Heres is the latest addition to my equipment. I just picked up my trailer this morning. I originally had order a Lark Trailer and when I went to pick it up last week it was built to the wrong specs. The dealer offered to give me a discount for the wrong trailer but after looking over the trailer I thought the quality and craftsmanship were horrendous so I went to another dealer that day and purchased this 8.5x18 homesteader hercules series with the extended tongue. Over the next month I will work on the inside to get it ready for the season. I will post more picks of the inside once I start doing the work.
Thank you!! Its looks smaller in the picture but up close you can see the differenece. The dealer I bought it from had a 16' there but for the little extra money I went with the bigger one.
Im not sure how long it will take. I looked into painting the inside already but was told I have to wait til the temp gets above 50 degrees in order for the paint to dry properly. I will let you know how long it took once I complete everything.
Ahhh, you can go ahead and paint just put some lil heaters in your trailer or get your shop nice and toasty...it'll take more time than you think to get it ready if you take your time and plan it out like you want. Bedliner the floor and good exterior paint on the walls, and go from there.
Where did you go to get the Lark trailer? What in particular did you notice that you didnt care for? How much did this trailer run ya?
Ahhh, you can go ahead and paint just put some lil heaters in your trailer or get your shop nice and toasty...it'll take more time than you think to get it ready if you take your time and plan it out like you want. Bedliner the floor and good exterior paint on the walls, and go from there.
Where did you go to get the Lark trailer? What in particular did you notice that you didnt care for? How much did this trailer run ya?
I thought about getting a few space heaters to warm it up. Instead of a bed liner I am going to paint the floor grey and mix some sand in the paint so when it gets wet the floor isn't slippery.
I went to this place RAW in NJ. For starters the diamond plate did not bend around the front of the trailer like this one does. Also when I looked inside up at the roof you could see all the screws holding it down. The side door had a serious amount of silicon around it which ran a bit. I then looked at another trailer there and noticed it had rust coming from it.
With everything I wanted like 2 extra spare tires, a foot plate , pintle hook, a regular coupler to use with my tahoe, a rack em back back blower rack and NJ sales tax it ran me $6500.
I did not prime the floor first and i bought 2 gallon's but cant remember how much i used at the time. Had some left over. I think it was like $29.00 a gallon.
What do you mean by entenders? Yes I am going to letter it up after the winter. I need to shop around for a good guy cause the last guy I went to for the truck was expensive. It cost me like $350 just for both front doors to be done on the truck.
You can but I have heard that if you do and you get into an accident then insurance my not pay out because it is against the manufacturers specs. I do not know how true this is and I did not want to take that chance.
plus you almost need the extra tongue length when your pulling it behind a dump body because you loose almost 1ft of tongue under the dump body itself which puts the trailer corner 1ft closer to the back corner of the truck body which will lessen how tight you can turn. in most casses its not a problem until you have to turn around in a cove, or back into a tight spot, etc, etc .
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