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    40 ft flatbed aluminum

    Got a question. I stumbled across a 40 ft flatbed with tandem axles. I know I'm going have to cut it up obviously to fit my truck/trailer, but what is it considered?

    Extruded, sheet? This baby only steel I see is tandems and dollies. Rest is aluminum. Like the I-beams, etc.



    What you think? Sawzall with demo blade and generator? Any size requirements for the yard or would they take the entire deck as long as it is clean.....? Any ideas on weight? Shipping weight is 9450. So Im guessing 2000 lbs for dollies and tandems. So 7000 clean aluminum sound right?


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    Can it not be repaired? A trailer like that is worth a good dollar because it costs less to tow behind a rig due to the fact that its lighter than other beds...something to look into.
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    Problem is it is a 40 ft. No longer made and cant haul full gross like 42,500 or so. Can only haul 2/3 of that , so useless to most drivers. So he cant sell it and needs the money real quick. This is alternative. Scrap day or 2, he gets the cash he needs and I make some. There is actually nothing wrong with the trailer sadly.

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    Something sounds funny about this story, I just cant understand why in the world would you scrap this trailer i mean you're a scrapper and couldn't you use an extra trailer?
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    A 40foot would be great for a 1ton dully with air brake setup and a 5th wheel...Down here in the Dallas market...that trailer would sell quick...both to 18wheelers and to one tons.

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    This is a big truck trailer. Do you have a spare Freightliner around to pull it? Hell can you afford 7 mpg plus tags, right of way, fuel tax, and commercial insurance...let alone a cdl and physical to run it? Not feasible unless you own a yard. If I needed it and had the cash to burn I sure as hell wouldn't be running the trash route tonight.

    I think thats the confusion. This is a BIG truck trailer. Not a little p/u trailer, but a real big truck trailer with dual tandems and air bags. Guy owns a biz and must be needing real FAST cash. Title is in hand. I may call my local yard and see what they think about me pulling it. And then using the exacavtor to pull the only steel of it for me. I do have a class a and access to old beastly freightshaker with a 525 twin turbo putty cat. No issues moving it, if a yard would give me clean.

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    We have a large car company with multiple locations and they use a long trailer to distribute the used cars around to different lots. Using a 1 ton dually. That's about a $2000-3000 dollar trailer, like their saying above, "something's fishy Lucy". Maybe no title because he didn't finish paying for it?
    Here's one that's only a 34' and their asking 4200.
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    He says no title. Me dont know and dont care. As long as he shows me proof of ownership and id.....Im game. Hell he had it on craigs for sale since the day after xmas. Some how he found me and called me///lol.

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    I ment he does have title. Again BIIIIG truck trailer lol mech. Like this......


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    and how much is he hoping toget from you for scrapping it?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ozzy214 View Post
    Got a question. I stumbled across a 40 ft flatbed with tandem axles. I know I'm going have to cut it up obviously to fit my truck/trailer, but what is it considered?

    Extruded, sheet? This baby only steel I see is tandems and dollies. Rest is aluminum. Like the I-beams, etc.

    What you think? Sawzall with demo blade and generator? Any size requirements for the yard or would they take the entire deck as long as it is clean.....? Any ideas on weight? Shipping weight is 9450. So Im guessing 2000 lbs for dollies and tandems. So 7000 clean aluminum sound right?
    Skillsaw with 40 tooth carbide blade. Keep it away from steel your blade will last the whole job.

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    You can still tow the trailer...its a 5th wheel..you can setup the plugs for power and air brakes but not really all that hard....its done alot down here in dallas.

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    Just buy a used mid size semi like they use for the beer/pop distributors.

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    Im expecting to see 4500 usd in alu clean rest in steel. Then split down the middle....

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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavus View Post
    Skillsaw with 40 tooth carbide blade. Keep it away from steel your blade will last the whole job.
    I'm with Gus on this...you'd be amazed how fast a SkillSaw is at cutting aluminum.
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    You better make sure he isn't expecting like 70 or 80% profit off the deal. You do all the work and transporting and like mr scrooge, he cashes in big!
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    always amazing how quickly industrial stuff like that loses value...Obsolescence is a b*tch

    was at a business cleanout auction a couple years ago and there were 2 vintage aluminum dry vans (28' semi trailers) that dated to the 40's. They were too rough to restore and brought only 700 each...no one had the means to move them and they couldn't be cut on site.

    Would have made great office trailers or toy haulers!


    My only suggestion might be that your flatbed could be repurposed into something else and resold, but the value of AL being so high its probably worth more as weight.

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    BTW the axle assemblies alone should be worth a couple hundred, plus the value of the wheels and tires if they're any good

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    I'm with the guys that say it is a good trailer and can be used for one again. If you have time I will contact my brother who is very familar with used Al trailers.

    If the tittle is good then I would work hard to put a deal where I bought it outright for less than scrap price. I would then do some marketing or redesigning of the trailer. My offer stands. Mike.
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    The aluminum trailer probably would not pass a safety, there will be a number of steel braces with iron rivets for added strength at key locations where the two dissimilar metals meet over he years electrolysis takes it's toll.

    The joints will look fine until you use a pick hammer, the aluminum falls away as a powder. where it has been eroded by electrolysis

    Let the man get on with the job of scrapping his trailer out.

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