Anyone have a Texas Pride trailer?

Eldon (WA) · Nov 6, 2016

I see they are flooding Ebay, claim to be better than all the big names, but put those ugly cheaper silver wheels on their trailers. Anyone have experience with them? My go-to PJ dealer no longer sells pj

, musta lost his dealership because he was selling too low.....

wjytexas · Nov 6, 2016

a friend has one. he says over all construction is good but the paint was lousy. he had to repaint it after a couple of years.

Eldon (WA) · Nov 6, 2016

(quoted from post at 20:28:52 11/06/16) a friend has one. he says over all construction is good but the paint was lousy. he had to repaint it after a couple of years.

I was going to call them and ask if they powder coat paint like PJ, but I think I know the answer....

JD Seller · Nov 6, 2016

Texas Pride trailers are a low end trailer. The quality is not good on the paint, fit/finish and welds. Also the tires usually are low quality too. You usually get what you pay for in trailers.

Doug Cotton · Nov 6, 2016

I have a PJ and their paint sucks too. PJ stands for poor job on their paint. It has peeled off in big flakes. Well built, just not impressed with the paint. I know the paint job is only as good as the prep job though.

JayinNY · Nov 6, 2016

Never heard of it, I have a 1998 pequea trailer, it's
been great, my brother bought a sure trac it's also
been good so far, but it's only 4 years old.,

D beatty · Nov 7, 2016

This PJ is almost 5 years old and no peeling and it sets outside.

D beatty · Nov 7, 2016

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Traditional Farmer · Nov 7, 2016

I've owned several Better Bilt trailers and liked them

LAA · Nov 7, 2016

I have been to their factory, not to impressive. Maxxd and PJ are the brands the oilfield hotshot haulers seem to prefer, Parker Performance
builds top of the line trailers as well.

Doug Cotton · Nov 7, 2016

I think mine is an 09, and I only pull it a couple of times a year. It sits inside and it looks 25 years old.

DoubleR · Nov 7, 2016

I have a four year old PJ that lives outside. It still looks new. The powder coating is what sold the trailer. My old one gets a paint job every year or two.

jon f mn · Nov 7, 2016

I can't say I've seen a texas pride myself, but I did look them up on the net and by the pics they look like a well built trailer. They will be a bit heavier than the pj depending on what model you get. The pj rrailers are good trailers as long as you stay strictly within the load ratings. They mostly use a bridge type frame which is a poor man's way to do it, where the texas pride trailers use a taller beam.As far as powder coating goes, this is a friends trailer I used recently and it is 3 years old and peeling badly. He has 2, this one and a 14k and they are both peeling.

As I've always said, pj trailers are good as long as you stay within the rated capacities. The bennifit is that they are light and pull easier.

Billy Shafer · Nov 7, 2016

I think most of their paint is covering the yard. The Madison plant is just south of me. Drive by it and the fumes can get to you. Plus the yard is black.

Galen Houk · Nov 7, 2016

I had a Parker trailer and it was much lighter than the PJs I have had. I think a big dealer had them built to their specs. Worst trailer I ever owned. Jacks never worked from brand new, I had to hook it up and unhook it using my skid steer to lift the gooseneck. Again, this may have been built lighter at dealer request. The dealer where I bought my latest PJ informed me that I could get it primed for an extra $120 (I think it was that much on a 32'gooseneck). Paint on this one has been far better.
Dealer said he doesn't ever order stock trailers primed because the market is so price competitive that they can't get the extra money. Bottom line is if you are getting a trailer don't buy one off the lot. Order one primed and wait for it.

Bryce Frazier · Nov 7, 2016

Eldon, look into a Fox down there at state line.

We had a 7000 LB, 16 ft trailer that did everything we ever asked to do with it. Then we sold it and bought a near new 20 foot, 10,000 lb. Has a box up front, removable fender (for Barrys cars) REAL trailer brakes, and the nice thing about it in my opinion, is that it rides fairly high for a car trailer. It is almost 2 feet off the ground on the deck, so, a guy can take it off road, loaded or not, and not worry about hanging up on stuff, to a point of course.

Anyways, ours is built like a tank. Love it, and will never change.

Eldon (WA) · Nov 7, 2016

(quoted from post at 08:00:29 11/07/16) Eldon, look into a Fox down there at state line.

We had a 7000 LB, 16 ft trailer that did everything we ever asked to do with it. Then we sold it and bought a near new 20 foot, 10,000 lb. Has a box up front, removable fender (for Barrys cars) REAL trailer brakes, and the nice thing about it in my opinion, is that it rides fairly high for a car trailer. It is almost 2 feet off the ground on the deck, so, a guy can take it off road, loaded or not, and not worry about hanging up on stuff, to a point of course.

Anyways, ours is built like a tank. Love it, and will never change.

Yeah they are only two miles from me. Bought my first 10k from them....lost all the paint off the front on my first trip to Salt Lake City....then noticed the tires started wearing bad. Sold it after a year, went with PJ and never looked back. I buy new every 5 years and my average cost is less than $300 a year. Looks like I will probably head to SD and buy my 4th PJ out there and visit family at the same time....

Bryce Frazier · Nov 7, 2016

Really? That's all the loss you have huh? How/where do you sell them, online? Sell easy? I've been looking at doing the same thing with our trailer, it is getting to need a deck, and tires are getting worn down, and I need to paint it (but paint has held up since new in 2003). By the time I spent all that money / time on my trailer, it seems as though I would be money ahead to sell it, then throw $1000 extra at a brand new trailer! Seems like a better deal to me?

Tx.Ricefields · Nov 7, 2016

Texas Pride is a middle of the road built trailer.....poor paint
jobs and welded by cheap labor.

BarnyardEngineering · Nov 7, 2016

People seem willing to pay way too much for used trailers, judging by the prices most people are asking these days. The only way to get a cheap trailer is to buy junk.

kub6040 · Nov 7, 2016

You get what you pay for new, used is generally wore out.

Tubacase47 · Nov 7, 2016

Jon, I know where that picture was taken.

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