TRAILER QUESTION: Which do you prefer and WHY? Trailswest or Logan Coach???

[05rmksteve]

How far do you want to travel for a truck? My wife works at a pretty large ford dealership and they have multiple dealerships. She said they are starting to see more new trucks coming in. I do see more new truck sitting on the lot when I drive by.

 

[caper11]

I was looking at
King Ranch
Platinum
Limited
Found none for less than +20K over MSRP

I hope you politely told them where to go. Lol this MRSP+ game is getting very old. Been trying to get a muscle car, don’t matter I like the GT500 and the Hellcat, but MRSP + pizzes me off.

 

[05rmksteve]

Like NorthMNSledder said the dealer ships in the Midwest seems to be getting more inventory. I'm see more new trucks on the lots.

 

[05rmksteve]

Even starting to see some rebates on new vehicles around here.

 

[christopher]

How far do you want to travel for a truck? My wife works at a pretty large ford dealership and they have multiple dealerships. She said they are starting to see more new trucks coming in. I do see more new truck sitting on the lot when I drive by.

I am here in Idaho Falls.
I would have no issues traveling to Boise or Salt Lake City when the time comes if needed.

 

[christopher]

Even starting to see some rebates on new vehicles around here.

REALLY?

 

[05rmksteve]

REALLY?

 

[volcano buster]

That Mill's outfit sure doesn't have any white F150's like I want...

 

[NorthMNSledder]

Christopher, if you buy a truck from MN I offer to drive it back to you.

If it's during sled season I'll even pay the fuel bill out. As long as I can put the sled in the back.

 

[christopher]

Christopher, if you buy a truck from MN I offer to drive it back to you.

If it's during sled season I'll even pay the fuel bill out. As long as I can put the sled in the back.

WHAT A BUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[nickPSD]

Any updates on this?

So here is the current game plan for this summer.
Logan Coach is going to build SnoWest a one off project trailer.
Much to my surprise the vast overwhelming majority of snowmobile trailers they sell are Goosenecks.
Only 12% are Bumper Pull!
(And chances are this is a result of the weight of these trailers)

So we are going to team up with them and see if we can build a trailer that is just as "Stout" as the current one, but more friendly for towing with a Bumper Pull rather than a Gooseneck.

Having spent several hours walking through and WATCHING these trailer be manufactured, I can ATTEST to the fact they are WILDLY OVER-ENGINEERED and totally understand why they LAST FOREVER. I was SOO impressed with their attention to detail, even their electrical wiring harnesses were DONE RIGHT using legit pre-built sealed harnesses that run from the front to the rear of the trailers without using any of those nasty Splice Connectors.

Their background in building high end Horse and Cattle trailers bleeds over into everything they do. The trailers are just wickedly STRONG.

((just an aside. Their roofs are built to withstand a horse bucking its rear legs UP INTO THE ROOF!! When they took me through the roofing section they took particular joy in inviting me to WALK and DANCE on the roof knowing with absolute certainty that I couldn't damage it. OVERBUILT MAYBE JUST A BIT FOR SNOWMOBILING??))


Next week we will begin specing out the new trailer.
But my goal is the shortest trailer that we can squeeze 3-165 track mountain sleds into.

 

[christopher]

Any updates on this?

oh ya.
Wow, didn't realize I ever posted a mid-summer update.
Logan bailed on me.
They sent me a letter in the middle of the summer that they had decided NOT to move forward with a new lightweight trailer and prefered to remain manufacturing what they had been for the last many years.

Thus the trailer would likely exceed the capabilities of my F150 and would require an upgrade to an F250 or F350.

Not wanting to sell my 2yr old truck we parted ways as amicably as possible.

Should I decide to bail out on my F150 and go back to an F250, they would be happy to continue on the project.

 

[IDspud]

You drive a sissy truck?

 

[christopher]

You drive a sissy truck?

Yup
Drove that F250 for 15 years, then upgraded to an F150 Powerboost.
Nicest truck I have ever owned.

But not made to pull a HEAVY trailer.

 

[IDspud]

So it’s a nice car?

 

[IDspud]

Ever had any issues pulling your current trailer?

 

[christopher]

Ever had any issues pulling your current trailer?

The trailer is fine
Its the stuff on top of it that keeps FALLING OFF.

 

[volcano buster]

Its the stuff on top of it that keeps FALLING OFF.

If we sent a collection plate around, what color bungee would you want?

 

[IDspud]

He’s all rainbow.

 

[kanedog]

Logan. Tw quality is horrendous. Haven’t seen a Logan in person but ANYTHING is better than tw.