looking to purchase a 2 car trailer sometime in the second quarter of the year. i was doing a search near me and this pops up
http://mansfield.craigslist.org/grd/5348649698.html
obviously, it was a trailer park home in a previous life.
it looks like the proportions are the same as any of the 34-36 foot 2 car trailers i've been looking at, as far as axle location. some are lower decks completely between the wheels like a normal car trailer, some are deck over wheels, like this one would be.
yes, there is a big pain of removing the floor. disposal of the stuff isnt too bad, we have a dumpster for the business so i could top it off a couple times and the carpet/insulation would be gone.
when the floor is gone, it looks like i've got a pair of I beams with some crossmembers that is almost ready to lay some floor to drive on, and cut a dovetail into the back, make some ramps, and ???
i gather, this one has been up for quite some time and he still has it, that maybe it's a $400 offer away from being a really great or bad idea.
it has 6k axles, i could get 7k axles, springs, brakes easy enough. it seems as though for around a $2000 investment for plate to make floor, some channels for supports/ramps, bigger axles if necessary, new tires(already have 8 lug wheels), light wiring, and a beefy jack it would be a car trailer.
critique me. tell me it's a stupid idea and that for $2500 you know a guy with a factory built 2 car hauler i could buy that's ready to roll. tell me those i beams each weigh what a factory built car trailer weighs. basically, let me know if this is a really stupid idea or a spectacular way to have the trailer i want without spending 6 grand on a new one. or tell me that a 2 car bumper pull trailer is a really stupid idea and i should get a gooseneck. it'll be getting pulled with a '16 cummins ram 3500(don't have that yet either, still shopping). maybe you should even tell me to mortgage my rental house to pull tax free equity out and just buy a brand new trailer so i don't have any issues with old junk. i'm on the fence and need pushed one way or the other by someone who is not my wife, who thinks this is a really stupid idea and would surely murder me if i buy it.