AT Chaser for sale

[elcoyote]

We are trying to help out one of our customers who needs to sell his Chaser. He is really bummed out about it as he only picked it up in June last year but recent health issues have dramtically curtailed his activities and the Chaser needs a new home. This is a nice Chaser, only used a couple of times in moderate terrain. It was equipped as follows from the factory:

-Chaser Trailer VIN 1A9CU10197U653059. Chassis, Trailing Arm Air Ride Suspension with gas shocks, Cargo Box, Drop Leg Jack, Rubber Matting, Cargo Tie Downs, 2" Rear Accessory Receiver
-Powder Coated Steel Lid with Hinges, Gas Struts, Locking Hardware and Automotive Seal
-Tail gate 16" x 32" with locking T-handle latches.
-19 Gallon roto-mold water tank with1.25" opening, 1/2" drain plug and pump
-Electric Braked Axle Upgrade with 10" drums, includes break-away kit
-Stainless Steel Stove Shelf for Chaser Trailer
-Eezi-Awn Series 3, 1800 Roof Top Tent 71" x 96
-Two Scepter Fuel Cans & AT Holders for Trailer
-6000 lb Lock-n-Roll Articulating Coupler
-Rubicon rims & Goodyear MTR 245/75/16
-Auxiliary 12V Power wiring w/ night light, ARB Adventure light, 3 outlets, fuse block, battery tray and hold down
-Valve Regulated AGM group 31 deep cycle battery 105 Amp
-Nose Box
-Engel MT-45 liter Fridge/Freezer
-Wheel Adapters to fit Rubicon rims
-Aero Silent Hitch Pins

He is asking $8000 for the trailer and $20,000 for the Jeep Rubicon.
The Jeep & Chaser are located in Newberry Park, California (SoCal).

For more information please contact Bruce Dart at brucedart@yahoo.com

 

[TheGillz]

Email sent.

 

[Bergger]

That's unfortunate that he has to part with it so soon. I'm sure somebody on this forum will grab it quick and put it to good use. That's a great price for a great trailer!

 

[Sloan]

How involved is it to change the axle bolt patterns on those trailers?

 

[Martyn]

How involved is it to change the axle bolt patterns on those trailers?

It would be a matter of switching the hubs if you wanted 5 on 5, 5 on 5.5, or 6 on 5.5. If it's anything else you need adapters. You also need adapters if the backspacing and tire combo is more than 6".

 

[TheGillz]

After an email exchange, he would like the trailer to go with all equipment in a package deal. I had asked if he would consider selling w/out the tent.

Go for it, seems a nice fellow and over 10 grand worth of equipment and upgrades for little used stuff.

 

[Bergger]

Has anyone jumped on this yet? If not I can't believe it.

 

[Martyn]

Has anyone jumped on this yet? If not I can't believe it.

We had a customer who wanted a Chaser trailer, but his plans didn't allow for the 6-8 week delivery time.

When I saw Mario had posted the Chaser for sale I e mailed him and told him to make a full price offer on the trailer. He did, bought it sight unseen for the full amount.

Everyone new it was an amazing deal, he came through with a timely full price offer.

 

[Bergger]

:clapsmile I'm sure he'll really enjoy it. Had it been a few months earlier I would have grabbed it. But I do kinda like having a brand new one. I opened it tonight and it still has that new trailer smell!

 

[BIGdaddy]

holy crap, those trailers cost $10,000.00 ???!!


seriously? :yikes:

i didn't realize that.

 

[Martyn]

holy crap, those trailers cost $10,000.00 ???!!


seriously? :yikes:

i didn't realize that.

It is amazing. We just did a complete financial breakdown of every nut, bolt, washer, electrical fitting. Then put the part, quantity and cost into every trailer and option we build. I was just amazed at how fast the $ build up. Add a mark up to cover overhead and wages and there you have it.

It's not $10,000.00 for the base trailer, but if you want on nicely equipped then it's not far off. You can do the exercise yourself by downloading the Excel price sheets from http://www.adventuretrailers.com/trailer_price.html

I think when you put it in perspective it's a reasonable price for a handcrafted product in 2008. I just got a quote to remodel my kitchen at $30,000. My cell phone costs $85.00 per month, gasoline is close $4.00 a gallon, and middle class starts at an income level of $60,000.

Nobodies getting rich making trailers, but it pays the bills, lends it's self to our outdoor lifestyle. It also allows us to do things we couldn't do working for corporations, like treating employees and customers well, and concentrating on quality without cutting corners.

 

[OS-Aussie]

Worth every cent to deal with AT and know that they stand behind their product.

There is way too much cheap knock off dung floating around which you can't trust these days, so a vendor that custom builds this cheap is not a gift horse we should look in the face.

The reality is that every trailer they do is custom to the new owner, I have not heard of a bone stock trailer in either model, only that they keep getting more custom as everyone learns more about what they want and expect a more exact match each time.

Just think how expensive a Toyota dealer could build your new truck if you where allowed to start at the frame and spec everything, very cool but way expensive.

King Kamper has more restriction for options and this helps keep their costs down to just over $20k which I think is amazing.

They are still cheaper and better that anything 99.999 % of people could ever hope to make at home, and then you still get someone to call if things don't work right.

My hat goes off to vendors such as AT and Kimberly (King) who try and produce such high quality trailers at an in-expensive price point for such a pedantic group of people like us. :bowdown:

 

[BIGdaddy]

It is amazing. We just did a complete financial breakdown of every nut, bolt, washer, electrical fitting. Then put the part, quantity and cost into every trailer and option we build. I was just amazed at how fast the $ build up. Add a mark up to cover overhead and wages and there you have it.

It's not $10,000.00 for the base trailer, but if you want on nicely equipped then it's not far off. You can do the exercise yourself by downloading the Excel price sheets from http://www.adventuretrailers.com/trailer_price.html

I think when you put it in perspective it's a reasonable price for a handcrafted product in 2008. I just got a quote to remodel my kitchen at $30,000. My cell phone costs $85.00 per month, gasoline is close $4.00 a gallon, and middle class starts at an income level of $60,000.

Nobodies getting rich making trailers, but it pays the bills, lends it's self to our outdoor lifestyle. It also allows us to do things we couldn't do working for corporations, like treating employees and customers well, and concentrating on quality without cutting corners.

don't get me wrong, my response wasn't belying a opinion that they aren't "worth" $10,000, all kitted out. On the contrary it was simply a
verbal version of the gutteral "ugggh" that i experienced when i realized they're out of our budget range right now

just fyi.

in fact my wife and i were talking just tonight about how much more economical it seemed to build our LJ wrangler to the hilt and purchase a decked out offroad trailer, than it would be to have something like a sportsmobile @ $80,000.00+/-.... we figure we could build our wrangler and get a trailer for under $40,000 and that includes the initial 18,500 we paid for our jeep. thats like a half price sale!

(we're actually moving into a house with an actual workshop and driveway space that would allow for off-street storage of a trailer...so things are looking more positive all the time)