regular or HD trailer

[Blueabyss]

I am buying a new trailer for my 24 ft VIP vindicator. Its a Go fast style deep v style like a Baja. It weights about 5100lbs loaded down. My question is do I get the trailer rated at 6000lbs of spend $300 more and get one rated for 8200lbs. The regular has 5 lug 14 in wheels and the hd has 6 lug 15 in wheels plus heavier axles. Both have 2 sets of Disc brakes Its it worth the extra 300 or just waste.. I plan on keeping the boat about 3-5 years.


Chris

[Sydwayz]

Spend the money. There is no such thing as too much trailer.

[HTRDLNCN]

Did you actually weigh the boat ? 5100 sounds really light
for a fully loaded (fuel,gear,coolers) 24 VIP.
My 21ft Chaparral is over 5000lbs with a full load of fuel.

I would also say spend the bit extra for the beefier trailer.
Youll most likely make back the difference when you sell it.

[BajaFresh]

Originally Posted by Sydwayz

Spend the money. There is no such thing as too much trailer.

I don't know if this is necessarily true. I am in the process of buying a new aluminum trailer for my 29 Outlaw. I wanted to get one for a 35 to 38 foot boat so I could put a ladder on the front and extra storage boxes. I was told that the bigger trailers would have heavier load axles designed to carry much heavier boats. If the trailer is rated to carry a 15K# boat and mine only weighs say 7500 #'s loaded then the trailer could be bouncing all over the road.

In this particular case however for the extra $300 I would go for the heavier duty trailer because the light one is very close to your limit and if you load up the boat with a bunch of extra stuff you could be over.

[Perlmudder]

my 21 larson is close to 5000lbs loaded, so I would imagine that a 24 would be substantially heavier. I would agree with sydwayz that you can't go wrong for an extra $300

[Sweet Nmocean]

I have a 10,000lb eagle trailer under my 23 wellcraft nova spyder and it tows fine.

[Z06]

Originally Posted by BajaFresh

I don't know if this is necessarily true. I am in the process of buying a new aluminum trailer for my 29 Outlaw. I wanted to get one for a 35 to 38 foot boat so I could put a ladder on the front and extra storage boxes. I was told that the bigger trailers would have heavier load axles designed to carry much heavier boats. If the trailer is rated to carry a 15K# boat and mine only weighs say 7500 #'s loaded then the trailer could be bouncing all over the road.

If they are triple torsion axles they won't bounce, not sure if they are leaf springs. My triple 6k torsion axle Manning steel trailer weights 3k alone and doesn't bounce even when empty. With my Sonic 31ss with full load of fuel it's about 12k total on a trailer rated at 18k and it rides great.

On the original question...
Spend the $300, the axles & tires alone are worth it.