[TheForge] OT - HF Trailer

[Larry Brown]

Save the steel you can use elsewhere and junk the rest, as the trailers are 
pretty cheap and if you aren't in a hurry you can probably get one used at 
a good price
L Brown


At 10:39 AM 12/16/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>Hey Folks!
>
>I was hoping to get your advice concerning a damaged trailer my
>fiancee and I have.  I'm assuming it is just a HF kit deal.  It looks
>like it, orange, foldable, etc.  About 2 months ago I loaded it up
>with way too much river sand for the back yard.  On the way home I got
>to experience the joy of a blow out.  (I learned a lot, like checking
>and verifying towing capacity!)  We eventually had the trailer towed
>home on a flatbed.  So now we have a trailer parked out front with two
>damaged beyond repair wheels, and a bent axle.  Then, to top it off,
>last week some drunk hit our trailer, our neighbors trailer, and a
>telephone pole, before driving off.  So the wood box of the trailer is
>now trashed as well.  My fiancee wants the eye sore gone from out
>front.  I know we need a trailer, so I'm wondering if its a better
>(and hopefully cheaper) idea to have someone put a new axle on and
>then rebuild the wood box for it.  Otherwise we'll just get rid of it,
>then turn around and buy a new one in a few months.
>
>What's your guys (and gals) advice?  Should I try and save the frame
>and have it repaired?  Or would it cost just as much to simply buy a
>new trailer come spring?
>
>Thanks for any input!
>
>Jim Beard