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Theres this home made 26' heavy duty, 10,000lb dual axle trailer for sale but I'm not sure if thats too big to pull around for basic scrap, I only need a good sized trailer for scrap cars/trucks, but I don't know if ill find cars all that often, what do you guys think? And what size trailers do you guys use?
It will depend on your power unit (pick up) load capacity (GVW).
I got a good enough pick up to pull it, just I think 26' would be really too big to carry around everywhere looking for scrapQuote:
Originally Posted by Mick
I think that's too much for curb shopping. Maneuvering will be a hassle as well.
Park that sucker put sides on it and fill it up for runs to the yard.
Well I don,t know what city you are in the United States, but if the trailer is in good shape and the price is right why not?you might be able to handle some larger jobs that would justafie the trailer.
I would think just cruising the streets that might be more than ya need, but when hauling to the yard sounds like a dandy. My personal trailer is a homebuilt 4 1/2 x 9 single axle. But i'm not hauling cars, or a lot of short iron,mostly appliances and such.
I'm also looking at this other one im considering getting so i can carry my trailer around on runs, its a 20ft heavy duty trailer, wood deck, 12,000lb rated trailer with a pintle hitch, hes asking 1300 and pretty firm on the price, but the deck needs to be replaced, im going to try to talk him down to 800 though
The first one sounds to me like it was built for tractors and construction equipment.
I use a 16ft 10,000lb trailer for cars and trucks, I've only done a few but it has been great
That is what I was originally looking for but I cant find anything on craigslist, how much did u get that for?Quote:
Originally Posted by bigdog72
That varies state to state. In the great state of kansas it all depends on what tag you have on your pickup. My half ton was tagged for 24,000 when I use to pull my dads 30' gooseneck, which by the way was often 6000 short of what I needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mick
i use a 22' load right car trailer a 33' bensonhurst catalina and a aj"s 21' beavertail
Right now I have a 16ft 3.5ton equipment trailer, only thing I would change is the ramps, ill be putting a more of a landscape style ramp on the back for hand carts
And we will be upgrading to all 5th wheels, 20ft plus deck over low boy with a Beaver tail, and a monster dump trailer. As we grow
I'v got a 18ft, dual axle car trailer with a winch on it, and beaver tail. Wood deck. Had it custom built to haul scrap cars, but I could pretty easily make walls for it, and use it to haul other scrap. It pulls nice behind my Ram 2500 Diesel.
Works perfect for what i do, i agree with some of the other guys, 26ft may be a bit too much. I notice a bit of a jump in fuel hauling the 18ft'er empty. Unless you can get it for a steal, id maybe go with something a bit smaller. Just my .02 :)
Nice! me and another guy were just talking about you over in another thread because you had the name cummins and i of course have the name powerstroke lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by cummins
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...tml#post156649
You need the equipment to handle the job a trailer to a scrapper is the factor that determines the scope of jobs that you can handle,
I could not do the jobs that I do with out the equipment we are a service business you give them service they will call if you cannot do the job they will find some one who will,one of my trailers.
The 16 footer I use is my friends but he got a great deal on it. I think it was under 2 grand
Paid 1600 for mine needs tires paint and new deck after this summer, tows amazing
I think for the most part you can use a 16 footer for a lot of things, unless you plan on putting 2 cars on the trailer at the same time a 16 footer will handle what you will get, jut gotta know what you are doing
I use an 18" 12K # tandem axle skid-loader trailer and it works fine. The 26" would only be OK if you haul a lot of light weight bulky items like appliances.
Yeah that's a great point. The bulky light items like frigs and washers eat up room stupid quick but are relatively light, so a bigger trailer is helpful. But if your hauling heavy small pieces, like cast iron rotors and drums, you can fit 3 ton pretty easy in a pickup bed.
1st I wanna say you cant have too many trucks trailers wheelbarrows or buckets
2nd I wanna say if you only have one trailer it needs to be a 12 to 16 footer utility, a 16 you can haul smaller cars on and as stated above can handle anything within reason
3rd unless your neighborhood wont allow it or money wont allow, keep all the trailers you can, it will reduce handling material twice
my favorite specialty trailer now is a pickup truck bed trailer similar to taters, we throw prepared in there, ive got a gmc2500 im going to make another out of when time allows
anytime I go to a client to buy a car, if I see washers dryers or trailers I ask if they are for sale
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My wife would disagree with never having too many trailers !
the red one I bought for 500, the black one with the tire machine on it I think was 700 or 750 and it was brand new, the dodge wagon I paid a little extra for it but I think it was 200, ive got a green 16footer down at dads also
tater I notice you said wife and not tater :)Quote:
Originally Posted by taterjuice
Indeed that's correct, Id have 50 of em if she'd let me ! Currently I have 4 and two pickup bed trailers that need finished.Quote:
Originally Posted by corycouch
Last one I bought wife could careless how much...It was which one are you getting rid of!Quote:
Originally Posted by taterjuice
the good thing about trailers is this, if you get them right you will never lose money on a trailer, if you ever get in a small financial bind a $1000 boost from an extra trailer might just bail you out, and when the guy tells me the wife said it has to go that means I get to buy it cheap :)
I've heard that a time or two as well ! Seams like my wife and yours must be trading notes !Quote:
Originally Posted by KzScrapper
On that Wives of Scrappers Forum, I'm thinkin.Quote:
Originally Posted by taterjuice