What models of trailers are well built?
Okay, now I am looking for a TT to replace the one I am selling. But I need one that is well built and can handle rough roads. I will be hauling this trailer around the Arctic on gravel roads for th...
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Come on people, the OP's budget is $10,000 and you are talking Airstreams? Give him another $10,000 to $20,000 and he'll be able satisfy his desires for an actual long lasting travel trailer. For $10,000 and getting a very good quality trailer means it will be way over 10 years old when he becomes the new owner and everything in the trailer will usually be way over 10 years old also.
Which means lots likely to need replacing stuff soon rather than later or lots of fixit problems if the parts are even available anymore or must be special ordered. Not cheap! Maybe need change the whole system over to what parts can be had and adapted to make a fix or just buy new. I do wonder if he's up to that adventure since he appears to not already having been a long time TT/RV owner?
Maybe Airstream or even Arctic Fox trailers are a little over the top for the OP with his budget. Your point is well taken that anything old enough to qualify within the budget will likely need lots of repairs and they can be costly. What is the repair budget?
A big issue is taking it to the Arctic, on dirt/gravel roads and expecting it to hold together. If the OP opts for the haul road that is about 450 miles each way from Fairbanks to Deadhorse it will be a torture test for even the most stout best built trailer with the hundreds of miles of gravel road. Going into a trip like that with something that is not up to the task is just asking for a discouraging experience.
