i've been seeing quite a few new "stealth scrappers" lately

this spring ive noticed more "stealth scrappers". aka pickup trucks without ladder racks or wood sides. where i live, it's never been normal to not have walls, we drive trucks that look like the ones in the pic below. and it's harder to tell if they're scrappers unless you see the stop to get somethin, or when they become fully loaded. so i ask curbside scrappers, do you have walls or not?

I don't have walls but I plan on making some sideboards at the very least this year. I'm short so its already dicey for me to toss something heavy over the side of my truck and if I have walls I'd have to put the tailgate down every time I stopped for something large.

I've been piled that high before without walls with some inventive packing and strapping but I think at least sideboards or half way back walls are needed this year for safety as well as being able to carry more in one run.

Yikes, if those trucks were in California, the local cops and CHP would have a field day writing tickets. At least one ticket would be for not covering the load with a tarp or equivelant.
Get this: Arrive at the local landfill scales without the load being covered, could cost you $40.

I use a van so most never know.

I use removable sides

Got one on the chevy but not on the toyota. Ganna build a "woodbox" that goes over the cab on my next truck.

In the UK we call them "greedy boards"

I have 2 trucks i use

86 chevy with 8 foot bed, no racks

f250 with 6 foot bed has ladder racks that go over the roof and window guard.

Originally Posted by Copper Head

stealth scrappers ? the word stealth is to not be known . 4 years ago my van was perfect (a mini type) now it looks like a scrap van BUT true stealth is a vehicle not known on it's rounds till you finally have a nasty barbecue grill on top with a micro-wave nestled in wile your at it .

Lol, I used to be weary of every truck I saw until I saw minivans and small cars scrapping too now! SUV's are getting popular also around me. Now, everybody no matter what they drive is a possible stealth scrapper

Originally Posted by poundigity24

I am probably the least expected scrapper ever. 03 hyundai elantra black Nobody ever knows that I am a scrapper.

That's like a scrap ninja!

Ha..I used to have a 2003 Elantra...wife totaled it driving in the snow, exactly a month after I had paid it off... She was ok (thankfully!) but man I miss that **** car. Loved that little sucker.

I use a mini-van and I fill that sucker up and haul away. You can fit quite a bit in one, specially if you don't care about having the backseats in. I don't as I have 2 dogs, and no kids. So seats stay out cept for when the Niece comes to visit us, then I put one in and enjoy my week off from work.

Sirscrapalot - Did you hear how the egg beat the waffle in a race? He had a egg up on him!

I use a 2001 ton cargo van with a 12 by 7 foot dump trailer I have not put extended sides on it, but I have smashed the load down with my backhoe. The plate in the dump trailer is 1/4" and the square tubing is also thick it takes a beating, but it is also very heavy.

I also use a 2006 Nissan Titan with some type of kayak rack. family commuter and scrap chaser.

I have a few other trailers including an equipment trailer and a small 4 by 8 lite duty trailer with a ramp.

I also have a 1987 stake bed old Chevy truck with a harbor freight crane on the back it is presently registured inop.

It is a lot harder to get in rural areas and congested recycle places with a trailer.

Insurance is killing me I register three cars.

David

I got boards on my S10 that rise slightly above the roof of the cab, actually gonna be reconstructing them with the warm weather coming to be a 4 wall box with either barn doors or a single door that opens to one side above the tailgate, alot easier to keep stuff in without having to hog-tie it all.