How can you calculate rough depriciation on an aluminum trailer? Is it the standard 25% at purchase? How much per year after the initial purchase. Looking at a 2007 Elite Mustang in pretty good shape, if they don't depreciate very much maybe I should just spend the extra 5K an buy new.
Posted 2012-10-19 10:55 PM (#147781 - in reply to #147752) Subject: RE: Trailer depreciation
Expert
Posts: 3853 Location: Vermont
Depreciation is completely variable...due to the economic factors...during inflationary times...you could buy and use a trailer for 5 years and sell it for what you bought it for...during recessionary times...you almost can't give a trailer away without a serious financial bath...and then there is the regional factors...a bumper pull seems to sell in an instant in the northeast...whereas GNs take a bit more effort...
Posted 2012-10-19 11:43 PM (#147784 - in reply to #147752) Subject: RE: Trailer depreciation
Elite Veteran
Posts: 610 Location: Northern CA
I was speaking of an empty "shell" trailer...not a LQ.
BP's are going like hot cakes here too because everyone is down-sizing back to the family SUV for the daily driver/hauler. Am seeing more people interested in the two horse slant GN trailers though too. But yes, the BP's are the hot ticket item right now.
Trailer depreciation
