Heritage trailer

[catesmw@att.net]

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Any opinions or personal expericence with Heritage brand trailers?

[PlaynDoc]

Any opinions or personal expericence with Heritage brand trailers?

They stack nicely.

[GXPWeasel]

Never heard of them.
But, going off of your picture, they appear to be built well. I like that they also appear to be powder coated, have disc brakes on at least a single axle (with the plate to add brakes to the other axle if need be). I can't see the front stop of the trailer, but I would guess that it's adjustable right?

If the price was right, they should do the job sufficiently.

[catesmw@att.net]

playndoc,

made me laugh


gxpweasel,

I added a few upgrades like 14" aluminum wheels, plastic trailer bunks instead of carpet, etc, only brakes on 1 of the 2 axles, 5000lbs proce quoted was 5400. here are more pics

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[Bryden24shp]

Mine is a Heritage. Built good, its sturdy, has about 25,000 miles on it. Original tires are in great shape. Has the oil bath bearings, no maintenance, just an occasional look at the level. Besides adjusting the cradle for tongue weight, its never seen a wrench. I Sharkhided it when it was 2 days old. Looks like brand new. I think they built them for Four Winds a few years back, too.

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Bryden24shp

Thanks for the cofirmation on the quality, seems like a decent trailer is hard to come by from reading many post. This is my family's first pontoon and we travel quite a bit as far from Indiana as Alabama and need a trailer that will tow comfortably and hold up. On a side note I purchased 4-sets of ezfenders and they are very well made. My pontoon is currently in production and set to take delivery the 1st or 2nd week of May so I havent had a chance to mount them yet. Is there a specific measurement on mouting placment if i'm using 4 down each side? Lastly, my dealer is not a fan of sharkhide for some reason even though most on here swear by it. Question on the sharkhide is do i need to strip the brand new toons, do they come with some factory coating that has to be removed or can i apply the protectant directly over them upon delivery? will it hurt if i wait until after the test ride to apply or do i need to apply before i drop iut in the water first time? the pontoon is a southbay. Any feedback is much appreciated.

[Bryden24shp]

Another EzFender customer! Thank you! You'll love them! I just place the Ez's on the railings and measure them so they are close to equal distances from each other. They always have some obstruction in the way, be it a gate, windshield or bimini bracket. Get them as close as you can. No one will notice if they aren't spaced perfectly. If the toons aren't coated from the factory and you don't want to polish them, I would clean them good then apply the Sharkhide. If they are coated, you'll want to check with Southbay to see what kind of coating is on them. Both my Manitou and Premier had coatings. Both came off very easily with lacquer thinner. I Sharkhide everything that sits outside, my utility and UTV trailer and even 2 of my wifes crocks. The clearcoat was peeling off one of my wifes rims on her Grand Prix. I sanded it down and Sharkhided the bad spot on the rim. You can't even tell I did it.

[robertm]

That's a lot of money for a trailer. Literally 50% more than what I paid for basically the same trailer from Mid America. The MA trailer came with everything you stated plus spare and twin axle disk brakes. I think they were 13" wheels not 14". Can't quite remember.

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robertm

i have a quote from mid-america and for the same/similar options they quoted me 3900 + 7% tax so pretty much the same price.

[tms0425]

Those Heritage trailers look very nice, for sure. My MA PT24T 5500# has pretty much every option, guide-ons, disc brakes on both axles, dress up kit, center toon bunks, upgraded aluminum wheels and D load 13" tires, plastic bunk covers, LED lights, upgraded winch stand, double dolly, etc. It was ~$3500 out the door plus 7% IN tax.

[catesmw@att.net]

tms0425,

thanks for the feedback, glad to hear i'm in the ballpark on price. i seriously considered MA but wanted the color choice to match and they only offer black, i also upgraded to 14" wheels and 5200lb package center tube, plastic bunks, etc.

[robertm]

Sounds like you did your research and made the decision that's right for you.

All I know is we better see pics of the boat and matching trailer when everything arrives!

[Bamaman]

My boat was 5 weeks old when I took delivery, and it'd been kept inside a dark warehouse out of the weather. The toons already required polishing.

I worked and worked trying to get the black oxide out of the welding slag, seams and welds to prevent the black from smearing into the Sharkhide. It's just so much easier to just lightly polish the nosecones and sides of two toons rather than work so hard with lacquer cleaner.