Grit dog wrote:
^ Yeah, that's considerably more than $3k for sure.
How much weight do you plan on hauling?
That's an awful small trailer for 5200lb axles, especially if you're concerned about how much it bounces around when empty. 5200lb springs come with those axles ya know.
Guess if you're searching for a unicorn trailer that rightly no one or very few would spec out, you may be looking for a while unless you spec your own.
You did mention going off road. Ground clearance on narrow tracks or inlines with recessed fenders inside have cr@p ground clearance. Deck overs, whle they sit a little higher, also sit a little higher. Way better ground clearance and no fenders or tires to rip off the side.
As far as matching your trucks lug size, id, why that has any bearing on your trailer. You're apparently buying a trailer for the long haul. You get lugs to match, what about tire size? You get a new truck, then what? You have a trailer with a gvw of over 10klbs, what difference does the extra 40-50lbs of a spare tire for the trailer make?
The owner emailed me that someone payed their 4k asking price but I call BS.. This, once again unfortunately, has renewed my faith in a mans word.
I put a 4" lift on my old feather lite and planned the same for this trailer but the axles will always be the lowest point and a enclosed deck over like a snowmobile trailer is to tall if its tall enough to walk into which most are not.
Weight? Im not sure. But after install a bathroom kitchen a/c heat etc, load a couple of 600# motorcycles, kayak, mountain bikes, tools, camping gear, 4 t105 batteries, generator, 100 gallons of water, solar panels, food for a week etc etc etc. It will be packed to the gills! It could easily be 4000# or more if I take two motorcycles. The matching wheels, which the off road trailer guys do all the time, is mainly to save space/weight with only one spare, but sounds like the 4.75" offset of the truck rim would be the problem because trailer rims have 0 offset unless I spec it.
I have $14k set aside for the trailer project, but I just cant get it started. I have another 14k set aside for a 4x4 12 valve 5 speed cummins to replace my last one which is also really hard to find.
