Well, that trailer job I mentioned in another thread got done this past week. I would have posted sooner but I had to skip town and go a friend's wedding in Maine. I will have pictures soon as soon as I am able to amass them all together. But I wanted to say thanks to everyone from here that chimed in with advice and experience. We ended up snagging a sawzall and that started to do the job but was going very slowly (especially after I cut through the cord to the angle grinder...oops!) and we were going through blades like CRAZY. The sawzall itself ended up breaking so that put the brakes on the job real fast. We re-evaluated the situation and decided renting a gas-powered demo saw would be the next thing to do. Worked AMAZING. After it was all cut up, it was a matter of cleaning up the steel and aluminum and hauling off to the yard. The two ends of the trailer were the worst and very, very heavy. If you do a job like this, you will need at least three people to get those ends (solid steel) and into a truck.
So after all was said and done, the home-owner actually decided to pay us MORE than we quoted her (so basically we got a sizeable tip) and we got a decent amount for the metal. For our first "big" job, I'd say it was a success. We gained knowledge, got some cash and made good contacts. We were also able to exchange the sawzall for another one so now, we have a good tool for thin steel and wood down the road.
As for removal of the wood decking, well we needed some for our fire pit anyway
Again, pics coming soon!
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