Trailers are worthless
As a guy with a car hauler I can honestly say...its worth its wieght in gold if your constantly either BUYING CARS...MOVING CARS...or SELLING CARS [which i do alot of]. With that said...if you do not do any of the above more then a few times a year...its hard to justify the cost of the truck.
Here's a pic of my hauler truck with my Malibu on the back.
83 Chevy c30 with a hodges bed. The bed is about 18 ft long so its about the same size as typical car trailer.
Pro:
- Dont have to hitch / unhitch trailer all the HOTTTTTTT DAMMM TIME...which usually involves rain :banghead:
- No need to worry about trailer sway.
- Looks bad *** when people see a car on the back of a truck.
- If you have a winch...loading up dead cars is a snap.
- Less chance of clipping a honda accord in your blind spot as a 18 foot trailer and a full bed pickup are pretty long.
Cons:
-You MUSTTTTTTTT have plenty of street parking or land to park on.
-Big chevy 454 gets about 9 miles to the gallon...loaded or unloaded :wack:
- You almost HAVEEEEEEE to find a truck repair shop to do anything other then changing the oil and engine bay repairs. I attempted to change the u-joints out only to discover that the drive shaft was 3 seperate pieces and had like 8 joints :angryfir:
Overall, I wouldnt trade the truck for anything in the world. If you look out on ebay and Craigslist I see them all the time posted. Make sure whatever you get though...that its big block powered and has a winch. I test drove one with a SBC 350 in it and it was fine unloaded...but when it was loaded it wheezed like an asmatic asian kid ahahahha.
As a guy with a car hauler I can honestly say...its worth its wieght in gold if your constantly either BUYING CARS...MOVING CARS...or SELLING CARS [which i do alot of]. With that said...if you do not do any of the above more then a few times a year...its hard to justify the cost of the truck.
Here's a pic of my hauler truck with my Malibu on the back.
83 Chevy c30 with a hodges bed. The bed is about 18 ft long so its about the same size as typical car trailer.
Pro:
- Dont have to hitch / unhitch trailer all the HOTTTTTTT DAMMM TIME...which usually involves rain :banghead:
- No need to worry about trailer sway.
- Looks bad *** when people see a car on the back of a truck.
- If you have a winch...loading up dead cars is a snap.
- Less chance of clipping a honda accord in your blind spot as a 18 foot trailer and a full bed pickup are pretty long.
Cons:
-You MUSTTTTTTTT have plenty of street parking or land to park on.
-Big chevy 454 gets about 9 miles to the gallon...loaded or unloaded :wack:
- You almost HAVEEEEEEE to find a truck repair shop to do anything other then changing the oil and engine bay repairs. I attempted to change the u-joints out only to discover that the drive shaft was 3 seperate pieces and had like 8 joints :angryfir:
Overall, I wouldnt trade the truck for anything in the world. If you look out on ebay and Craigslist I see them all the time posted. Make sure whatever you get though...that its big block powered and has a winch. I test drove one with a SBC 350 in it and it was fine unloaded...but when it was loaded it wheezed like an asmatic asian kid ahahahha.
