Author Topic: The trashy trailer... (Read 31604 times)

WHITE_TRASH · « **on:** Aug 02, 2009, 02:56:48 AM »

So my wife (peanut) and I headed to Portland OR yesterday to have a gander at our new crawlerhauler.. What a steaming pile of crap! But the price is right so the deal was made.

Couldn't tell ya what year it is, or even what brand but I can tell you it's 39' long and a 5th wheel running 6 lug axles. Kinda sad that's all the specs I have on it but I do have pics.

And if you look closely you can see it has a sweet bulge and a flat spot on the corner in the middle where a tree or something fell on it once upon a time.

This plywood is the remnants of the tip out that is still somewhat there. We'll have to probably punch a hole in the sides and put 2x4's on the outside and a ratchet strap through the middle to hold that pile of junk together to get home.

Over all this camp trailer is a steaming pile of scrap metal.. Buuuuut once I get that crap off the chassis will make a GREAT trailer to haul the yota and a camper on.

We are headed back down to drag the carcass home in a couple weeks once the owner gets his crap emptied out of it. I'm stoked.

Jud · « **Reply #1 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 04:04:18 AM »

I saw a setup like what you said your gonna do with a camper and rig behind it before. It was pretty cool! I wouldn't think twice about doing a similar setup.

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #2 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 04:16:05 AM »

A buddy of mine did the same setup but he didn't do anything to make it easy to get the camper on and off the trailer. He has to either stack cribbing under the jacks or take with tires and wheel soff the trailer and pull it out in the gravel.

I am putting 1x1x3/16" angle iron face down on the edges and buying some wheels made for running on that. It will make life easy to load and unload the camper when I'm going on a short run or with more than my truck. Just roll it to the back and drop the jacks.

KYOTA · « **Reply #3 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 07:36:15 AM »

ura ballsucker came to town and didnt even call me

unclejpl4x4 · « **Reply #4 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 07:54:56 AM »

wow that's gonna be alot of scrubbing and MR clean. so what dose the in side look like and how bad dose it smell.
keep the everything from the front door forward

bleakhorizon · « **Reply #5 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 08:20:41 AM »

sha-wing lol, IT got shag?..... anyway theres prob a couple hundred dollers worth a scrap there....

KYOTA · « **Reply #6 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 08:59:18 AM »

think you guys missed the reading part, bought it for the frame and is going to demo the trailer and build a deck and add a new camper over the 5th wheel

KYOTA · « **Reply #7 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 09:02:53 AM »

oh and it will probably be painted like the worst acid trip even Timothy Leary has ever seen

79coyotefrg · « **Reply #8 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 10:20:26 AM »

hell man chop it off at the "tip out" and put a door on it , put the rig on the back half

or do you already have a slide in cabover camper to put on the frame

KYOTA · « **Reply #9 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 10:22:37 AM »

jump a car thru it before the teardown

hilux-1983 · « **Reply #10 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 10:29:16 AM »

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #11 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 10:38:03 AM »

Quote from: KYOTA on Aug 02, 2009, 10:22:37 AM

jump a car thru it before the teardown

Best idea yet...

The structure itself is TOAST! I'm kind of sketchy if it'll even make the trip back home...

Kyota I would have called but it was a last minute deal that turned into a next morning thing so all in all it was kind of a cluster. But we'll be back in 2 weeks, I'll meet up with ya then.

KYOTA · « **Reply #12 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 11:00:56 AM »

cool let me know Marlin & Christine will be here next weekend so the following weekend should be clear

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #13 on:** Aug 02, 2009, 03:42:14 PM »

There is a guy up in Kelso that offered the use of his driveway for partial demolition so we can at least get it home without losing a wall or two..

I'm headed down next time with bearing buddies and new tires/wheels. Stuck on going with 16's or stepping up to 17" stock GM wheels and dodge E rated take offs instead.. Either one would probably cost the same as I'd be doing most of the shopping at the wrecking yard.

I have nice 15" alloys that'd look sweet on it but I need more capacity than 15's will provide...

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #14 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 04:12:06 AM »

Well it's home, we just rolled in the driveway a few minutes ago.. We tore part of the drivers side wall out and added some supports to it. We then added 3/4" plywood to the outside and wrapped it in chains and straps.

The whole structure is falling apart, as a matter of fact the driver side fell about 3" on the way back, the roof is coming apart and the front portion is starting to settle... But the price was right and the tires didn't blow...

I'll post pics in the daylight, it is rather funny what happened on the way back.

KYOTA · « **Reply #15 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 08:25:38 AM »

if you didnt get stopped for being a menace and an endagerment to others on a public highway then I'm amzed

mudmaster · « **Reply #16 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 08:27:27 AM »

Quote from: KYOTA on Aug 02, 2009, 09:02:53 AM

oh and it will probably be painted like the worst acid trip even Timothy Leary has ever seen

Can't wait to see the pics once it got home

crawlerdan · « **Reply #17 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 08:52:59 AM »

Quote from: KYOTA on Aug 02, 2009, 10:22:37 AM

jump a car thru it before the teardown

hell yes!!!!!!!! ey WT, im in PDX ALSO, ILL VOLLUNTEER TO DRIVE SAID CAR

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #18 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 10:29:28 AM »

See it don't look too bad so far right?

peanut decided a warning was in order for the trip from hillsboro to scapoose.

Ain't she purty!? I'm honestly shocked it made it home THIS intact.. I kept watching for crap falling off but I was disappointed. $:-\$

unclejpl4x4 · « **Reply #19 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 10:42:55 AM »

it made it home any cops give ya the stink

WHITE_TRASH · « **Reply #20 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 10:52:05 AM »

Nope didn't even see a cop until the exit for home... If you knew the area I got it from you'd be amazed we didn't get popped along the way... I drug it straight through down town portland last night.

crawlerdad · « **Reply #21 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 10:57:54 AM »

I need to see this.

crawlerdan · « **Reply #22 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 12:41:02 PM »

Jud · « **Reply #23 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 01:39:24 PM »

Lets see the inside before teardown. lol

toyotanner · « **Reply #24 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 01:48:05 PM »

that thing is sweet hopefully the frame is still intact

Tool Pimp · « **Reply #25 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 01:52:01 PM »

TIMS89CRAWLER · « **Reply #26 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 02:19:52 PM »

hell ya man looks like a good score! the chassis will make a great crawler hauler! I am amazed you didnt get popped going through portland...

hilux-1983 · « **Reply #27 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 02:51:25 PM »

I got dibs on the master bedroom when I get there for the 1st sleep over!!!

toyotanner · « **Reply #28 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 03:16:07 PM »

portland cops only care about murder and drugs they dont give a

what you drive haha... it's all the surrounding little cities that are sticklers like milwaukie gladstone gresham etc.

KYOTA · « **Reply #29 on:** Aug 16, 2009, 04:25:24 PM »

you took hiway 30 from scappoose and crossed over into longview? dumbass ya drove right by me

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