Originally Posted by
CornerStone
Small Pick Up ? With a trailer
Large Pick Up ?
Rather new at the sport and mostly i recycle scrap as a byproduct of jobs i get ... I see a lot more metal to be picked up and i am getting the bug ....
What do you work with ? What provide the best balance as far as cost/benefit ?
Thank You !
CornerStone
I have an 08 F-350 single axel with a 18' car trailer with a 15k warn
winch . I routinely drag cars with the wheels locked ,missing, flat ,broken axels u name it up on the sled I nick name it the "dead sled " I have been tempted to get a rollback or a wrecker BUT I keep saying where would I put everything . I have a generator ,couple baskets of hand tools sledge hammer 4 way , j hooks bridal chain ,sawzall ,leads, floor jack . Not to mention if Im on a good roll and Im scrappin 5 cars I may have 15 tires and rims in my pickup and convertors .and a handful of batteries and copper wire that I can trar out quick . Neither a rollback or a wrecker would be as good as my sled . Lately though I have been rhinking that a rack truck thats as short as possible to have a stinger installed on it might be the perfect truck . It would have a shorter turning radius , most of the weight would be on the road , I could carry a wheel dolly if tires are flat .I could hook up faster and I could lift the front of the car high enough so I could get under to cut what I need to . I wouldnt have to jack the car up at the junkyard so I could take the tire but Id have to back up behinf the car to get the rear tires off it .( depending on where I go sometimes the guy at the yard *****es unless I give him a ten spot every time I come with a car to pick it off for me ) If I got one Id want a good durable one like a jerdan or century . Usually I jack the car up and leave it on a couple of rims laying on the ground after I take the tires Any of you have this set up or seen one like it . I have a wood deck on my sled and I Id get a smooth steel one if I changed it .
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