew to Canada one time to look at a particular system.

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Bill

11-28-2003 15:08:17




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 Re: Re: gooseneck trailers - a ? about quality in reply to kyhayman, 11-28-2003 06:05:43  
I'm from/live in NY. Your RIGHT!! Everything is overpriced up here. Even the used tractors & Equipment. The prices I see on equipment on the internet compared to around here makes me sick. If I live long enough to collect my retirement I'm getting outa here!!! My retirement income will go a LOT farther somewhere other than the Northeast.... Even now I get 90% of my stuff shipped. Even with the shipping it's STILL way cheaper than you can buy around here. Friends that come from out of state regularly comment that the nationwide chain stores are much higher priced around here... There....I vented.. Now I feel better. Thanks.. I'll get offa the stump now.....

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Jarod

11-27-2003 20:33:35




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 Re: gooseneck trailers - a ? about quality in reply to eric, 11-26-2003 05:14:11  
Hey Eric,
A LOT of trailer building going on out here in Texas and Oklahoma. IN some areas, it is the primary economy for the area. Your Ebay trailers are most likely listed at wholesale and won't include some extras. The amount of competition out here necessitates cutthroat pricing. Compare I-beam size, equipment, and suspension types. Ask questions and check feedback. I bought my G/N off ebay and saved $1300 over the local trailer lot on the same trailer but had to pick it up at the factory. I bought a 20+5' w/ 3 ramps, 12" I-beam and 14k lb capacity - just for your comparison.

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bob

11-26-2003 22:08:04




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 Re: gooseneck trailers - a ? about quality in reply to eric, 11-26-2003 05:14:11  
suggest you check out Econoline at their website



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howard

11-26-2003 05:56:11




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 Re: gooseneck trailers - a ? about quality in reply to eric, 11-26-2003 05:14:11  
eric I looked at most of the above mentiond cornpro and moritz are bult with usa steel not over seas steel ask what ever trailer compny the curb weight of their trailer and I thinck you will find your answer { closer cross rails biger I beam } I whould of bought eather trailer but the fob to the dealer and then me hauling it a nother 200 miles did not add up .I baught a northeast which is made by kufmann which I think is in ohio to I got spring suspension not tork flex axial 14k grose 22 foot flat deck 5 foot beaver tail 3 spring loaded ramps top deck over the gose neck closed lid chain box spare tirer and mount cross member 12inch on center 10 inch I beam from dealer 50 miles from the house with tax it was $5300 and change very happy so far {new this sprig} total combined weght 1999 superduty PSD ford srw me & the misses and trailer wheghs empty 14400 lbs total gross combined weight as per PA regs is 23900 lbs hope this gives you some food for thought . Howard

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