Semi Trailer tear down

**Patriot76** · 04-17-2017, 02:44 PM

My previous post was based on scrapping a tractor trailer, which I have only partially done. Every trailer I have access to is rebuilt to be used for a specific use. Pickups are modified to trailers and the cab is scrapped. Two horse trailers are used to make equipment ($ 500), snowmobile ($ 500), four wheeler ($500), or fencing trailers (adding half a water heater and tool box will sell for $ 700). Stock trailers are modified to haul steel or hay (value of $ 2,000 to $4,000). I just modified a tractor trailer to use for hauling steel and/or equipment ($10,000 value - vs- cost $ 4,500). Previous rebuilds focused on hauling local loads of hay (value of $ 6,000). If I had access to an AU trailer, I could get between $ 7,000 and $ 10,000.

The point that I am trying to make: You can scrap a trailer or you can reuse a trailer for a profit. Many on this forum talk about selling ewaste for more than scrap value. There strategy is selling via the internet. After reading their strategies I applied them to my situation. My advantage is meeting individuals face to face and the only advertising is word of mouth. Word of mouth has provided more welding jobs and requests for building trailers from their scrap and provides more scrap collecting. Another angle.

**ScrapmanIndustries** · 04-18-2017, 11:18 AM

Originally Posted by Patriot76

My previous post was based on scrapping a tractor trailer, which I have only partially done. Every trailer I have access to is rebuilt to be used for a specific use. Pickups are modified to trailers and the cab is scrapped. Two horse trailers are used to make equipment ($ 500), snowmobile ($ 500), four wheeler ($500), or fencing trailers (adding half a water heater and tool box will sell for $ 700). Stock trailers are modified to haul steel or hay (value of $ 2,000 to $4,000). I just modified a tractor trailer to use for hauling steel and/or equipment ($10,000 value - vs- cost $ 4,500). Previous rebuilds focused on hauling local loads of hay (value of $ 6,000). If I had access to an AU trailer, I could get between $ 7,000 and $ 10,000.

The point that I am trying to make: You can scrap a trailer or you can reuse a trailer for a profit. Many on this forum talk about selling ewaste for more than scrap value. There strategy is selling via the internet. After reading their strategies I applied them to my situation. My advantage is meeting individuals face to face and the only advertising is word of mouth. Word of mouth has provided more welding jobs and requests for building trailers from their scrap and provides more scrap collecting. Another angle.

i see what your saying now. Yeah I try and repurpose things as much as possible. I really hate getting rid of pick up trucks so when I get any with a good back half it becomes a trailer. Sometimes I take things apart and build junkyard machines out of stuff. Like im currently building a can crusher out of some junk air compressor and square stock I found. I dont have property of my own though so all the bigger projects just turn to scrap. And if the pictures would upload the trailer that started this post was so far gone you woulda needed to replace literally everything to even think about just hooking up to the thing. So in the scrap pile it went.