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wanderingaimles
Aug 03, 2021Explorer
The problem is multi faceted
Sizes and features that buyers are demanding, versus not only quality and cost, but also weight.
If you want ease of towing, you want a light trailer, but light means less robust construction if you are to maintain a low price point.
You could build a very solid light trailer, with a carbon composite and kevlar based shell over a titanium frame and get both light and solid, but at an astronomical price, or you can get a stick and tin shell on a slightly too light steel(?) frame with foam core laminated interior floors and have a cheap, light, trailer. And if you put a few glitzy items in with LED lights as accents, some schmuck will buy it.
And there are a lot more schmucks out there with shallow pockets than there are discerning people with deep pockets.
So,, they tend to build the most for what they percieve as "the masses"
Sizes and features that buyers are demanding, versus not only quality and cost, but also weight.
If you want ease of towing, you want a light trailer, but light means less robust construction if you are to maintain a low price point.
You could build a very solid light trailer, with a carbon composite and kevlar based shell over a titanium frame and get both light and solid, but at an astronomical price, or you can get a stick and tin shell on a slightly too light steel(?) frame with foam core laminated interior floors and have a cheap, light, trailer. And if you put a few glitzy items in with LED lights as accents, some schmuck will buy it.
And there are a lot more schmucks out there with shallow pockets than there are discerning people with deep pockets.
So,, they tend to build the most for what they percieve as "the masses"
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