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the_fixer1
Aug 27, 2018Explorer
Understood, I was trying to stick with the fiberglass egg by going with the escape 5.0 TA but that was told by other people towing the same trailer with the same truck that while they can tow ok they with they had something larger to tow with.
The 19ft escape was interesting and about the same dry weight as the stick built trailers we are looking at but you get more length and features in the stick built.
I know this comes at a cost in resale and how long it will last but I suspect we will be buying a larger truck / trailer when I retire in 5 or so years.
Price is not so much the issue with the fiberglass trailer, I am not worried about that as I know I will get a large percentage back when we go to sell but mostly it is about the layouts in the size I have been told we can tow
The 19ft escape was interesting and about the same dry weight as the stick built trailers we are looking at but you get more length and features in the stick built.
I know this comes at a cost in resale and how long it will last but I suspect we will be buying a larger truck / trailer when I retire in 5 or so years.
Price is not so much the issue with the fiberglass trailer, I am not worried about that as I know I will get a large percentage back when we go to sell but mostly it is about the layouts in the size I have been told we can tow
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