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STEVEO496
Jun 15, 2017Explorer
For what it's worth, I owned an enclosed car trailer that my dad was using. A semi truck ran a stop sign and T-boned the trailer. The whole side of the trailer was damaged, axle bent etc. I was really hoping the insurance co would total the trailer but they didn't. We ended up taking the trailer back to the manufacturer (which has its own repair facilities). They told us the insurance companies almost never total a trailer, even if the repairs cost more than a new trailer. There was a 40 something foot gooseneck trailer on the lot that had been rolled and the insurance co wouldn't even total it. When we got our trailer back it was good as new though, no one could of ever told it had been repaired, and I never had any issues with it either. Don't know if camper trailers are handled in the same manner but that was my experience. The insurance company wanted us to get 3 quotes for repairs but we insisted on taking it directly to the manufacturer since it was their clients fault and the trailer was practically brand new at the time.
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