View attachment 24241 View attachment 24242 At three times the cost (not including labor) of my own total cost of everything I put into building my heavy duty Harbor Freight 4'X8' flatbed utility trailer, Mike's products are still a much better deal.
I had to de-gloss every sq inch of the painted metal before painting over it, prior to assembly. I did this because I was fool enough and gullible enough to believe that it might actually do some good. Well, now I have a much thicker paint job on a cheap trailer. I should have skipped that part, and just bolted the frame together.
Then i had to go buy plywood for the deck, cut and prime and paint that with polyurethane floor paint. And then I had to cut and build sides. The added cost of wood, paint, and hardware were more than I had thought they would be. But the time it took to do it all is where I lost. It ate up fly tying time, fishing time, lots of time where I could have been doing something more fun than building a POS trailer from a kit.
The cheap Chinese tires that came with mine look a bit sketchy, and they make me nervous.
But at least the trailer looks good at a distance! Purtier than lipstick on a pig! I'll see if I can find a good pic to post.
I absolutely want to roller! My former trailer had a roller. My current trailer does not. Current trailer is a pain in the ass.Iron Eagle makes good trailers but you may or may not want a roller on the back
View attachment 24241 View attachment 24242 At three times the cost (not including labor) of my own total cost of everything I put into building my heavy duty Harbor Freight 4'X8' flatbed utility trailer, Mike's products are still a much better deal.
I had to de-gloss every sq inch of the painted metal before painting over it, prior to assembly. I did this because I was fool enough and gullible enough to believe that it might actually do some good. Well, now I have a much thicker paint job on a cheap trailer. I should have skipped that part, and just bolted the frame together.
Then i had to go buy plywood for the deck, cut and prime and paint that with polyurethane floor paint. And then I had to cut and build sides. The added cost of wood, paint, and hardware were more than I had thought they would be. But the time it took to do it all is where I lost. It ate up fly tying time, fishing time, lots of time where I could have been doing something more fun than building a POS trailer from a kit.
The cheap Chinese tires that came with mine look a bit sketchy, and they make me nervous.
But at least the trailer looks good at a distance! Purtier than lipstick on a pig! I'll see if I can find a good pic to post.