Trailer Color
 

I'm having a steel trailer built for this 382 and having a hard time picking the color. It will be a 5th wheel trailer with drive guards. I want to stick with a solid color for cost. Debating between black and red, any advise?

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What color is the tow vehicle?

Truck is black, but I'm sure I'll have the boat longer than the truck...

I vote red.

+1 on the red, I don't see black helping out the overall look.

I vote black. Black trailer makes you notice the boat. White trailer makes you notice the trailer and the boat.

However I would build an aluminum trailer, especially if I were building one that nice and that expensive. You resale target buyer is very, very, very small with that kind of money wrapped up in a trailer that you can only use in so many places.

Plus, if you have a trailer that nice, you might as well make some trips, like to FLorida! What are you towing with? Wouldn't the weight savings be worth it as well?

a black trailer is as big a PITA to keep nice as a black vehicle
I know I own one...Eagle Premier.
I've also had red (Eagle)
Two whites (Eagles)
and an aluminum

Aluminum is easy to own maybe a little harder to buy?

Red would look fantastic under that boat, it will stand out just fine on red (more than you think)

red, black will be to much on a white boat, plust the fact of keeping it looking nice and fading.

Thanks for the feedback, it sounds like most votes are for red.

It will be used strictly in the great lakes, and I won't be towing far so weight savings won't be a huge factor. If I ever ended up in salt water, I would just have a marina drop it in. Tow vehicle is a 2500HD Duramax, which is why I'm going 5th wheel for a boat this heavy.

Thanks guys!

whats the weight of the boat and trailer

Black. Ez to sell if an upgrade may be in the future. Black matches everything.

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if resale doesn't matter then RED.

if you want to sell just trailer someday-Black. But I also wouldn't do 5th wheel trailer for re-sale. I wouldn't want to change my truck to that type of set up just for the boat. So if I was looking, it would be a negitive for me. But hey maybe you will never want to go bigger or faster :party-smiley-004:

Red, that is the color under mine and looks great.

But you may give more thought on the aluminum. I have been looking at the places that dry store and drop the boats in, seems everyone has chips in the bottom. The yards always say " they got that from towing". Right LOL

As for resell, I wouldn't worry about a fifth wheel or goose neck, the new trucks have those built in, it is a MUCH better way to tow, and all trucks tow ratings are higher for that type of towing.

Not much to add a fifth wheel or goose neck.

Fifth wheels are not standard from the factory, maybe the wiring is they put back there now.

I think its a good point, a fifth wheel trailer might cut you out on resale later, not to many people have those or want those. Not saying they arent better to tow with just stating what I have seen.

You need to look closer at new trucks, the mounting locations are there and can be added any time.

Even if not, if you are going to have the money to buy a 38 foot heavy formula, I have a hard time believing you could not afford to have one installed.

Hel* look at most horse trailers and a ton of travel trailers.

Well I know on some of the new ones they are set up for them a little more. Im not discounting you, I am just saying that I have not see a goose neck/fifth wheel in three summers up on Thousands islands minus a few poker runs, and even those were still hitch pulls.

I vote red too. And I always liked towing a 5th wheel except for getting the ball to get right under the hole. That's tough especially without a camera.

I know you only mentioned black or red, but I can't believe there's not more suggestions for white. The white boat/white trailer package rolling down the highway with aluminum wheels looks much better than black or any attempt to match an accent color to the boat. Black looks too industrial and with red there's always fade potential and not matching the boat anymore.

IMHO!

I did debate the 5th wheel option because of resale, but I already have the hitch and I think 15k pounds is a little much for a 2500 off the bumper. Plus they are easier to hitch and look sweet.

Red....

I color matched the purple from my boat to my new trailer (perfect match, easy to do) and it looks awesome, much better than with the previous all white trailer......couldnt be happier

:eek: 'ya think?

a stout frame mount reciever, solid steel drawbar and tool steel 25K ball would work and you'll have a bit less in that than the difference to go 5th on the trailer build (got 'bout $300 in these pieces myself)
+ trailer, or even package resale...

I have a heavy duty frame mounted hitch, I didn't mean the bumper literally. This is just a lot of weight to pull off the back without a dually.

Red will make the boat stand out an match. Never white an blacks to much for the colors on your boat. Your rigs going to look great.

If you look not many trucks are rated to pull 15K conventionally, looking at the ratings for the 2012 Super Duties a F350/F250 SRW is rated at 14K, F350 DRW rated at 17500.

5th wheel or goose neck raises that to 15,700 for the SRW and 21,500 for the DRW.

GMC is 13K/ 16,800 for SRW and 17K / 22,300 for DRW.

For heavy towing 5th/ goose neck rules.

When Offshore is saying he is pulling a very heavy 50” trailer with his SRW it’s not off the back of the truck. There is a reason for that.

I agree with the towing capacities, I already pull 5th wheel and it rules for heavy weights. I was just responding to the suggestions to build a conventional trailer.

i think 15k is a little to much for that truck period

No offense, but I would WAY rather pull 15k off the bed of a 3/4 before I would pull 10k off the back of a 1/2 ton.

i guess but at 10k in a 1/2 ton your still in within specs. Im not so sure 15k on a 3/4 ton is within specs even on a 5th wheel and if its your pushing the limits just as much as 10k on a half ton.