Out With the Old and In with the New 18 Ft Dovetail

I've had this trailer since '98...hauled scaffolding on it for years and it came in handy for scrapping as well. Drug my feet about selling it but it was too narrow for cars, so when an opportunity came along a few weeks ago to get a 18ft Dovetail I snatched it up and sold this one.

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Got the winch installed yesterday...the battery will go in a box and will sit down behind the winch eventually but supposed to haul the first car on it in the next day or two so this will do for now.

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Hard to get a good pic of the trailer right now cuz it's between the fence and the pickup...basic Dovetail though.

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Hoping to get 2+3 small to mid size cars a month to start...not Tater Size vehicles.

Nice setup. Will open lots of new doors for ya!! Thanks for sharing!!

Looks good, hope you get those cars!

Thanks for the shout out, bro!

so much for me moving to Denver :)

Kz-
Is that a "Jersey" Brand Trailer? Looks darn near identical to mine (Minus the Dovetail) Same faded/weathered Red paint too :-) I know my rig isn't the prettiest.. but she hauls like a dream.. Beefy bad**s Mutha! :-)

Congrats on the upgrade!!
Aaron

very very nice !! boy that could haul some serious scrap too besides cars! good luck!

Sorry for the double post. Hope this picture shows up. This is my 1995 "Jersey" 16 ft flatdeck.

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are you paying people to recycle their cars or just pick them up for free?

Sledge...Not sure on the Jersey Brand I will see if I can't find an ID on it, no brand listed on the title though.

Happy...Yes, you have to pay around here 200-300 is my target. I've only dealt with a few cars so far and all family related. I've paid close attention to what folks do on the forum, got Kris Kringles checklist and Cory Couch on speed dial.

How rude of me. Congrats on the new trailer btw.

woohoo movin on up KZ. nice trailer.

KZ, how many winches will you get out of the battery before you have to charge it up again?

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Sledge...Not sure on the Jersey Brand I will see if I can't find an ID on it, no brand listed on the title though.

Happy...Yes, you have to pay around here 200-300 is my target. I've only dealt with a few cars so far and all family related. I've paid close attention to what folks do on the forum, got Kris Kringles checklist and Cory Couch on speed dial.

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Are you breaking them down at all?

Newattitude...Not for sure just yet, it is a deep cycle battery so I'm hoping 7-10. I will probably look at putting a small solar panel on there to keep it topped off.

Happy...Yes I will but also have the option of a Pull and Pay yard here that pays pretty good for complete cars.

Picked up the first car with the trailer today 2000 Chrysler Cirrus with seized motor due to timing belt failure. No issues and less then a mile from home.

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Picked up the first car with the trailer today 2000 Chrysler Cirrus with seized motor due to timing belt failure. No issues and less then a mile from home.

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BAM!! Nice.. Alum Rims.. Should be a full converter.. And hey.. we get a shot of the trailer.. I'm Positive that is a Jersey!

congrats on the new trailer now wtf is a jersey

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congrats on the new trailer now wtf is a jersey

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The manufacturer.?.?

Yes, My title says the Maufacturer was "Jersey Trailer" Although on a google search.. I don't think they exist anymore. Mine was built in 1995.. seems as if yours is of the same era. Love the "swooshy" white paint for "decoration" that is still somewhat visible on mine *snicker*

You going to try and ebay some parts or take it straight to pick and pull?

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You going to try and ebay some parts or take it straight to pick and pull?

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Lot's of sold parts on Ebay so putting a list together and will compare with Pull and Pay offer...Ebay will probably win out on this one though.

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Yes, My title says the Maufacturer was "Jersey Trailer" Although on a google search.. I don't think they exist anymore. Mine was built in 1995.. seems as if yours is of the same era. Love the "swooshy" white paint for "decoration" that is still somewhat visible on mine *snicker*

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Found this...not sure if it's the same.
Trailer Manufacturer Voorhees, NJ - Jersey Trailer Manufacturing

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Found this...not sure if it's the same.
Trailer Manufacturer Voorhees, NJ - Jersey Trailer Manufacturing

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Nicely done. I searched long and hard and came up with all kinds of manufacturers but this page never popped! Whoo Hoo!

Kz, nice setup, should serve you very well.


just so ya know you need to make a cover for that winch if you haven't already i have a badlands winch like that on my old car trailer and after it got rained on ONCE (like a week after i bought it) it started acting quirky, now it acts like a bad starter motor every once in a while; and you have to tap the side of the case with trigger pulled to get it to start spinning. i guess they aren't as weather tight as my old warn winch was.

however they seem to pull very well i know i have overloaded mine on more than one occasion and it just keeps working

You know that you can use a semi mudflap as a flexable cover or also non-breakable fenders for a trailer. And being heavy rubber they will last almost forever.

ilovejunk: Yeah Sadly HF doesn't sell winch covers for their winches either. Odd story.. I bought a 9,000 lb Badlands.. had buyers remorse, took it back before I used it after further digging online.. But when I was in the store buying the winch I asked one of the guys for where their winch covers were- He looked at me as if I asked where the "Left Handed Smoke shifters are?"

I'm using a rubber backed outdoor carpet to cover now but plan on finding something more permanent when I move the battery.

Looks good KZ, hope its a money maker for you.

mech: i have a tool box on the tongue of the trailer that the winch and battery are in now. i just wanted to give kz a heads up since those winches are marketed for off road use which would imply they are more weather tight than they actually seem to be.

Hijack in progress...Every two years our suburb has a Spring Clean Up and it was two years ago that I got started scrapping. Tomorrow starts the first of three weeks so people were kicking it to the curb today and they did a great job...6 van loads collected with surprisingly little competition. All hail Cinco De Mayo. ;)