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  • Toyman01

    Dec. 9, 2011 3:58 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork

    We were cleaning out the shop at work today. There was a bunch of aluminum scrap to haul off so one of the first trips was to the local scrap yard. I was shooting the breeze with the guy when he said someone scrapped a trailer and pointed across the yard. I looked it over and asked how much. His response, $200.00. I almost couldn't get the money out fast enough.

    It's 6 X 14, just the size I need to haul the Abomination. It does need a deck, tires and lights, but not a bad deal I think.

    You never can tell what good junk you find.

  • imirk

    Dec. 9, 2011 4:06 p.m. imirk Reader

    NOICE!

  • Javelin

    Dec. 9, 2011 4:07 p.m. Javelin SuperDork

    That's a screaming deal!!

  • oldtin

    Dec. 9, 2011 4:09 p.m. oldtin Dork

    Nice score! A true GRM trailer - it even has grass growing on it

  • Curmudgeon

    Dec. 9, 2011 4:40 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork

    He's as bad as me: you send him to throw stuff away and he brings back more than he left with. Killer deal, dude!

  • corytate

    Dec. 9, 2011 4:50 p.m. corytate HalfDork

    WOW!

  • Dec. 9, 2011 4:52 p.m. fasted58 SuperDork

    Curmudgeon wrote:

    He's as bad as me: you send him to throw stuff away and he brings back more than he left with. Killer deal, dude!

    reminds me of my grandfather. he was a master tinkerer who could build cool stuff outta nothing. he'd haul his old stripped out junk to the yard and come home w/ fresh junk for the next project. I truly admired that man.

  • novaderrik

    Dec. 9, 2011 4:53 p.m. novaderrik Dork

    who scraps a trailer? i'm guessing someone really needed some money fast..

  • Toyman01

    Dec. 9, 2011 5:12 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork

    What gets me is on Craigslist, I figure it worth $500. The scrap guy said he gave $125 for it.

  • carguy123

    Dec. 9, 2011 5:22 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork

    Now to get a title so you can get tags

  • Toyman01

    Dec. 9, 2011 5:27 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork

    carguy123 wrote:

    Now to get a title so you can get tags

    SC doesn't require them on anything under 2000# empty and under 20'.

  • Curmudgeon

    Dec. 9, 2011 6:16 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork

    Yay, South Cackalacke!

  • JoeyM

    Dec. 9, 2011 6:18 p.m. JoeyM SuperDork

    I am very jealous

  • stuart in mn

    Dec. 9, 2011 6:24 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork

    novaderrik wrote:

    who scraps a trailer? i'm guessing someone really needed some money fast..

    Either that, or it was stolen by a scrapper....

  • donalson

    Dec. 9, 2011 7:16 p.m. donalson SuperDork

    nice... around here that would be $500-800 as it sits :-/...

  • Brett_Murphy

    Dec. 9, 2011 8:00 p.m. Brett_Murphy Dork

    That looks exactly like the trailer my friend in Charleston got rid of not long ago.

    If there are hammer marks in the front of the passenger side fender, that is from where it got pounded on after an RX-7 fell through the boards.

  • Taiden

    Dec. 9, 2011 8:26 p.m. Taiden Dork

    Brett_Murphy wrote:

    That looks exactly like the trailer my friend in Charleston got rid of not long ago.

    If there are hammer marks in the front of the passenger side fender, that is from where it got pounded on after an RX-7 fell through the boards.

    I hope we actually have the story behind this trailer. That would be cool.

  • Toyman01

    Dec. 9, 2011 8:30 p.m. Toyman01 SuperDork

    I don't recall any hammer marks in the fender, but I'll check tomorrow.

  • Brett_Murphy

    Dec. 9, 2011 8:41 p.m. Brett_Murphy Dork

    The really funny thing is the FB sitting in the picture.

    A n FC is what fell though, just the driver wheel up near the front where the plywood is in the picture.

    It still took an hour to get out, though.

  • Gearheadotaku

    Dec. 9, 2011 10:34 p.m. Gearheadotaku Dork

    Sweeeet

  • vwcorvette

    Dec. 10, 2011 10:10 a.m. vwcorvette HalfDork

    Yup, count me in the jealous camp. Serious score regardless. Keepin ma eyes open!

  • Dec. 10, 2011 10:52 a.m. mguar New Reader

    My sweetest deal was a pallet of 4'x8'copper sheets sold to a steel scrap yard. I bought the whole pallet (400 sheets) for $400. just before copper prices went through the roof.. I used that thick copper to build my house. When I sold the small scraps back to a copper buyer I got more than I paid for the whole pallet.. (right now a sheet of copper that thick would cost close to $400 that makes the pallet worth $160,000)

 
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