My first boat was a flat bottom 14' jon boat. I bought it with no trailer and kept it beached at the lake. Mike Shaw (MS Slammer) actually made me a trailer. He bought the axle kit at Wal-Mart or something like that and welded it up. Don't know how that would compare price wise but if you knew a good welder who could help you it might be worth considering. I did have a lot of trouble registering it with the DMV. They couldn't fathom the concept that someone had made it :)