Brenderup trailers

Originally written by Reg on 2006-07-16 12:33 PM
I was merely responding to Mr Truck's invitation regarding POSSIBLE negative aspects to be included in his reviews. At least in the minds of SOME people it is a possible issue, particularly with imports that may/may_not have parts easily available. I was suggesting that he makes it a regular part/feature of his reviews. I don't see the "bashing" in that. There is nothing about B'up trailers that I find "threatening", though I find it curious that you thought that. I had taken issue with some silly remarks about the way the braking system works, that was much more about the poster than the trailer, but I'm sure you understood that. I just don't see/feel a need for one for ME, the horses that I haul, or the tow vehicles that I use. I have commented before on what I regard as some of the positive design and construction features of them. Anyway, thanks for the pointers, it IS reassuring to know that parts are in the US and readily available. Parts DO fail, they also DO get damaged from underneath. Clean-up after an event shows the evidence, often you can see it just by being one of the last trailers to leave. OK, specifically I do not remember seeing parts that I could positively identify as being from B'up trailers - or from 4-Stars, or Jamcos, or EBY, or Sundowner, Featherlite, whoever, but there is usually wreckage on the ground if more than a dozen trailers have visited. BTW, here's a "BACK AT ME". I had a hydraulic brake hose let go last week )-: Once I got under there I found a "hack job" had been done previously. Despite all my efforts to find parts locally all I could get was bits and pieces that matched up to the hack job - and matched it very well, but didn't match what was on the 3 other wheels. EVENTUALLY I called 4-Star and they quoted me $27 for it, so I expressed my desire to have it before the week-end, which they interpreted as "at any co$t" (fair enough). With 2nd day overnight air, or whatever service, I finished up paying about $65 for a very special little brake hose )-: So, YES I'm at least a little bit ticked at 4-Star for using such a SPECIAL part that I can't get locally, but I'm even more ticked at the guy who hacked it up a couple of years ago. He no longer works there... I'll probably get at least one more, maybe 3 and promise myself that I'll replace them ALL when I next pull the hubs, likely at the end of this season.

That story about the brake hose makes me kind of sad.

I'm not trying to be funny, it's sad that they do that. I mean, why not make it right to start with?

Tackboxes that leak and stuff like that, ramps that fall off. I've heard all kinds of stuff.

You have a hydrolic system, sounds like. I have no idea how that works. I don't have to pull hubs or anything. I dno't have hoses.

I always wonder what it's like to pull a regular trailer, because first of all most people don't believe brenderup owners when we say how great they are. So it makes me wonder what that's like! And second, there's always stories about them falling apart, or needing parts, or -- ? I find it hard to believe when I hear that, because all I know is Brenderup, I mean, I don't have much stuff to break I guess. It's just 4 cables. So I guess it must be hard for someone with a regular trailer to hear about Brenderups, they think we are all just full of

. Mabye that's where all this confusion comes from.