paging AZ-K5: BigTex Trailers...any good???

[kgillyk5]

All right. I need a trailer and was wondering if anyone had an opinion about bigtex trailers as far as quality etc... I'm looking at a 2004 70CH model like this one - http://www.bigtextrailers.com/spec/70ch.html

I was reading supersize75K5's trailer build thread and ran across this:

(The important part is in bold)

Andrew just did this. He said that he probably wouldn't do it again. His trailer is nice, but there is not much in money savings. He even used 14FF hubs and as much scrap as possible. Buy one. Carson is good, Big Tex is not. Once you price it all out you will see. You can even buy a normal low deck bumper pull now (get the longest you can afford to buy and store) and have it converted to goose later.

Does anyone have the same opinion, ...AZ-K5, is it materials, craftsmanship or what that leads you to this conclusion?

 

[supersize75k5]

go on towrig.com or other sites to get some real life feedack as well.

personally what did it for me is I got a good deal on the parts, had the time and space. however ALOT of the trailer I looked at just buying I was not impressed for the price, I also have been around trailer maint/building a couple years ago and got some insight into how quick/cheap/cheasy some are made.

for the person towing a 5000lb rig only once a month you may never even notice most of the things that may be oversights or quality issues.

the built right trailer I have been using seems fine, weld look like crap and in some casses cracked already, also I cant think of the brand but a friend bought one and the axel had no grease or something was wrong with the hub//bran new trailer

just read up and inspect the hell out of one when you purchase it..read your warranty too, a educated consumer is a wise one.