Aluminum skinned trailer worth?

**jtyson** · 09-09-2013, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Bear

I'm guessing less than 21 jt, more like 16(and since you know what 16 is, what is it? maybe tween a 32nd and a 16th?), but that's only my guessing, and only due to the way things were made back then. They made things then to last

It's gonna be much thinner than 16 gauge. 16 gauge is .051. 1/16th is .063 and 1/32nd is .031. I'd venture a guess that at its thickest, it would be around 21 gauge or .028. I still haven't gone to look at it yet. Maybe tonight or maybe tomorrow.

**newattitude** · 09-10-2013, 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by KzScrapper

That thing looks like a Mobile Prison.

lol no kidding with all those bars on the windows!!

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

If you can get it below their asking price then you might be ok if the frame isn't all rusted out, course the brakes won't be worth a crap.
A dual axle trailer will need good brakes. I guess the scrap alum would pay for repairs to the frame and brakes.
Your going to have a lot of trash from the inside to get rid of.

A LOT! I can attest to that and the one i did wasn't as long. I think most of my time was spent on the removal of the trash and getting rid of it.

Originally Posted by hmburner

I scrapped one just like that a few years back. It took me two days to strip all the aluminum sheet off,which got me 290$ in low copper aluminum. I was going to use the frame for a trailer,but it turns out it is made from thin wall square tubing and no good for a trailer. I was in a remote location,so I just kept a small fire going and burned all the wood.These trailers are made so that the actual body is the backbone to keep it all together and once I removed the body,the rest of it had a decided sag to it. The axles are heavy duty and would make a nice car hauler if I ever had time for that project

You would think that wouldn't be strong enough - at the very least have SS coating inside for strength no?