trailer deal

http://reno.craigslist.org/for/960238440.html

Nice trailer  but not buying the $2000 original price tag ! Are they really that much ? Must be because its a SPECIALITY trailer ?

I've seen others like that that went for $1800 so it may be not that out of line....depends on the make.

A benchmark price for a 12-inch-wheel trailler is $234.00

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/NTESearch?storeId=6970&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=trailer&Nty=1&D=trailer&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Dx=mode+matchallpartial

Comes with good US DOT "certs" that will in turn, makes it a no-sweat deal
at the California DMV registration desk.

The tongue on those "Northerntool" trailers is too short for most practical uses.
You can just go buy an off-the-shelf 2 1/2 X 2 1/2-inch aluminum extrusion (comes 25-feet long for $30, you have to cut it to your desired length) ---a source is Alcon Metals on Doolittle Drive, in San Leandro.

Judd

Here's a rack and roll for $2100, which is probably a lot better than a Northern tool trailer, but I don't really know that.

http://rackandroll.com/index.php?main_page=product_expanded_info&products_id=1&zenid=lo19u9lhje4ib54ecammjtumr7

That's a great deal for that trailer. I hope someone can take advantage of it. Trailers are not cheap. And from what I've heard from a few people the Northern Tool trailers are scary flimsy. Better to buy a better trailer for a deal IMO.

Z

NorthernTool trailers ARE NOT flimsy.
I've got one.   Had it now for five years.
Not, not, not....flimsy at all......rated for 1,200 pounds
The trailer is equipped with "slipper leaf springs."
Put a plywood deck on the frame and they're ready for anything.
Not flimsy.   

The limiting factor isn't the trailer, it's towing vehicle's weight.
With my 2500-pound Toyota Corolla I would never draw more than 800 pounds......and that much, ONLY in-town at 30mph max...for taking lumber and concrete from the local yard over to my house.   

Out of the Box, the NorthernTool trailer weighs 85 pounds......mine, with decking and a contractors lock-box is 160 pounds.   You can go around to the rear frame and just lift it off the ground easy.

With a full load of vacation equipment, I guess my trailer might come to 400 pounds.   My Corolla gets 35mph with that weight behind it on Oregon-and-back vacation trips....that's including all the mountain passes and everything.

That little Rack&Roll KD65 trailer looks like a very sweet thing for an ultra-light car like the Yaris.  (Cavaet: the Yaris Does Not come pre-drilled-and-tapped for a trailer-bar).   It's coil springs would be suitable for light loads. 
Too bad the wheel-fenders lift above the frame.  This might keep one from cutting a 4-foot-wide plywood bed for it.

All Kayak Trailers.....need a minimum 6-foot tongue from the front frame-member to the trailer-ball.    Anything less severely restricts utility.

Cavaet:   You CANNOT BACK a trailer you cannot see.   All narrow trailers track well inside of the towing-vehicle's side-mirrors.   Therefore they can ONLY be backed, using the towing vehicle's central inside rear-view mirror.   And therefore "the load" has to be tall enough to be SEEN, or the trailer has to be mounted with front and rear "pilot poles" that allow the driver to "gage alignment" as he backs.    Waiting for the trailer to "appear" in the side mirrors won't work.......the angle-of-error will be too big by that time.

Judd