Trailer made from truck bed
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04/22/15 10:24 PM
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Would you buy something like this? Have you used one before? How did you like it? How much woul you pay for it?
Im looking at picking up something small, and came across this. I like that its a Dodge carcass, and I could roller paint it to match my truck. Its pretty much just the right size. Big enough to be useful, but not too big. Has lights wired in, rear axle still there. What do you guys think? He's asking $400, but I would be thinking more along the lines of $300 if it tows well.
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Re: Trailer made from truck bed
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04/23/15 02:29 AM
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I suppose it depends on what you usually haul. Pickup bed trailers have a high floor that make it a pita to lift heavy stuff or load something that rolls. The wheel wells really limit what you can haul, and tying stuff in/on is another pita. At least with the topper on it, whatever you can get inside should stay dry in a rain storm.
That price range should put you at least 3/4 of the way towards a new real 4' x 8' trailer that you can actually haul stuff on. I bought a new Harbor Freight 4' x 8' trailer on sale for $266, then added treated a 3/4 plywood floor, added a 2" ball coupler, some locks for the bed folding point, and with title transfer & plates was ready to roll for around $450. It folds up and stands on end when not in use, and has a tilting bed. Much more useful the truck box trailer, and I've had and built some of those. Gene
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Re: Trailer made from truck bed
[Re: roe]
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04/23/15 07:00 AM
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I owned one! It was used and abused pretty frequently! It was a very amateurish build and craftsmanship, but it was cheap and sturdy, and I sold it a few years later for what I paid for it, and it sold with-in a 1/2 hour of listing it on CL!
The drawbacks were it was poorly constructed, and thus over-built to compensate for it, it had a TERRIBLE tongue weight empty (VERY heavy, should be 10% of the trailer weight, both empty and at GVWR), and well- it looked like a cobbled together home made trailer!
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Re: Trailer made from truck bed
[Re: roe]
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04/23/15 01:43 PM
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That bed alone would sell for 600 or so here in PA. I'd gladly pay 400 for that! We made one years ago, it's beat up, but great for hauling scrap, gravel and so on.
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Re: Trailer made from truck bed
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04/23/15 01:48 PM
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Ok, good news for me is that I get to tell the wife that you guys talked me into it. I think it will work for what I need it for.
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Re: Trailer made from truck bed
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04/23/15 07:21 PM
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Ok, good news for me is that I get to tell the wife that you guys talked me into it. I think it will work for what I need it for. Uh...they make a great camper to live in after you tell wify WE GUYS talked YOU into buying it. I had one a long while back with my 4x4 days to sleep in when on hunting/fishing trips. kept all my gear dry and me out of the SKEETERS! I would like to do another one and change a few things from the last one that would make it even better for travel with.
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Re: Trailer made from truck bed
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04/23/15 07:28 PM
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Ok, good news for me is that I get to tell the wife that you guys talked me into it. I think it will work for what I need it for. Uh...they make a great camper to live in after you tell wify WE GUYS talked YOU into buying it. I had one a long while back with my 4x4 days to sleep in when on hunting/fishing trips. You mean sleeping it off?
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Re: Trailer made from truck bed
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04/23/15 07:33 PM
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yep that too. one thing I would change on the old one I had was add some jack stands at the 4 corners. it used to get to rocking pretty good even with overload shocks.
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Re: Trailer made from truck bed
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04/23/15 08:37 PM
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A real made for purpose trailer is safer,and they don't cost much,,,,,,,,, your high and heavy with that thing not safe, paint it camo and get a rebel flag ,I'd pass on it my self and buy a real trailer.
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Re: Trailer made from truck bed
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04/23/15 09:01 PM
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He didn't say he was moving his household with it...as a cheep sturdy utility trailer (just dump and lumber yard hauls) it will be fine, but if as suspected, you are moving the crown jewels, all your possessions, a load of pallets stacked 10ft high, probably not the best choice.
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