I need a small trailer now & then. Not for heavy use or long distances, just to carry a mower occasionally. About a 4x6.
I’ve been watching Craigslist & other forums but not found much. Harbor Freight has a 40x48 for 300 & a 4x8 for 350. I would have to put plywood on either one.
Have any of you tried these HF trailers?
I had one of the 1750lb capacity ones. I put a 3)4" plywood deck on it and 2' plywood sides. I loaded it up with maybe 2500lbs of stuff and drive it behind a Ford Focus from Ohio to Utah without issue. (Well, it too lk forever to get up to speed and I tried to stay off the brakes. But both the car and the trailer were fine)
It lasted for about 7 years after that. Then one day I loaded it up with maybe 2500-3000lbs of scrap metal. Usually when I did something like that , if I put it in reverse and caught the wheel on a curb or in a hole, it would bring the ford form is to a stop. No problem. I'd check what was going on, and then pull it out of the joke without issue. Except this time I didn't have it behind the ford focus. I had it behind a 1972 International Harvester 3/4 ton truck,. I backed it up, the wheel caught in a really deep pot hole, I heard loud bang. 6000lbs of Truck plus another ton of scrap in the bed didn't stop. The trailer was completely mangled and destroyed. But I don't blame the little harbor freight trailer. I abused it repeatedly and it took everything I could dish out until I backed over it with a truck.
