smhardesty
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LOL! Yeah, that method might be the best yet. The cost of doing ANYTHING is just out of control. When I bought my 14' trailer several years ago, I got a heck of a deal on it. It had been purchased by a farmer that wanted to put two 450 gallon tanks on it to haul water and chemicals for his spray rig. It was a 3500 pound, single axle trailer. The dealer I bought it from said the farmer made exactly ONE load trip with it and came in to trade it for a much bigger trailer. I was kind of surprised that there was no damage done to the thing, but it was still just fine. I got it for $875. Then, a simple hitch mounted on my Ford pickup for $89 (I think, but it might only have been $79) and I was in business.There is always the Rickshaw method. Lol
Now, I'm only looking for a nice, used 5' x 8' trailer and a hitch for the car and I'm going to be in it for well over $1,000. Half as much trailer and a cheaper hitch and it'll still cost me way more than I paid for the old setup. And then a customer will grumble when I say I have to get 'X' amount of dollars for a used mower or for a repair job.
I don't question my auto mechanic when I take my car to him for something. He's damned good at what he does and has never failed to find and repair any little problems I have had. He just tells me what I owe him and I pay it. Period. I look around his shop art the tools and equipment, including that ungodly expensive diagnostic computer and I know that he is charging what he has to in order to stay in business.
But as to the rickshaw method, it might be cheaper and easier to just go push the equipment to the house. LOL!
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