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Re: Gooseneck Trailer
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Posted by rustyfarmall on July 21, 2003 at 10:42:34 from (207.32.13.198):
In Reply to: Gooseneck Trailer posted by Scott KY on July 19, 2003 at 13:44:04:
I own a Trav-a-long, built in Liberty, Kansas. Mine is a tandem axle, but not a dually. Recently, I have been wanting to upgrade to a dually, and have taken a good, hard look at various other brands, Most of what I have looked at so far will not compare with how the travalong is built, so far I have not had a chance to look at the brands you have mentioned, so I will not discredit those. In short, when looking at a trailer, you must get down and crawl underneath, take a good look at the welds, how the wiring is attached, and the general design of the framework, do the main I-beams run all the way back and support the beavertail, or is the tail section built separately and then just welded on? It does make a differance. I looked at one brand of trailer that was welded so poorly I would have been afraid to pull it empty, the various pieces of the tail had not been cut correctly, and they had to lay used bolts in the gaps in order to weld the seams. Yes, this was a brand new trailer. Also, the brand of trailer I see most often is less expensive than the other brands, which is why I see so many of them, but by doing a close examination on those trailers, I understand why they are cheaper, they are not built well.
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