Sled prices falling large ?

[infernobuster]

4 hours ago, Sksman said:

A buddy of mine sells lower priced camper trailers.  They are selling units like crazy.  He has been there since mid January and cannot believe the volume of trailers they have moved.   

Whats considered "lower price" trailers? Im trying to sell mine with zero luck currently .. 

[Rich Saul]

1 hour ago, infernobuster said:

Whats considered "lower price" trailers? Im trying to sell mine with zero luck currently .. 

Looking for a c class moter home.

They sure not fallen yet..

[Strong Farmer]

10 hours ago, Rich Saul said:

Looking for a c class moter home.

They sure not fallen yet..

Good luck.
Maybe you find someone willing to sell with increasing fuel prices.  Volume of those motor homes is allot less then trailers. They defiantly hold value pretty good these days.  You want to go to Florida too and camp out in Walmart parking lots along the way. My buddy always did that. He joked he saved enough on camp sites to cover a portion of fuel bill 😀.   

[Sksman]

On 4/15/2024 at 6:58 PM, infernobuster said:

Whats considered "lower price" trailers? Im trying to sell mine with zero luck currently .. 

Most are  $20 - 50,000 I believe.  Some higher priced.

 

A lot of smaller SUV towable

[Strong Farmer]

4 hours ago, Sksman said:

Most are  $20 - 50,000 I believe.  Some higher priced.

 

A lot of smaller SUV towable

A tent trailer is around 26,000. 
A nice hard top side one where ends just fold out and you have access to most of trailer when ends are folded in is around 45,000 ish depending on options. Those have  full size fridges and stoves and nicer washroom. Motor homes are closer to quarter million dollars now 🤣. 
 

[Sksman]

6 hours ago, Strong Farmer said:

A tent trailer is around 26,000. 
A nice hard top side one where ends just fold out and you have access to most of trailer when ends are folded in is around 45,000 ish depending on options. Those have  full size fridges and stoves and nicer washroom. Motor homes are closer to quarter million dollars now 🤣. 
 

Yes some pop up campers maybe that price but There are a number of manufacturers selling your standard type travel trailers in smaller configurations aimed at the smaller tow vehicle and budget crowd.

 

Some of these trailers may only be 7’ wide single axle now also.  I have seen many of these on road in last couple years  

 

How many families have an SUV?  Now they can camp.  
 

 

How many times have comments on this page stated sled manufacturers need a low priced entry level sled?.  
 

Camping trailer manufacturers are at that point.

[Spiderman]

$2.00 a litre regular gas coming soon.

the fire sale will follow in behind that 

 

 

[Strong Farmer]

5 hours ago, Spiderman said:

$2.00 a litre regular gas coming soon.

the fire sale will follow in behind that 

 

 

I said 2.30 a few weeks ago by July and I got everything thrown at me for that. 🤣

government behind it they want gas vehicles off the road and into electrics. 

[Spiderman]

5 minutes ago, Strong Farmer said:

I said 2.30 a few weeks ago by July and I got everything thrown at me for that. 🤣

government behind it they want gas vehicles off the road and into electrics. 

Yup

 

 

 

[95rxl650]

On 4/17/2024 at 8:00 AM, Sksman said:

Yes some pop up campers maybe that price but There are a number of manufacturers selling your standard type travel trailers in smaller configurations aimed at the smaller tow vehicle and budget crowd.

 

Some of these trailers may only be 7’ wide single axle now also.  I have seen many of these on road in last couple years  

 

How many families have an SUV?  Now they can camp.  
 

 

How many times have comments on this page stated sled manufacturers need a low priced entry level sled?.  
 

Camping trailer manufacturers are at that point.

I sold an 8 foot box popup last summer that weighed in at just over 1000 dry.

A guy working in BC sent his father from elliot lake to owen sound for pick it up. From the time I posted it till he got here I had well over 100 replies. It was insane.

I listed one of my boats yesterday and it was sold in ten minutes by a fella from parry sound. Didnt want a water test, didnt want to see it run on muffs. Just pulled the cover off threw it in the truck and left.  I guess folks are willing to travel for a good deal. I dont like sitting on things I'm selling, just want em gone. 

[Spiderman]

31 minutes ago, 95rxl650 said:

I sold an 8 foot box popup last summer that weighed in at just over 1000 dry.

A guy working in BC sent his father from elliot lake to owen sound for pick it up. From the time I posted it till he got here I had well over 100 replies. It was insane.

I listed one of my boats yesterday and it was sold in ten minutes by a fella from parry sound. Didnt want a water test, didnt want to see it run on muffs. Just pulled the cover off threw it in the truck and left.  I guess folks are willing to travel for a good deal. I dont like sitting on things I'm selling, just want em gone. 

 

Sold my sons last dirt bike in 3 days too -priced it fair - took $200.00 less - wanted it gone.

guy showed up - looked at it - started it up - said we're good.

That was it

[95rxl650]

20 hours ago, Spiderman said:

 

Sold my sons last dirt bike in 3 days too -priced it fair - took $200.00 less - wanted it gone.

guy showed up - looked at it - started it up - said we're good.

That was it

Thats it right there. If your priced fair in a current market, serious buyers know it and not so inclined to try beating you up. They know if they do, they get shown the door. 

[Strong Farmer]

21 hours ago, Spiderman said:

 

Sold my sons last dirt bike in 3 days too -priced it fair - took $200.00 less - wanted it gone.

guy showed up - looked at it - started it up - said we're good.

That was it

Good job. I noticed market is flooded with used atv's people are trying to get rid of. Might be a good time to replace my 2011 or keep it as a back up bike. It gets used almost every day here on farm. 

[stoney]

People get caught up in the what it is worth to me vs. what it is worth to others/market can bear......the latter of the two will usually see success, the first, not so much......

 

I was just talking to a friend who is selling a used vehicle, they are stuck on 27K mark for it, dealer offered 23K when they bought their new one......stupid thing is they would have saved almost 3K in taxes on the trade in......lol. 

[Sksman]

1 hour ago, stoney said:

People get caught up in the what it is worth to me vs. what it is worth to others/market can bear......the latter of the two will usually see success, the first, not so much......

 

I was just talking to a friend who is selling a used vehicle, they are stuck on 27K mark for it, dealer offered 23K when they bought their new one......stupid thing is they would have saved almost 3K in taxes on the trade in......lol. 

3k on taxes and not had to deal with kijiji or Facebook marketplace BS - priceless

[stoney]

33 minutes ago, Sksman said:

3k on taxes and not had to deal with kijiji or Facebook marketplace BS - priceless

Another reason to get things gone - dealing with the stupidity of selling anything on the various online platforms.

 

One of the other good things forums can be great for, the buy and sell section.

[Spiderman]

1 hour ago, Sksman said:

3k on taxes and not had to deal with kijiji or Facebook marketplace BS - priceless

Sometimes people forget to do the simple math and work the 2 options out.

 

[Strong Farmer]

On 4/19/2024 at 8:32 AM, stoney said:

People get caught up in the what it is worth to me vs. what it is worth to others/market can bear......the latter of the two will usually see success, the first, not so much......

 

I was just talking to a friend who is selling a used vehicle, they are stuck on 27K mark for it, dealer offered 23K when they bought their new one......stupid thing is they would have saved almost 3K in taxes on the trade in......lol. 

27 not a bad deal I take that. 1k is 1k.  That's at least a week of work for most people. 

[Spiderman]

8 hours ago, Strong Farmer said:

27 not a bad deal I take that. 1k is 1k.  That's at least a week of work for most people. 

Your time isn’t free, all the waiting around, showing, haggling etc etc, at a point, the wasted time and effort isn’t worth having it gone and moving on.

 

[Strong Farmer]

16 minutes ago, Spiderman said:

Your time isn’t free, all the waiting around, showing, haggling etc etc, at a point, the wasted time and effort isn’t worth having it gone and moving on.

 

That's true  usually I make 5k more then trade. I always do it ahead of time. Can't get what I want trade it in 😎.   Now I just seem to keep them forever mostly and see how far they go. Our average family vehicle age is 18.3 years at moment. 

[Sledguy74]

I usually trade to save the hassle too 

always been treated fairly at dealer with values 

 

[stoney]

1 hour ago, Sledguy74 said:

I usually trade to save the hassle too 

always been treated fairly at dealer with values 

 

It really is a win win, if it’s a fair offer…..with less hassles and headaches, if that is worth it to you to have less hassles in life….
you save the decreased amount offered in taxes you save on new vehicle that you wouldn’t see on private sale.  
dealer makes that money as profit when they sell based on market value that keeps the wheel greased. 
rinse and repeat….

[Strong Farmer]

13 hours ago, stoney said:

It really is a win win, if it’s a fair offer…..with less hassles and headaches, if that is worth it to you to have less hassles in life….
you save the decreased amount offered in taxes you save on new vehicle that you wouldn’t see on private sale.  
dealer makes that money as profit when they sell based on market value that keeps the wheel greased. 
rinse and repeat….

It's defiantly harder to be ahead with same 13  percent  as dealers now. Before hst  there was an extra 5 percent to work with. 

[Spiderman]

23 hours ago, stoney said:

It really is a win win, if it’s a fair offer…..with less hassles and headaches, if that is worth it to you to have less hassles in life….
you save the decreased amount offered in taxes you save on new vehicle that you wouldn’t see on private sale.  
dealer makes that money as profit when they sell based on market value that keeps the wheel greased. 
rinse and repeat….

Yes, if you have a good trade and a good dealer who can give you fair dollar because they are able to move it - it usually makes sense for me to trade. 

 

I have never lost anything by trading - but have also done okay by selling private.

I take it one unit at a time and see where things are at and how my own time is looking, do the math, and make the decision.

 

[stoney]

37 minutes ago, Spiderman said:

Yes, if you have a good trade and a good dealer who can give you fair dollar because they are able to move it - it usually makes sense for me to trade. 

 

I have never lost anything by trading - but have also done okay by selling private.

I take it one unit at a time and see where things are at and how my own time is looking, do the math, and make the decision.

 

100% - case in point, when I sold by last sled, dealer offered half of what I sold private for, he even suggested that route....sold in one day if I recall, but that was also with the silly covid clause in play.

Seasons change, it all plays a role for sure.