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Jason Panciera
 Post subject: Car Trailer
PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2004 3:52 pm 
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I am shopping for a car trailer and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations or suggestions where to look. I have been to Rigsbee's out on 64 in Knightdale, but would like to do a little comparative shopping before I buy. Where are some other dealers around Raleigh (or farther if need be)?

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Scott Johnson
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The two best bets "locally" are Kraftsman and Kaufman. Both are nice trailers, and made locally so you get pretty good pricing.


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Chuck Frank
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Aluminum trailers are quite popular, especially if you have a tow vehicle with marginal towing capacity or are covering long distance. They are more expensive to start with but have a good resale value. This seems to be popular one that I see a lot at AXs with modular bolted extrusion construction, lots of options: www.trailex.com This one is popular with the low slung crowd and doesn't use ramps: Sloan Kwik-load trailer.

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Jason Panciera
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Scott-
Where do I find "Kraftsman" and "Kaufman"?

Chuck-
Those aluminum trailers are nice, even if you have a tow vehicle with better than marginal towing capacity, but I am a cheap b*st*rd!!

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Scott Johnson
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http://www.kaufmantrailers.com/

http://www.kraftsmaninc.com/
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Patrice Bousquet
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The open trailer that i had came from Rigsbee. Last year when i upgrade
to the enclose trailer i went to HGR's in Fayetteville very good price.

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Jason Panciera
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Damn, looks like I am going to have to do some traveling.......

Scott- What make is your trailer? Is it one of the Kaufman or Kraftsman??

Kaufman is in Lexington, super good price, but along way to go...

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Phil Wehman
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Kraftsman is just west of Siler(sp?) City on 64 - about 30 mins from Cary. I bought one this spring and am very happy with it.

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Scott Johnson
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Mine is a Kaufman, and it's been great. It isn't quite as pretty as the Kraftsmans though.

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MikeWhitney
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Jason Panciera wrote:
Damn, looks like I am going to have to do some traveling.......

Scott- What make is your trailer? Is it one of the Kaufman or Kraftsman??

Kaufman is in Lexington, super good price, but along way to go...


I bought a Kraftsman in 2002. I have been very, very happy with it. It *appears* to be a bit nicer than the Kaufmans for close to the same price.

I think Siler City is a little more than 30 minutes. I drove out, looked at the ones they had, ordered one customized, and came back 2 weeks later to buy it. My full-deck with spare, etc was a little over $1600 back then. I certainly expect they are more now with current steel prices.

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Diane Hall
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Another vote for Kaufman. I like my trailer and haven't had any trouble with it. :) My favorite feature is the removable driver's side fender. Wish I'd done both sides though.

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Jason Panciera
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Thanks all for the input. Looks like a road trip is in order this weekend!!

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Phil Wehman
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MikeWhitney wrote:

I think Siler City is a little more than 30 minutes. I drove out, looked at the ones they had, ordered one customized, and came back 2 weeks later to buy it. My full-deck with spare, etc was a little over $1600 back then. I certainly expect they are more now with current steel prices.


Come 'on Mike, if you can't do 37 miles in 30 minutes, you aren't driving fast enough! :)

Prices haven't increased much - I paid about $1900 in April for a full deck, break away kit and stone deflector (kit and deflector were about 300 if I remember right).

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Marvin McBride
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Mine came from SouthAg in Wendell. They make them there, and the guy semi-customized it for me. I've been very happy with it. www.southag.com

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Dan Larson
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I believe Mike still has this one for sale:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=88876

It's a great deal for somebody
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