Personally I don't think that it is worth it to build one. I am a pretty good welder but I bought one recently.

Trailers are pretty cheap in NM and TX. I think that I paid about $2200 for an 18ft wood floored auto hauler rated for 10K with spare, hitch, brakes, warranty, taxes, special solid ramps and permanent license/registration.

A 10K trailer is going to have two 5K axles and a 7K trailer is going to have two 3500# axles, so 7K is the breakpoint between basic trailer sizes. You can buy smaller 7K open trailers for as little as $1000 new.

These would not be hard to build, but it depends largely on whether you have the spare time available.

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