Which would be the better deal, both are great trailers, both same dressing room, and rear tack. What is adavantage, disadvantage of all aluminum, and aluminum skin, steel frame.
Which of these trailers will hold their resale value better, or trade value if I ever decide to trade up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks and God Bless.
Posted 2005-06-16 2:29 PM (#26691 - in reply to #26686) Subject: RE: NEED SOME TRAILER ADVICE QUICK!
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Posts: 32 Location: Brazil, IN
In my opinion, steel frame versus alum. frame is a very close race, both are going to last a long time. However, I hae seen the Adam trailer line and am very impressed with the quality for the money. They are nice trailers. Given the choice between a Trail-Et and an Adam, I would definitely go with an Adam.
Posted 2005-06-16 4:37 PM (#26702 - in reply to #26686) Subject: RE: NEED SOME TRAILER ADVICE QUICK!
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Posts: 565 Location: Michigan
I am familiar with both brands of trailers. Trail-Et has been around forever, well built trailer and few complaints. I think the only complaint I would have is the rust factor.
The Adam is a nice trailer too. My personal choice would be all alumy. I got tired of the rust showing up on a year old trailer. My $.02.
Posted 2005-06-16 5:03 PM (#26703 - in reply to #26686) Subject: RE: NEED SOME TRAILER ADVICE QUICK!
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Posts: 46 Location: New Mexico
There is going to be very little rust on the trailer with steel frame and aluminum skin. Most of the steel will be covered by the aluminum skin. Make sure the all aluminum one is constructed out of good strong aluminum that won't crumple up in an accident. If you have quality aluminum, it won't weigh much less than an all steel so you won't gain anything there.
As far as resale, the older trailer might have less resale value a few years down the road. Seems like no matter what condition a trailer is in, if it has a few years on it, people are less apt to consider it.
I personally have no experience with either brand so can't help there.
Posted 2005-06-16 7:14 PM (#26711 - in reply to #26686) Subject: RE: NEED SOME TRAILER ADVICE QUICK!
Location: Illinois
Don't forget to lift the mats on that all aluminum baby! A bad floor is not easily replaced. Nice thing about Trailet, it has a wood floor that is easy to replace. If your like me, you don't have time to clean the thing out after every use. Alluminum floors are not as forgiving.
Posted 2005-06-16 9:05 PM (#26718 - in reply to #26686) Subject: RE: NEED SOME TRAILER ADVICE QUICK!
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Posts: 97 Location: Middle Tennessee
I would go with the all aluminum trailer. I recently sold my 2000 Merhow (aluminum over a steel frame) and bought a 1997 all aluminum Sundowner. The Sundowner looks like new and my Merhow was starting to show some age on the door latches and a few other areas that were not aluminum. I also feel that the all aluminum trailer I have now tows better and feels quite a bit lighter. I must agree with an earlier post, as far as the year is concerned, you would be better off with the later model and the price sounds reasonable. If you wanted to, you could probably sell it in a few years for just about what you paid for it I got my 1997 Sundowner for a great price because of the year even though it is still like new, so it goes to show you, people are concerned about age regarless of condition.
Posted 2005-06-19 10:36 PM (#26781 - in reply to #26686) Subject: RE: NEED SOME TRAILER ADVICE QUICK!
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Location: Bloxom, VA
No opinions on the trailers themselves, but I'd MUCH prefer a trailer that had a wood floor versus an aluminum floor.
I looked at a FRP trailer with an aluminum floor and the cross members, etc were also aluminum. You could walk in the trailer and feel like you were walking up and down with every step (floor was wavy). This was a used trailer.
Aluminum may not rust, but it does corrode and appears (atleast to me) to do so at the same rate as a steel one, the only real difference is it looks like white powder instead of bright ugly colored rust.
I personally would go with the steel frame and aluminum skin. Good luck in your search!
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