still kikn
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Back in the days before safety and emissions inspections pretty much put an end to $200/$300 dollar cars I used to buy oldies to fix up and resell as a sideline to my regular job. I built this trailer to pick up and deliver them but got out of the business ten years ago and it's been sitting unused ever since.
I had a couple offers to buy it over that time but always thought I might use it again someday. Finally decided I probably never will so I guess I'll fix it up and sell it. Don't think anyone would be too interested in it in it's present condition so guess this will be my next project. The lumber is rotten so that will have to be replaced for sure and definitlly needs repainting and a change of tires. Wheel bearings will have to be repacked and may need replaced after sitting for ten years too. Other than that everything seems to be in great shape.
For quite awhile it's been a catch all for all kinds of junk that I needed to put someplace so first thing was to unload all the accumulated junk it had collected and get rid of that. Then I removed the boards which turned out to be a bigger job than I'd anticipated. I'd fastened them down with 5/16 bolts (around 60 of them) and those were far too rusted to try and remove with wrenches so I first had to grind off the heads before I could pry off the board. Then drive the remaining bolt down through the hole and pull it out using vice grips. Took me the better part of the afternoon but got them all off and most of the bolts removed before quitting for the day.
Doing this partly because it's too nice a trailer to let it continue to rust away and also to finance the next project down the road.
I had a couple offers to buy it over that time but always thought I might use it again someday. Finally decided I probably never will so I guess I'll fix it up and sell it. Don't think anyone would be too interested in it in it's present condition so guess this will be my next project. The lumber is rotten so that will have to be replaced for sure and definitlly needs repainting and a change of tires. Wheel bearings will have to be repacked and may need replaced after sitting for ten years too. Other than that everything seems to be in great shape.
For quite awhile it's been a catch all for all kinds of junk that I needed to put someplace so first thing was to unload all the accumulated junk it had collected and get rid of that. Then I removed the boards which turned out to be a bigger job than I'd anticipated. I'd fastened them down with 5/16 bolts (around 60 of them) and those were far too rusted to try and remove with wrenches so I first had to grind off the heads before I could pry off the board. Then drive the remaining bolt down through the hole and pull it out using vice grips. Took me the better part of the afternoon but got them all off and most of the bolts removed before quitting for the day.
Doing this partly because it's too nice a trailer to let it continue to rust away and also to finance the next project down the road.