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Hi Bill, Cost wise I think the trailer, 18+4, is way over priced at $4500 and should be in the $3000 range. You can buy a new Legend Trailer, 20+5, Dexter dual tandum oil bath forward self adjusting, Cooper tires, 19# 12" I-beam, 3"C on 16"oc cross members, 6" torque tube, 6"C rails, 2-1/2"x3/8" rub rails, 12" GN channel, Bulldog GN coupler and dual landing gear, About $5400 out the door plus $400 delivery from Tx. A excellant built trailer with fine craftsmanship. What He does is extend the I-beam all the way to the end of the ramp so you can haul weight on the ramp if you want. The torque tube stops the trailer deck from twisting when you load/unload just one side. Forward self adjusting brakes is just plain nice. The trailer pulls extremely smooth with no road rocking either empty or fully loaded. I bought a 27+5 Legend in 2005 for $6400 out the door. So far I'm very pleased with the trailer. From what I've seen so far, 30kGCW is just too much weight for a pick-up and maintance costs would make this a non-cost effective load weight. There's a guy running a F550 at 33kGCW commericaly and even he is seeing extremely high maintance costs as a F550 uses the same tansmission and clutch as a F350. I use a F350 dually PSD and feel at 26kGCW is a good weight but I would expect high maintance costs at this load weight. That was a huge leap from 26k to 31k for just adding 5k pounds. Since you have a gasser, you would need to pull at your maximum engine torque rpm to keep from ruining your engine from running at maximum HP rpm. I would think down in the 20kGCW area would be about right for gasser with 4wd on short hauls. T_Bone
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