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Rob Petrie E395 · 06-16-2009, 01:55 PM

I can recomend both Mike at Hillwood and Kevin at Flying A. I just dont know if I can recomend Haulmark any more. The first one I bought from Hillwood was a 24 ft race trailer and it was great never had a problem with it and they were awesome to deal with. Got stupid and decided to get a bigger one and got a 28 a few years later from a dealer that is now gone not any problems with it either. Bought 3rd a 40' gooseneck with all the stuff I wanted three years ago. It was totaled 29 days after recieving it in a extremly bad storm that flipped it and truck over with car inside at my house but it had already started showing signs of problems. The one that has replaced it is a 44 ft. GN (now 2 1/2 years old and honestly It looks nice but has had more than its share of problems. If it could go wrong it seems it has. IE Light fell off wall and hit car doing damage just after getting it repaired/ repainted from storm deal, then the flap came off the rear door hitting the car again and putting a major dent on inside wall of trailer, rubber coin floor looks like I have moles under it, side door saggs and wont open/close right, wiring was pinched going to ac so when we installed the ac we had to pull a bunch of panels out to find the screw pinching it which is not a easy job due to the way they are built. Welds on both rear door latches broke plus some other small stuff. Now you might think no big deal warranty, yea right none of the local Haulmark dealers will work on it because all they sell is little trailers and they say its too big for thier shop. This after I was told you can take it to any dealer to get warranty repairs. Flying A is 3 hours away one way. I did finally arrange ( with kevin from flying A's help) to get some parts from Haulmark shipped straight to me but for the most part it has been on me to fix stuff when it goes wrong because its faster/ less hastle to fix it myself than it is to haul it to Cuba MO. and then go back the next week to pick it up loosing 2 days work to do so. If you do get a haulmark from a dealer that is not local to you make sure you have a dealer close who will do warranty. Maybe I am just having bad luck with this one but I am more than a little disapponted with it. For a 24 thousand dollar trailer it should be holding up better. Like I wrote before I would buy another trailer from Hillwood or Flying A in a heartbeat they are both great dealers but I think if I cant kick this racing addiction I just buy another brand from them next time.

06-16-2009, 01:55 PM	#10
Rob Petrie E395 VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Woodlawn IL Posts: 1,092 Likes: 162 Liked 216 Times in 77 Posts	Re: Enclosed Trailer Recomendations I can recomend both Mike at Hillwood and Kevin at Flying A. I just dont know if I can recomend Haulmark any more. The first one I bought from Hillwood was a 24 ft race trailer and it was great never had a problem with it and they were awesome to deal with. Got stupid and decided to get a bigger one and got a 28 a few years later from a dealer that is now gone not any problems with it either. Bought 3rd a 40' gooseneck with all the stuff I wanted three years ago. It was totaled 29 days after recieving it in a extremly bad storm that flipped it and truck over with car inside at my house but it had already started showing signs of problems. The one that has replaced it is a 44 ft. GN (now 2 1/2 years old and honestly It looks nice but has had more than its share of problems. If it could go wrong it seems it has. IE Light fell off wall and hit car doing damage just after getting it repaired/ repainted from storm deal, then the flap came off the rear door hitting the car again and putting a major dent on inside wall of trailer, rubber coin floor looks like I have moles under it, side door saggs and wont open/close right, wiring was pinched going to ac so when we installed the ac we had to pull a bunch of panels out to find the screw pinching it which is not a easy job due to the way they are built. Welds on both rear door latches broke plus some other small stuff. Now you might think no big deal warranty, yea right none of the local Haulmark dealers will work on it because all they sell is little trailers and they say its too big for thier shop. This after I was told you can take it to any dealer to get warranty repairs. Flying A is 3 hours away one way. I did finally arrange ( with kevin from flying A's help) to get some parts from Haulmark shipped straight to me but for the most part it has been on me to fix stuff when it goes wrong because its faster/ less hastle to fix it myself than it is to haul it to Cuba MO. and then go back the next week to pick it up loosing 2 days work to do so. If you do get a haulmark from a dealer that is not local to you make sure you have a dealer close who will do warranty. Maybe I am just having bad luck with this one but I am more than a little disapponted with it. For a 24 thousand dollar trailer it should be holding up better. Like I wrote before I would buy another trailer from Hillwood or Flying A in a heartbeat they are both great dealers but I think if I cant kick this racing addiction I just buy another brand from them next time.