Old trailers
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There are three types of old trailers to avoid.
One: odd-length trailers. Unless you know someone who needs one, you will have trouble trying to shift it. Often taken in as part-exchange for new trailers, odd-length trailers do not merit the work they take to sell, unless you know a truck dealer who needs one for MoT testing. Two: old plant trailers. An old friend of Laurie Dealer went prematurely bald at the standard of returning plant trailers: bits falling off, no brake linings, chassis cracked, etc – the list goes on. All resale margins evaporate thanks to the repair bill.
Three: old logging trailers. Often pulled through knee-deep mud and dragged over rocks and ditches, it doesn’t take these trailers long to become knackered. Credit where credit’s due, if it wasn’t for manufacturers building bullet-proof trailers, they wouldn’t last as long as they do. Laurie Dealer has only ever willingly sold one, and that was at £7 a tonne.