Trail King step decks, are they decent trailers?

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  1. Gumper

    Gumper Road Train Member

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    Have a local guy with a 2004 Trail King 53’x102” three axle combo step he wants to get rid of to get a regular flat. Are they decent trailers? The pictures look good. I’m pretty sure I’d trade my Ravens for it without hesitation since I wanted a step anyway.
     
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  3. starmac

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    I would look it over real good, make sure it is not busted up or rusted out and get the paper work swapped before he changes his mind. lol
     
  4. baha

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    Also ck. the empty wt. you will find a lot of diff.
     
  5. Gumper

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    Said he wants to get $20,000 out of it. Seems a little high, but not out of range. Not crazy about the three axle setup, but it could be useful occasionally.
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  6. bigguns

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    Weigh it yourself before you make any decisions. Don’t take somebody’s word for it. Just a note of caution.
     
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  7. starmac

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    I personally like the 3 axles setups, especially if you ever plan to run western Canada, a spread is almost worthless and a closed tandem limits you too much on how you load it. I had 2, tandem axle ones, a canadian spread on one of them, and a regular tandem on the other, a 3 axle would have been light years ahead of either one.
    I thoought a rear axle sliding spread would have been the answer, and did pull one one trip. I got busted on the way back at Prince George, BC has some odd overhang rules, they measure the whole setup, then take a percentage of this against a percentage of that and come up with the percentage of rear overhang, you can legally have. lol he shut me down, until I ask if I could spread it out and be legal, I was empty so that worked, if I had been busted on the way up, it would not have been good.
     
  8. HillbillyDeluxeTruck

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    Uhh, if you decide to pass on that deal. I want dibs. We'll hook him up with a nice flatbed for that stepdeck.
     
  9. Gumper

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    I’m sure he’d like that. Looking at the numbers I’m not sure we have the spare cash sitting around to dump into it right now. Will be a few months before I can pay outright for another trailer.
     
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