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Originally Posted by utee94
What I'd like to avoid (if at all possible), is buying a $2K trailer and finding out I need to put $8K into it just to make it useable, when there's a $6K trailer out there that's in much better shape, would be more immediately useable, and would ultimately cost me less money.
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My thought on this is that you could easily spend $6000 on a trailer that needs $6000 in hidden repairs. Unless you can find one that has been documented to have been repaired correctly, with pictures to prove it, you can assume that it WILL need axles, floor repairs, plumbing refurb, etc. I think you would be better off buying the $2000 trailer knowing that you will have to spend the additional money anyway. It seems to me that people buying a vintage trailer are doing it becuase they are looking for a project and hope to have something better than a new Airstream when they finished. That's what I have done. My trailer needs a lot of work, but I'm planning to repair the rear floor and frame this spring, use the trailer over the summer to camp while doing a "rolling refurbishment", then do the front floor next winter spring, and continue to camp while I continue to refurb the unit next summer.
I picked up my Airstream a month ago for $2900. The belly pan was off, so I was able to crawl underneath and get a very good idea of what I was buying. Check out my blog
1961 Airstream Restoration to get an idea of what I'm doing.