Shipping Trailer
Anybody ever shipped a trailer a long distance? I'm buying a used fiver and am struggling to find much inventorying my local area. My wife has a pretty specific idea on the floor plan she wants, whic...
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I was hoping you guys would get on here and tell me how easy and inexpensive it is to ship a trailer. :B
I'm in southwest Idaho and most of the inventory seems to be the eastern midwest or even the east coast, so we're talking a lot of miles. There are also those pesky Rocky Mountains between here and there during the winter (I'm assuming prices are lower now than they'll be if I waited till spring). I also work full time and have young kids at home so it's not too easy for me to just drop everything for a 4000 mile road trip. Maybe that's going to be the only way to do it, though.
As far as personally inspecting the unit goes, I guess I was thinking I'd rely on photos and having a sales guy go through everything on the trailer with a video camera. I'm trying to keep it in the $10-15k range so I'm not investing a huge amount of money in it and I don't expect to get something pristine (I don't want to take out a loan on a trailer).
Appreciate the feedback so far, and keep it coming.
I'm in southwest Idaho and most of the inventory seems to be the eastern midwest or even the east coast, so we're talking a lot of miles. There are also those pesky Rocky Mountains between here and there during the winter (I'm assuming prices are lower now than they'll be if I waited till spring). I also work full time and have young kids at home so it's not too easy for me to just drop everything for a 4000 mile road trip. Maybe that's going to be the only way to do it, though.
As far as personally inspecting the unit goes, I guess I was thinking I'd rely on photos and having a sales guy go through everything on the trailer with a video camera. I'm trying to keep it in the $10-15k range so I'm not investing a huge amount of money in it and I don't expect to get something pristine (I don't want to take out a loan on a trailer).
Appreciate the feedback so far, and keep it coming.
