Chris.

I bought a trailer from harbor about 10 years ago, It was shipped in boxes,
I picked up from a trucking company dock. Took it home put it together,
about a 3hr job with out air tools.

I have put a 1" plywood deck on it (presure treated) have used it to haul
almost every thing, from landscape material, hauled my 550 lb mower to the
repair shop, my 8ft fishing boat, when I used to camp, furniture bla bla
bla. Can't put a lot of weight on it, but it has never let me down.

I made side boards for it, wooden ramps, I would be screwed with out this
trailer, the best part is it folds up and stores in the garage, and I don't
have to kiss someones ass, that owns a truck when I need to haul something.
Its easy to fold and un-fold I do it my self, I am no spring chicken.

I pull it with a Honda 2001 CR-V 4 cyl automatic.

Would I buy another is a heart beat!

If I have time this afternoon I will take a picture of it folded up in the
garage and post it.

Tom


"chris jung" wrote in message
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Hi,
From time to time, we need to haul woodchips, mulch, landscape stone,
furniture/appliances (we have an apartment), construction materials (we
will be building a storage room in our garage and will need to bring home
drywall sheets), taking debris to the landfill, etc. We have a sedan
(Oldsmobile Achieva on it's way out) and a van (Plymouth Grand Voyager).
The Van has a cargo liner in the back (covers the floor and goes up the
sides to the back of the middle bench seat and windows) and can haul
modest amounts of stuff but getting something like woodchips (free for the
taking at our town highway & public services department) is difficult and
messy even with the cargo liner.

I'm thinking it might be a good idea to get a lightweight utility
trailer - light enough to be pulled by our van (according to the manual it
has a maximum tow rating of 2K but we had a transmission cooler installed
when the transmission was rebuilt last year) - or maybe even by a future
car. We don't need a trailer with a ramp.

I've looked at the trailers on the Harbor Freight web-site (
http://makeashorterlink.com/?A5AC14FFC ). The first three listed (the
1175, 990, 860 capacities ones) seem about right in terms of weight and
size and the price is certainly attractive. Of course we would need to put
in decking & sides. Does anyone have experience or opinions about these
trailers? I see that all of these trailers can be folded but I wonder if
anyone really does that.

While we are planning to use a utility trailer for jobs around town but
it's also possible we'll use it to carry supplies for car camping trips
(During the last camping trip the van was jam-packed with two adults, one
8 year old boy and two collies plus camping supplies). I know a little
about horse trailers and how dangerous they can be to tow. So I want to
only use a utility trailer for car camping, only if it can be done safely.
Would a trailer like one of these need stabilizing bars or other
additions/accesories for safe highway travel?

And finally does anyone know of other sources of modest-sized utility
trailes?

Chris