Which flatbed TRL to use?

If only the pin is worn it'll be cheaper. If the plate is pushed up into the bottom it's pretty expensive to cut it out, replace everything across the top of the plate and then do the plate n pin.
Just my $0.02

 

The guy said that there is some rust.... I will let you know Sunday....

Thanks for your $0.02

 

ck. the # plate to see if it has 80,ooo# gross rateing, those are the strong ones.

 

Well, I checked out the trailer and it looks good. Spent a couple hours checking every inch, with my son, and found three cross-members that have a 1/4" rust hole and one is bent, from a blown tire. The steel frame is solid, no cracks found, no rust holes found, and no damage found. The paint is bubbled in a lot of area's but, no serious rust anywhere. The salesman explained, and showed me, that the support members over the kingpin plate are rusted. The plate is not pushed up, or warped at all. He said his shop will repair for around $2500.00, does that sound about right? The tandems on the left, front, axle are showing signs that the spindle is bent. After all said and done, I told the salesman he would have to get his shop to guarantee me that the axle is not bent, before I would go forward with the purchase of the trailer. I also told him that if I did go through with the purchase of the trailer, he would have to do a complete DOT inspection on the trailer and put a sticker on it, before I pulled it out of there. He quoted me around $1300.00 to repair spindle and from what I researched, that is a good price. The deck is solid and no work needs to be done to it. The brakes are real close to needing replaced, in fact, I would do that before putting it on the road, at least the rear axle. The only thing I would do with in the next year or two, is blast the frame and paint. So, here is the damage....$4500.00 for purchase of trailer, $2500.00 for kingpin plate repair and $1300.00 for spindle repair. Add another $1200.00 for misc., (a tire needs replaced, and the rub rail needs repaired, it is tore in one spot). That is a total of $9500.00 for a 1998 Fontaine Combo 48 x 102 spread axle, air ride flatbed, road ready. It still has a great arch and it is not sprung. I have only found a couple trailer of same specs, in that price range, most are higher. So tell me what you think.....

 

Last week the axle surgeon replaced a spindle on one of my spreads. With mileage, parts, labor was $850 rolling down the road.

 

keep on looking, wood is heavy it will still be 4 sale after U look at more trailers.

 

If I could pull it, I would take it to a cheaper axle dr but, by the time I pay to have it moved, the price would be about the same, or more. I have heard between $700 and $1500

 

The axle surgeons are mobile. The one I used was out of Michigan. When I called him in the morning he was in Wisconsin once he completed that job he dropped down to Indiana that evening. Took him about an hour to cut off the spindle and weld on a new one. That was why I was saying with mileage, parts and labor. They will do it in the parking lot.

 

I appreciate the information, I will call around and see what I can find.

 

My .02 would be to pass on it & keep looking. You sold a trailer in a lot better shape than this one for less money.