Date:         Thu, 19 Jun 2014 05:48:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westrailia update
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <53A26F86.5040700@gmail.com>
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I have seen a few of the Ladybug trailers around  So Cal and Baja.  Nice

 You were lucky to be relatively close to civilization when you broke the
trailer...

   A lot of trailers are not really suitable to tow anywhere but on streets
and highways.   Something to take into consideration before one ventures
off into the back country with a trailer in tow.

   We towed a Well Cargo 10' box trailer to Baja and back for some years.
Wells Cargo is made in the US and has a pretty good rep and also good
customer service, but we broke stuff that we could have easily reinforced
before leaving, and  saved some sketchy repair moments.
 The wiring on trailers can be somewhat frustrating and vulnerable, too.
Simple, yes but prone being damaged and corrosion... It never seems to just
work when you want to hook up and go...
 I am currently reworking that same Wells Cargo to tow again with  the new
(to me) GM Safari AWD van I just got...  I am doing it as right as I can
possibly do, having dealt with poorly executed wiring quite often on almost
every trailer I have every been around..

   It seems that when most trailers are manufactured they don't carefully
consider how the buyers might actually use them and they cut corners, in
ways that will show up later....

 Don Hanson


On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:05 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
Heh.

No -- this little trailer has been a great pleasure to me.