I'm not sure why you aren't wanting to look for a trailer on craigslist, but that's where I find a TON of good deals.... Nothing wrong with building a trailer. Make sure its very heavy duty, one day you will want to haul a car or something on it, either as a favor, personal use, scrapping, or to make a little money towing it for someone else. Or you may come across some heavy loads now and then. Its almost impossible to build a trailer too heavy duty. And do yourself a favor and make sure at least one axle has brakes on it, some states this is a requirement.
Some really really good deals come on craigslist, but with that kind of trailer I've found you can often buy them new for hardly any more than used, used maybe $1000-1500 depending what you want, when new ones can be had for $1500-2000, and have new tires, new paint, new deck, new lights, new wiring etc. all things that will be worn/degraded/in need of repair or replacement on a used one. Think of every single item you can possibly need to build one and get it all priced out, make sure you cover all your bases. Its easy to have a lot of money into building one. I scored a 20' gooseneck on craigslist, steel deck, needed lights, wiring, wheel bearing, tires, dovetail and ramps, i've done all that and got a winch for it, and recycled a toolbox and batteries, I have a working usable trailer that hauls anything I need, equipped with everything I need to do it, for around $1300 total, and it holds so much more than a bumper pull and pulls so much better. I know gooseneck isn't an option for you with a Suburban, I'm just saying occasionally you can get a great deal on a fixer upper and come out quite ahead time and money wise over building one.
If you're gonna build one, you should consider making it 16' with a 2' dovetail on the end. Put the dovetail at about a 10* angle I think works best, that's what mine is and I rarely have issues with cars bottoming out. Then make your ramps 4-6' long, whatever you need to match the angle of the dovetail works best. My trailer is a mid deck, the dove is 4' long and the ramps are 4' long, works great. As I said someday you'll want to haul a car on it and at some point 16' won't be big enough. Also on wood for deck or stake sides, here we have a local lumberyard that sells rough cut hardwood for tons cheaper than Lowes or other home improvement stores, its not as smooth but its a lot heavier duty than the cheap pine crap, its always good oak or something, and again much much cheaper. Have used it for trailer decks and sides and saved a ton of money and lasts longer/holds up better to dropping heavy stuff on it.
Good luck!
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