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Posted by T_Bone on March 16, 2005 at 15:21:23 from (4.240.132.114):
In Reply to: OT - What type of trailer? posted by farmerboybill on March 15, 2005 at 19:23:54:
Hi Bill, I ran into a trailer made by Longhorn Trailers, Emory Tx that's dirt cheap priced. 40ft x 8ft 5ft angleiron dovetail, Dexter dual tandums, GN, new $5900. Shorter trailers, 30ft were $5300 or so. The website doesn't give any trailer spec's and that bothers me. I learned of the price and diminsions for a guy that said he bought 7 of them over the past 6mths on thedieselstop.com, towing forum. At $5900 is $600 below what materials should cost at mid-wholesale pricing, and that concerns me. Either the builder buys materials in huge quanitys or there trailers are lacking good design property's. Same trailer but PJ Trailer brand about $8000. You see the quality difference tho in the pics. Appears to built for continous OTR use. Not saying the LH trailer wouldn't do for 6 trips a year for the next 20yrs but it might not hold up as well in OTR useage. Pics wasn't enough detail to determine that. Remember that trailers for rolling load weight are built different than trailers for cargo weight. Most trailers for rolling load weight use "I" beams for there main support. Your truck will have no problem handling a GN trailer with this load weight provided you don't push it hard,: Slow to get to travel speed and 60mph tops. T_Bone
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