Holiday Trailers

[8 Ball]

Me and the wife are looking into buying a trailer for the odd trip and camping. I was wondering if anyone here has any personal experience with where to buy and what makes are good and bad.
I'm looking for a bumper pull 24' - 27'. Probably with a pull out for extra room.
Any help would be appreciated.

[BlackEleven]

Some advice I can give is check under the trailer for rust. I remember my dad bought a trailer last year without actually laying down and having a look underneath. After a couple weeks, he dropped something looked under the trailer and noticed the whole undercarriage was completely rusted.

The place where he bought it from refused to give him a new trailer, instead wanting to repair the rust. But he was convinced you couldn't repair something like that and demanded a new one, but they just wouldn't give it to him.

I'll ask him where it was, but the moral of the story is to check underneath the thing!

The model he owned that he liked the most was a Rustler, I believe, 24' model.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

EDIT:
Double post. how the hell did that happen?

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

To be perfectly fair, if it was a used trailer, and your dad didn't look it over properly why should the dealership be on the hook to fix/replace it. If it is a new trailer I can maybe see it, but this seems like a pretty good case of buyer beware.
Sorry for the hijack.

That being said, my folks have bought 2 trailers from Woody's RV world and they've been very happy with both.

[MolsonInBothHands]

We bought a trailer from Western RV World about three years ago. Putting aside my distaste of major purchases involving sleezy salesmen, our experience with them was alright. They run classes on various maintenance tasks like winterizing. They took us in a stocked motorhome to the Chuck Wagon races and got us completely shinguard faced. They have even accomodated my cranky wife, and replaced the lino when she noticed a nick. Service department is helpful, but very busy. I would deal with them again.

I think the trailer itself is a Wanderer 182DT. It has three softwalled flip outs, which we love. Our kids have their own rooms complete with light and plug in, so they can bring a friend along, and it cuts down on the fighting. We are pretty happy so far.

[8 Ball]

Appreciate the info guys. Looks like I will probably go with a Trail Blazer from Woody's.

[BlackEleven]

Originally posted by Bring_Back_Shantz@May 18 2005, 05:38 PM
To be perfectly fair, if it was a used trailer, and your dad didn't look it over properly why should the dealership be on the hook to fix/replace it. If it is a new trailer I can maybe see it, but this seems like a pretty good case of buyer beware.
Sorry for the hijack.

That being said, my folks have bought 2 trailers from Woody's RV world and they've been very happy with both.

It was brand new.... that's why he was so mad about it.