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poppin_fresh
Explorer
May 29, 2016

buying a new, but damaged trailer

Hi all,
Went looking today and we found a trailer that we really like on the lot. It's a 2015 holdover and the front right corner of the trailer looks like it was hit while on the lot. The rock guard has a dent in it and the corner trim is a little messed up. There are also some black scuff marks on the fender skirts too, but those don't concern me as much.

I cant imagine it's going to be a cheap fix to make it perfect again, but I might be able to live with an oops I didn't create. Do we run, or consider it for the right price... perhaps with extended warrantee thrown in, extras, etc.?

It's a little hard to see, but here is the worst of it.

  • My concern would be that is the location with the biggest chance of water penetration. Forward corner catching all the road spray from the truck. I would want it fixed professorially with a warranty.
  • my damage is in the same place as yours and while it looks worse, is only cosmetic as yours appears to be also.

    My damage also seems to affect all the same panels as yours, only worse. My repair just cost me 5K CDN. Now, given that my replacement panels came from heartland, shipping costs etc etc, exchange rate etc I suspect that to fix yours you will be in the neighborhood of 2K USD