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Location: MT | Really pay attention if it has slide-outs. My folks bought a new camper trailer and had heck with the slide-outs not working right and leaking around them.
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| SmokinGirlie - 2016-06-23 8:10 AM
horsiace1025 - 2016-06-23 7:37 AM OhMax - 2016-06-23 7:33 AM I would honestly find a trailer or RV service place would will check it over for you. I do the same thing with vehicles I buy and take them to mechanic and horses for a vet check. Trailers can be just as big a money hole if you buy a bad one so I think it's money well spent. I can see obvious issues, but some not so obvious ones may take someone who knows what they're doing. I agree, that is a good idea, but my question would be if you have to drive a long ways to look at a trailer and decide to buy it, where do you take it to get checked out in a strage city? If you buy it, bring it home and then find out it has issues, your screwed!
Thank you everyone for the tips!
If you drive a long way to look at a horse how do you find a vet to check him?
It's one thing if the trailer truly is in the boonies, but Google and a little planning will generally find a reasonably close service center.
A friend of mine bought her daughter a little 3H 4' shortwall to college rodeo in. They've owned a number of LQ trailers and her husband drives for a living, they looked it over and thought they got a good deal. They've now put more than they paid for it (it wasn't a steal) into it because of issues they've discovered along the way and if they were to sell it they won't get their money out of it. It's made me extremely hesitant and skeptical when looking at LQ trailers and was actually one of the reasons I ended up buying new. | |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | 3canstorun - 2016-06-22 11:41 AM We drove 900 miles one way to get our LQ used trailer. We bought from NRS. We bought site unseen. They are top notch to deal with. It was plugged up, had water running to it when we showed up. They did everything mentioned as far as looking at the underside, tanks, every light, etc. if you are going to buy used I would go straight to them.
NRS is great to deal with as far as purchasing a used trailer goes. They do check EVERYTHING on the trailers and have a great trailer service center. I don't like their tack and clothing or their prices compared to the other stores close to me (You all know by now I'm a die hard Teskey's fan lol) but as far as trailers go, they at least have that figured out!  | |
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| OhMax - 2016-06-23 11:47 AM
SmokinGirlie - 2016-06-23 8:10 AM
horsiace1025 - 2016-06-23 7:37 AM OhMax - 2016-06-23 7:33 AM I would honestly find a trailer or RV service place would will check it over for you. I do the same thing with vehicles I buy and take them to mechanic and horses for a vet check. Trailers can be just as big a money hole if you buy a bad one so I think it's money well spent. I can see obvious issues, but some not so obvious ones may take someone who knows what they're doing. I agree, that is a good idea, but my question would be if you have to drive a long ways to look at a trailer and decide to buy it, where do you take it to get checked out in a strage city? If you buy it, bring it home and then find out it has issues, your screwed!
Thank you everyone for the tips!
If you drive a long way to look at a horse how do you find a vet to check him?
It's one thing if the trailer truly is in the boonies, but Google and a little planning will generally find a reasonably close service center.
A friend of mine bought her daughter a little 3H 4' shortwall to college rodeo in. They've owned a number of LQ trailers and her husband drives for a living, they looked it over and thought they got a good deal. They've now put more than they paid for it (it wasn't a steal ) into it because of issues they've discovered along the way and if they were to sell it they won't get their money out of it. It's made me extremely hesitant and skeptical when looking at LQ trailers and was actually one of the reasons I ended up buying new.
Iv really been contemplating in my head if it would just be better to buy new for this reason! To me it is kind of like a car. You either pay for new and (hopefully) dont have to worry for years to come, or you buy used and pay for repairs. Its just the way it is. However, I do believe if you found something that has been well takin care of and not abused then you can still come out ahead buying used, but that is hard. | |
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| horsiace1025 - 2016-06-23 11:52 AM
OhMax - 2016-06-23 11:47 AM
SmokinGirlie - 2016-06-23 8:10 AM
horsiace1025 - 2016-06-23 7:37 AM OhMax - 2016-06-23 7:33 AM I would honestly find a trailer or RV service place would will check it over for you. I do the same thing with vehicles I buy and take them to mechanic and horses for a vet check. Trailers can be just as big a money hole if you buy a bad one so I think it's money well spent. I can see obvious issues, but some not so obvious ones may take someone who knows what they're doing. I agree, that is a good idea, but my question would be if you have to drive a long ways to look at a trailer and decide to buy it, where do you take it to get checked out in a strage city? If you buy it, bring it home and then find out it has issues, your screwed!
Thank you everyone for the tips!
If you drive a long way to look at a horse how do you find a vet to check him?
It's one thing if the trailer truly is in the boonies, but Google and a little planning will generally find a reasonably close service center.
A friend of mine bought her daughter a little 3H 4' shortwall to college rodeo in. They've owned a number of LQ trailers and her husband drives for a living, they looked it over and thought they got a good deal. They've now put more than they paid for it (it wasn't a steal ) into it because of issues they've discovered along the way and if they were to sell it they won't get their money out of it. It's made me extremely hesitant and skeptical when looking at LQ trailers and was actually one of the reasons I ended up buying new.
Iv really been contemplating in my head if it would just be better to buy new for this reason! To me it is kind of like a car. You either pay for new and (hopefully ) dont have to worry for years to come, or you buy used and pay for repairs. Its just the way it is. However, I do believe if you found something that has been well takin care of and not abused then you can still come out ahead buying used, but that is hard.
Agreed, we went and look at a couple used ones for sale by owner and when we pointed out pretty obvious issues (why are all the window bars missing on the rear side? What's up with those wires dangling underneath? Not kidding.) we got a runaround about how they hadn't noticed that, it had been like that, yadayada. It really left a bad taste in our mouth and feeling unsure if we were qualified to determine if we were getting a quality trailer. | |
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| Yep, I drove 8 hours one way with a check in hand to buy a trailer from a DEALER and when I got there, not only had the trailer not been inspected, but it was down right dirty, the light bulbs were blown, the generator(located in the last manger) exaust pipe was wired up to keep it from dragging the pavement and the back door latch was broke off! You really have to be careful. Its pretty depressing. | |
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Location: Oklahoma | I have bought every single one of my LQ trailers used. I bought all of them from individuals except for one that I bought at a trailer dealership. The one I bought at the dealership was the only one I got screwed on. It had water damage so bad, I had to have the whole LQ gutted and redone, both tanks had frozen and were broken and had to be replaced, among a lot of other little stuff. I would recommend buying from an individual and ask for service records. I have them on all my trailers where I've had them winterized and serviced; so should the seller. If they don't have them, there's probably a reason. I also only buy really good brands, for instance, 4 Star, Elite, Platinum, etc. I've found people tend to take better care of the more expensive brands, and they tend to be built better as well. I also will only buy trailers that have Outlaw Interiors. I've found that every time I buy some other interior, I'm not happy and I have issues. Outlaw costs more, but there's a reason. They're built better. | |
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