John,

How bad is the trailer? It didn't look that bad in the pics that the guy sent me. If you can save it with some work I'd stick with it considering the (lack of) quality of new ones and how proud they are of them $$$$$$$$. Glad you had the vision to see through the "ugly" unlike most of the haters on BD that wouldn't know what a good boat was if it bit them on the ass.

Mike,

I passed on that 10,000# aluminum. Turns out the tongue was bent pretty good. I ended up rebuilding the old Aros with new brakes and hubs. She survived the trip to BoLA so I guess there is plenty of life left in her. Well I guess enough life for me to build a 10k# one from scratch.