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General Metalworking - All aspects of working with metal.
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Posted by texasjim1093 on June 17, 2008, 12:21 pm
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I used to put my ferrous scrap metal out by the road and let my
local junk guys pick it up. I love their trailers with axles bowed in
so much the top of wheels look like they are against the frame.
Washing machines, old exercise bikes and whatever piled on barely
secured with old rope.
The trailers are a hazard but I had never seen one buckle until
recently. He was on the shoulder of I-10 with two broken axles. I
suspect one went, then the other succumbed. The police were there and
it was a mess. The cops generally leave these guys alone from what I
can tell. They perform an important function and I think they deserve
a little slack. They never go over 45 mph anyway.
The price of scrap is way up as I am sure everybody knows. I called
and got a price on ferrous metal. $8 per hundred pounds for #1, $6.75
per 100 on #2. I didn't know what these grades were. My recycler tells
me this: #1 is over 1/4" thick no galvanized but painted and rust is
OK, everything else is #2. I was giving this away before!
I got rid of my 3/4 ton truck as it got 9 miles per gallon city 10
highway, only needing a truck every once in a while, it is cheaper to
rent or borrow one. I have a Corolla now but I am not shy to load it
up with all my scrap metal. I think I can get maybe 750-1000 lbs a
trip and I must have at least 5000 lbs laying around. I really need a
rickety old trailer. I wonder what the tow capacity is on a 1992
Corolla.
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Posted by Vaughn Simon on June 17, 2008, 5:19 pm
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> I really need a
> rickety old trailer. I wonder what the tow capacity is on a 1992
> Corolla.
I replaced my pickup years ago with a $99.00 4X4 trailer from Kmart pulled
by my Honda Civic. It was the best move I ever made. I save $ hundreds on gas
and insurance, yet it does nearly everything the pickup can do; plus I can carry
four adults in air-conditioned comfort. I find that the trailer actually gets
used less than once a month. But on those rare occasions when I need it, it is
worth its weight in gold.
As a bonus, I now rarely get calls from friends who need to move things (or
themselves). I suppose that folks don't see my trailer, so they forget about
it. Did you ever notice that the pickup owner is invariably expected to supply
a significant part of the labor?
Vaughn
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Posted by Jon Anderson on June 17, 2008, 6:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options Vaughn Simon wrote:
> I replaced my pickup years ago with a $99.00 4X4 trailer from Kmart pulled
> by my Honda Civic. It was the best move I ever made. I save $ hundreds on
gas
> and insurance, yet it does nearly everything the pickup can do; plus I can
carry
> four adults in air-conditioned comfort. I find that the trailer actually gets
> used less than once a month. But on those rare occasions when I need it, it
is
> worth its weight in gold.
I drive a '94 Escort wagon w/5 speed. I'm getting on
average, 32-34-mpg city driving, and that's up in the Sierra
Nevada foothills. Straight highway is right around 40mpg.
Being a wagon, it will haul a fair volume of stuff. I am
thinking hard about getting rid of my beater Toyota truck
and going the trailer route myself.
Jon
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Posted by RoyJ on June 17, 2008, 9:05 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have one of the "6 wheel wonder" trailers (1 axle, 4 caster wheels,
1000# capacity) It easily does 1000 pounds (18 sheets) of sheetrock,
tows straight, then folds up to take up 18"x 66" of garage floor space
an drolls around on it's built in casters. It's on it's second set of
tires, the first set rotted after 15 years of use. Other than that, it
has hauled home 2 lathes, countless runs for sheetrock, occasional
concrete blocks, and who knows what else. I love it.
Vaughn Simon wrote:
>> I really need a
>> rickety old trailer. I wonder what the tow capacity is on a 1992
>> Corolla.
>
> I replaced my pickup years ago with a $99.00 4X4 trailer from Kmart pulled
> by my Honda Civic. It was the best move I ever made. I save $ hundreds on
gas
> and insurance, yet it does nearly everything the pickup can do; plus I can
carry
> four adults in air-conditioned comfort. I find that the trailer actually gets
> used less than once a month. But on those rare occasions when I need it, it
is
> worth its weight in gold.
>
> As a bonus, I now rarely get calls from friends who need to move things
(or
> themselves). I suppose that folks don't see my trailer, so they forget about
> it. Did you ever notice that the pickup owner is invariably expected to
supply
> a significant part of the labor?
>
> Vaughn
>
>
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Posted by Dave O'Heare on June 18, 2008, 10:18 pm
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>I have one of the "6 wheel wonder" trailers (1 axle, 4 caster wheels, 1000#
>capacity) It easily does 1000 pounds (18 sheets) of sheetrock, tows
>straight, then folds up to take up 18"x 66" of garage floor space an drolls
>around on it's built in casters.
This sounds like something I could sure use. Where did you find this, and
do you remember what it cost (back then, if it's more than 15 years old :-)
My Google searching is finding too many trailers that aren't really close to
what you describe. Thanks.
Dave O'Heare
oheareATmagmaDOTca
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> rickety old trailer. I wonder what the tow capacity is on a 1992
> Corolla.