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![]() "HK" wrote in message m... Don White wrote: What to do? Now that the Ranger pickup has gone back off lease, I have an occasional use for a small utility trailer. Here's what I'm looking at right now... Lifetime fold-up 4' x 6' model capable of carrying 1000 lbs. Canadian Tire has them on sale next week at $800.00 CDN. pros...small & light...very easy to store on small city lot. deck made of galvanized corrugated steel cons... way more moving parts to sieze & rust...light duty.. inside dimensions just a hair too small for laying 4' wide sheets flat, frame is powder coated steel http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows...%2BTrailer.jsp DuraTrail 52" x 100" galvanized Econo Utility with landscape ramp pros..can easily carry full sheets of plywood, gyproc etc hot dipped galvanized for long lasting in our salt air climate/ winter road salt can carry approx 1700 lbs cons.. 2.5 times the cost.....$1900.00 down here (only $1500.00 in Ontario where they are built) might be a bit awkward to move around & store on a small lot http://www.trailerworld.ca/detail-1-...econo-box-.php Got a trailer rental joint anywhere near? Naw...that's the problem. U-Haul keeps it's crappy worn out trailers across the harbour and the utility type are few & far between. Those larger enclosed models people use for moving would max out my RAV4s towing limit before I loaded a 2" x 4". Actually when you add up the yearly license fee ( $40 ) + yearly safety checks ( $15 ) plus depreciation I could probably rent a pickup two or three times a year and break even... especially with the $1900. model. |
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