Trailer Color
12-15-2011, 07:24 PM
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Trailer Color
I'm having a steel trailer built for this 382 and having a hard time picking the color. It will be a 5th wheel trailer with drive guards. I want to stick with a solid color for cost. Debating between black and red, any advise?
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12-16-2011, 12:28 AM
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I vote black. Black trailer makes you notice the boat. White trailer makes you notice the trailer and the boat.
However I would build an aluminum trailer, especially if I were building one that nice and that expensive. You resale target buyer is very, very, very small with that kind of money wrapped up in a trailer that you can only use in so many places.
Plus, if you have a trailer that nice, you might as well make some trips, like to FLorida! What are you towing with? Wouldn't the weight savings be worth it as well?
However I would build an aluminum trailer, especially if I were building one that nice and that expensive. You resale target buyer is very, very, very small with that kind of money wrapped up in a trailer that you can only use in so many places.
Plus, if you have a trailer that nice, you might as well make some trips, like to FLorida! What are you towing with? Wouldn't the weight savings be worth it as well?
12-16-2011, 01:21 AM
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a black trailer is as big a PITA to keep nice as a black vehicle
I know I own one...Eagle Premier.
I've also had red (Eagle)
Two whites (Eagles)
and an aluminum
Aluminum is easy to own maybe a little harder to buy?
Red would look fantastic under that boat, it will stand out just fine on red (more than you think)
I know I own one...Eagle Premier.
I've also had red (Eagle)
Two whites (Eagles)
and an aluminum
Aluminum is easy to own maybe a little harder to buy?
Red would look fantastic under that boat, it will stand out just fine on red (more than you think)
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12-16-2011, 06:54 AM
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Thanks for the feedback, it sounds like most votes are for red.
It will be used strictly in the great lakes, and I won't be towing far so weight savings won't be a huge factor. If I ever ended up in salt water, I would just have a marina drop it in. Tow vehicle is a 2500HD Duramax, which is why I'm going 5th wheel for a boat this heavy.
Thanks guys!
It will be used strictly in the great lakes, and I won't be towing far so weight savings won't be a huge factor. If I ever ended up in salt water, I would just have a marina drop it in. Tow vehicle is a 2500HD Duramax, which is why I'm going 5th wheel for a boat this heavy.
Thanks guys!
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Thanks for the feedback, it sounds like most votes are for red.
It will be used strictly in the great lakes, and I won't be towing far so weight savings won't be a huge factor. If I ever ended up in salt water, I would just have a marina drop it in. Tow vehicle is a 2500HD Duramax, which is why I'm going 5th wheel for a boat this heavy.
Thanks guys!
It will be used strictly in the great lakes, and I won't be towing far so weight savings won't be a huge factor. If I ever ended up in salt water, I would just have a marina drop it in. Tow vehicle is a 2500HD Duramax, which is why I'm going 5th wheel for a boat this heavy.
Thanks guys!
