The journey into the abyss of no return

[Weldman]

It is a 6’ x 12’ x 7’ tall. Since it’s 26 years old and never moved much it reason for that rust, probably parked in the grass and left. If it were on salt roads I’m sure it would be dead by now. No cut gate, but I do know of a welder that can put one in.
Working on a Merritt 20 plus footer aluminum one moving a gate in it and repairing a broken braces in it, aluminum is why. As for those two angle iron brackets I will weld some 2 inch channel in since I know angle iron has very little structural strength.
Usually a trailer of that nice would be around same price. People that got big in their business have $40k plus dollar trailers now and see this as an eye sore.

 

[Margali]

Usually a trailer of that nice would be around same price. People that got big in their business have $40k plus dollar trailers now and see this as an eye sore.

Dang, I wish there were some of those dumb, snobby people near me!

 

[Weldman]

Dang, I wish there were some of those dumb, snobby people near me!

I got lucky, that’s rare to find those here. Might have a $30k excavator $25k track loader, but my $3k backhoe still is useful here.

 

[Ridgetop]

Excellent buy! With your knowledge and skills you can do any repairs it might need.

That 12' stock trailer will come in real handy for you to pick up hogs or take to market. I love my 16' bumper pull! We have a 24' gooseneck too but that bumper pull is my favorite. Bought it new for under $4000 which included the customizng - 2 interior gates (both with sliding gates) and rear gate with sliding gate. Have more than gotten our money's worth out of it in 30 years. Could sell it tomorrow for more than what we paid too. Good trailers hold their value.

 

[farmerjan]

So the panel that the bridles/halters are hanging on, is not a cut gate that they put against the side? Interesting...

Good for you to find that and make it useful again. A shorter one, like that, than our 20 and 24 ft gooseneck trailers are, makes some of the moving a couple things here and there, a much better thing.

Same with the snooty people here... got to have these big fancy shiny things, payments out their a$$, but put on a big show for the rest... "looks" in general just don't impress me. I don't want something that looks like it is going to fall apart on the next bump in the road... but just looking used but taken care of impresses me alot more...
That's why I have "old" vehicles that run perfectly fine, do not need a rocket scientist to figure out what is wrong, don't have more electronics than a Nasa launch pad for a space ship, and can be worked on.... Plus prefer the standard shift so I can roll the DA%# thing off a hill to start it if necessary....

You're probably right, the sitting in tall grass etc will cause alot of that "rusty" pitting look.

Good for you.....

 

[murphysranch]

I'm waiting for the boss at your place of work to either agree or have a royal fit!!

 

[Weldman]

For how this terrain is, it’s perfect for moving animals between parcels, my ATV might even be able to handle it. ATV capacity is 1650 lbs towing. Now my truck can pull any trailer you toss at it. Got looking at it and if you look at the first picture you are right @farmerjan it is a gate. Guess that add value, looks to be a roller cut gate.
Might disagree with me, but only reason I got the truck as new as I did was the 7.3 diesel Ford “mid nineties” only made handful 4x4 trucks that could handle the weight I move, then when they made more of them they switched their diesel engines in early 2000’s. That engine with the next engine 6.0 & 6.4 diesels were so bad they almost sank Ford. Around 2011 is when Ford started building their own in house diesel engines and are the only ones 6.7 diesel. So let them iron their problems out and in 2015 is the next generation, the year of my truck. Most problems ironed out with potential of all of them till today having a chance of grenading the injection pump taking the engine out.
This injection pump is also in Dodge Cummins motors doing the same, so bad that Dodge went backwards in generations on fuel injection pumps and is multi dollar lawsuit out.

 

[Baymule]

My F250 is a 2004 with the 6.0. As soon as it went out of warranty we had the EGR deleted. It’s got 210,000 miles on it. I use it to pull trailers, go get feed or haul stuff. It does what I need it to do. I have a car for everything else.
The 7.3 was the best engine Ford ever had. The new engines have too much electronic crap to break down and go wrong.

 

[farmerjan]

We have 5 (might be 6) F-250 & F-350's.... all 7.3 diesels. Work horses to the Nth degree... All have over 250,000 miles on them. Use the one for pulling the cattle trailers all the time... stays hooked to the 24 ft aluminum one, as the 20 ft steel frame one needs a new floor in it...I want him to redo the frame and put a "rumber" floor in it.... supposed to last forever... We have salt and all that crap to deal with. We try to not go out with the trailers, even with the trucks, on the salted/brined roads if at all possible to stay off them.
Every truck is pre-2000 except the dually diesel DS got from my dad when he gave up the travel trailer when my mom got alzheimers so bad.... it has more electronic crap on it than you can count... that one is automatic... and one of the 2 with the "bale bed's" for moving the round bales is automatic.... I prefer the manual.....
We also got the gas V-10 Triton(?) F-250 from parents estate, think it is a '99 ? , runs good... but it is an automatic and a short bed to boot... to me the short bed pickups are just DUMB..... bed is too short to do most anything useful.... but my father was a short bed p.u. person except for the dually.......
I have heard the 6.0 were just junk....

 

[farmerjan]

@fuzzi ; Realize all the trucks on the farm are 20-30 yrs old.... and all are paid for. We don't get rid of them, we fix/repair/rebuild them.... and when one goes down like the one bale truck with the radiator and all that, we have something else that we can use to feed with, or pull a trailer with....The automatic one had the problem with the bale bed that I went and had to help DS lift the 2 arms to get them up so he could take it to a friend's to get the "ears" on the cylinder rewelded when they broke... we were without any trucks to feed with for 2 days... and it is miles to go to take the tractor to 2 places... got to have backups when you have the number of cattle and places we have to go to.....

@Baymule , glad that your 6.0 is doing good for you.....