by Rick Cornelisse | Sep 21, 2026 | Buying Guides
A lot of sled trailers get replaced early. Nothing broke; they were right for the sleds someone owned at the time and wrong a season or two later. Sizing is where the money gets wasted, so it is worth ten minutes before you shop. Here is the order to work through it....
by Rick Cornelisse | Aug 24, 2026 | Buying Guides
Whoever loads the trailer at six in the morning is the person who finds out whether you bought the right one. It won’t announce itself. There’s no dramatic failure. It just costs you an extra trip here, an awkward load there, a ratchet strap run somewhere it shouldn’t...
by Rick Cornelisse | Jun 8, 2026 | Car Mate Trailers
People drive a long way for a trailer. Not usually — but for Car Mate, they do. We see buyers come up the lakeshore, and we see them come from Chicago, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Detroit and Cleveland. Which is a fair question in itself: why drive past...
