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Originally Posted by sequoiasoon
Read here also. Most of the U-haul trailers do have surge brakes on them already. The Eqaulizer is like $700+ I believe plus you'll have to go through bolting up to the u-haul. How much is delivery?? I found my local tool rental place also rents trailers. Equalizer is awesome but I probably wouldn't go through getting just for the 2 pallets. Plan on getting a trailer, sure great investment. I'm thinking more like renting the Home Depot truck for $20/hour or hook up with a local landscaper and toss him some $$. No closer stone places? |
Well, I ordered my Equal-i-zer hitch today.
It was only $399 including shipping from
RVWholesalers.com. I got the 1000lb tongue/10000lb tow model.
The stone place is only about an hour away, but they wanted $180 to send their flatbed up my way and forklift it off the truck. There are two stone places closer; one doesn't have what I'm looking for, and the quality at the second place is much worse (smaller pieces, broken pieces, etc.). I'm buying flat drywall stone to put on a concrete patio, so having a nice consistent 1" thickness is worth quite a lot in terms of quality of the finished product, and in reducing the amount of mortar I'll need to be mixing and using.
I have a landscaper who said he'd give me a break on running his flatbed down there and picking up the stone, but to pay him for his time and fuel, I'm still looking at $100.Renting the trailer from UHaul is $30 for the day, and I'll only need it for a few hours (two round trips, plus unloading at my house with a buddy).
So my thought process is this:
I don't own a trailer right now, although I'm sure I will some day. To rent one for $30 for now is a no-brainer. So whether I rent or buy, I will need a hitch. Rather than buy a cheap one to just get by, I'd rather buy it once and get a decent one. The way I see it, $399 is not that much to spend, especially considering I was ready to shell out $160 for one of those shiny Rapid Hitch adjustable hitches with no sway control or weight distribution! I'm sure glad I did my homework and realized the need for sway control and weight distribution when towing 5000lbs of trailer.
I also decided to hold off on the brake controller for now, since it could be a year or two before I need that capability, and there might be a newer/better controller to buy at that point.
- Chris