I always told myself...
Self, if you ever buy another trailer...after nearly 20 years of using car trailers, whether borrowing or owning, learn from the past and buy it right.
The aluminum is a 20 ft deck. 5200lb axles. My current one is 16 ft deck with 3500lb axles. The aluminum is 300 lbs lighter. My payload will increase from 5000 lbs to 8650lbs...over 3600 lbs. Currently the Jeep and golf cart max out my payload on the axles. It will give me some room.
Plus is has side rails, stake pockets, removable fenders, and WILL NOT RUST!
I'll use it primarily behind the RV and no one but me will ever pull it.
The "count on one hand" number of friends that can borrow my current trailer, can still borrow it for the whiskey fee. It will be nice to keep around for those times when there's a vehicle to scrap or broken and needs to sit on the trailer an extra day or two. As well as those times when buddies with Jeep want to go wheeling and they have a truck but no trailer.
I helped Rosco build it in 2002. Then in 2003 he sold it to me. Those that know what's up with that, know that I'm not ready to part with it.
mac 'I've justified it, just working it into my finances to pull the trigger' gyvr