yes, I’m going to search for past threads to read up on too. 
But in case anything /sites/suggestions are new. Mine is a 2002 (or 03 haven’t gone over to check yet) Gore, 2H, Slant Gooseneck /dressing room and ramp. I did have W.E.R.M put in by a dealer of the product . Had blown a disc and just couldn’t do the mat removal care anymore. really glad I did. Its not a trailer I’d ever get rid of, to get another. Its just that she’s sat long enough and I know I won’t be going/using it as I used to. My gelding is just ageing and sinking back and no more riding…anyway! Tell me anything I should do in knowing how to set a price and get her a new home. thanks. really love that trailer.
horsetrailerworld.com is your best bet. Try searching for trailers similar to yours to determine a price. You can advertise yours there. Just make sure it is clean without a bunch of stuff in it when you take the pictures.
Be prepared as there is limited inventory out there now, so it will sell quick if it is in good condition. Don’t underprice it because nice used trailers are at a premium right now.
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thanks Cutter. yeah, just beginning to try to search some similar for understanding a price. I’m not out to gouge anybody.
thanks clanter! I just didnt realize how much it may have depreciated or held in value. It’ll be interesting to learn. Shes such a sweet ‘exactly’ what I wanted trailer. sigh.
again, thanks sooo much. I know tires are gone. its been on bluestone and its sat since about 2014. so I’ll either replace or CERTAINLY devulge that concern if they want to buy as is.
If you’re on Facebook, try local horse groups there (ones that allow sales.) I see trailers advertised quite frequently on the USEA Area 1 and Massachusetts horse people groups, everything from ancient “projects” to newish goosenecks with LQs.
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I’ve bought two, sold one, and have checked out everything in between. These are questions you’ll be asked when posting online so when you make an ad to sell online, please include the following, aside from the obvious make and year etc…
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Do you have ownership in hand, and does the serial number on the ownership match the trailer? Seems obvious, but my first trailer didn’t and it was a headache.
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Interior dimensions. People will ask, better have your ducks in a row and already have that posted.
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Current safety if applicable. If not applicable (for example, smaller private use trailers don’t need one in Ontario), are you willing to get one prior to sale or are you willing to sell on condition it passes a safety at new owners cost?
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What year are the tires? Will the new owner have to put tires on it immediately/in near future? The reason I point out what year is because everyone has a different opinion on if “the tires are good”. Checked out one trailer that had a CURRENT safety but the tires had literal cracks in them - didn’t exactly trust that safety!
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What type of floor is in it (wood?) and PICTURES of said floor. “Floors in good shape” is a common line in private sales. Prove it!
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Weight rating of trailer, my mind is slipping on the technical term of it. Sometimes it helps to add it was pulled with a 1500, f150, etc.
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Any cosmetic issues, with photos. Being upfront is easier for everyone.
This is the top of my head list. But my real, honest two cents is with this market maybe you should keep it. I know it sucks for trailers to sit but there is nothing better than the freedom of owning your own.
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damn grasshoppa…you speak much wisdom. Yeah, my title is back in our other home about 2 hrs. away, so that has to be located. and yes, I can find all of the info on trailer plate for weight/hauling full/empty, etc. of course pix would be taken. Floors? aluminum. so as I said earlier years ago WHEN I was hauling I had the WERM dealer in closest location clean and prep floors an put in the WERM product. chose to do this because I couldn’t haul out mats anymore with a bad back to clean protect the aluminum product. tires: they HAVE to be replaced. I’ll never forget getting her inspected and from then on learned inspections have to do with TRED. not dryrot. I assumed I was good. God was with me and my daughter coming down off Afton mountain from VA Horse center heading home and blowout occured with an almost immediate spot of gravel pull over. as soon as I stopped shaking and got rig off road, an angel saw us on the other side of the divided highwayt, pulled over, said: you’re good on three, for a short go, follow me I’m right up this turnoff road. bless him (and all angels) we did, even unloaded pony. he did everything and we got on our way. Next day I put a case of beer on his porch and headed back home. He wouldn’t take a dime. Anyway…DRY ROT can pass inspection is the backstory. they’re old enough tires on stone/ground that over those years should not be trusted even if tred is deep.
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I sold a 2000 Hawk 2H BP in 2020 for just about the same as I paid for it new. The only issue with my trailer was that it didn’t have a dressing room, which turned off a lot of potential buyers and lowered the price a bit. Otherwise it was in excellent condition and still sold pretty quickly.
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