Tater Strikes Again - The Taterjuice Thread

[Patriot76]

Going to pickup my first vehicle tonight of 2014, austin heily jeep ! Pics will be posted as soon as its on the trailer! And I forgot to mention its a right hand drive, which is first ever I've found.

Bring that up north when you come. We can add it to the décor of the building. The owner would love it. If you have not cut the second box car, I might have an interested party. It would be great addition for my latest project.

[taterjuice]

So correction, Austin champ. Officially called the mk 1 but commonly referred to as the champ.











And had to save this, 24 volt water cooled alternator.

[Mechanic688]

Looks like the ones used in the "Patton" movies, watch for the British "jeeps".

[Sirscrapalot]

Is that a tv in the front seat? lol..if not it sure does look like one!

Nice haul tater. You sure do find the vehicles with character.

Sirscrapalot - Wishing tater many more awesome pick ups for 2014

[NHscrapman]

still sweet!!
the jeep i thought you had looks like a cross between a Mercedes suv and a jeep really cool vehicle but kinda boxy
this must be a newer model

guy is lame but the vehicle is reported to be about a hundred grand

[Sirscrapalot]

The guy looks like frodo from the LTR movies..lol, or maybe Bilbo from the new hobbit ones. Vehicle is sweet tho.

Sirscrapalot - Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know. - JRR Tolkien, Lord of the rings.

[taterjuice]

Is that a tv in the front seat? lol..if not it sure does look like one!

Nice haul tater. You sure do find the vehicles with character.

Sirscrapalot - Wishing tater many more awesome pick ups for 2014

Thanks sir, good eye yes that is a tv.

[taterjuice]

I'm pretty proud of this Austin, finally bought something to the yard the guy didn't know what was or hadn't seen a dozen of.

[taterjuice]

Tonight's effort, took a while but yielded over 2.5 ton !

[Mechanic688]

That looked like a spun alum. satellite dish there on top.

[Patriot76]

Love the side boards on the trailer. How do you keep them in place until you add the hay straps?

[Yunkman]

Let me guess, Mr Patriot.
It appears the doors hold themselves in by being on the inside of the siderail. As for the rear corrugated tin, the front side is held in place by the fender and the stoves added to the whole backside with a strap over them hold the rear of the tin. With that being in place, the rest of the trailer can be filled. My guess, but it's from experience...ha.

[Patriot76]

Me bad. The back is easy to figure out because of the stoves. But I cannot figure out how the front side did not slide in on the bottom while loading since the tops are leaning out. I think it is magic myself. Maybe I just need more experience. Time to go back to the threads for another education.

[Yunkman]

As for that problem, I notice there's not alot of weight against the tops of the doors. I've customarily laid heavier stuff against the bottoms of (the doors in this case) to keep them in place; such as a heavy pipe, pieces of prepared iron or jamming something crossways the trailer. When all this fails for me, I'll push the forks of my skidsteer against the load in it's weakest place and then secure the come-alongs (binders) or what have you. Not that I haven't had loads collapse and had to start over.

[Patriot76]

Another lesson learned from Scrap Metal University.

[taterjuice]

That looked like a spun alum. satellite dish there on top.

Sure is, I've never ran accross one of these before, Ive guessing around 100 pounds or so. And yunkman, you nailed it on my trailing loading technique, it's kinda a pita sometimes to setup.

[Patriot76]

My yard pays different for tin than unprepared iron. Therefore all of my tin is laid flat in the trailer and it is unloaded last. Otherwise they will downgrade the entire load. We are allowed to go across the scale twice, if it does not require additional work. Therefore I have removable sideboards (2x2 square tubing, 2x10 boards, and chicken wire to hold everything on the trailer. If I have the trailer loaded this way with tin, prepared, and unprepared the yard guys will take it as unprepared because they know I cannot go over the scales a third time. Now you have given me another strategy.

[taterjuice]

Shred is shred at my yard so it don't matter.

[taterjuice]

A few pics from a recent pick, a old service station due to be torn down.

[NHscrapman]

It looks like it's tearing itself down just fine
get any goodies outta there?