Fitted Utility Trailer Cover

December 13, 2005 8:55 AM

Where can I find a fitted utility trailer cover like this. $129 seems pretty rich for what you're getting, but I can't find any competing offerings out there. Google has been only frustrating on this hunt.
posted by jbradley to Home & Garden (3 answers total)

That's actually not a bad price. We have an odd size utility trailer, and we put together a cover for it (truck-quality tarp, rail padding, a hank of good rope, half a dozen radiator straps, welded split rings on to the frame). Just the parts ran us about $80, and then there's the labor involved (and we already had the welder). And the cover doesn't really "fit", we just tie it down with zig-zagged rope and radiator straps. (And the rail padding is just a cheap garden hose.)
posted by jlkr at 9:16 AM on December 13, 2005

I'll second the idea that $130 is not a bad price. It is a lot of material and it is treated for mildew and UV damage.
posted by oddman at 9:45 AM on December 13, 2005

You should check out hand-custom covers for boats and other similar things, you'd be amazed at how little $129 is if it actually fits well. Quality is worth the money sometimes - if you found something for half the price I bet you'd be replacing it more than twice as often.
posted by kcm at 10:18 AM on December 13, 2005