My redneck trailer

he rolled it over because to make it easier to get the cab off

 

Yeah, that's what he'll probably say too. But the truth is he rolled it because it was awesome.

 

heck i did this same thing..... i just used a chevy.

 

i have seen a couple out here where the bed trailer was in better shape than the one on the truck pulling it. also a truck with no bed pulling one. to each his own i guess.

 

Ergo, it would have been easier to get the trash out of the back of the bed.

 

hey man I respect that! you are recycling parts instead of going and wasting your money and the environment on something that does the exact same job.

 

ditto Mashori but also it was fun I bet. One of those measure once and cut and then cut again and weld and cut again things.

 

Yea, pretty much! My grandpa scrapped a whole bunch of cars last summer, and most of them we rolled over to cut the catalytic converters off. Here's a '86 Crown Vic we did:



That old Chevy motor home will pull anything over. Funny thing is, I was actually driving that car down the road less then 24 hours before that. My grandpa just couldn't get a title for it, so we pulled the engine and trans and scrapped the body.

I own three of these trucks, this '68, a '69 Ranger XLT, and a '71 F250 Custom. The cab is overall pretty solid, but it looks like someone danced on the roof, and the interior is beyond disgusting. That crappy vent/sunroof thing has been leaking for years and the interior is full of mold, mildew, dead leaves, spiders, and who knows what else. These trucks are still all over the place around here in decent shape, and the junkyards are littered with hundreds of them, so I don't really feel too bad about it.

http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=56120

The windsheild has a hole in the middle in the top where the previous owner shot it.

Yep.

Most people that I know who have trucks, have a trailer or three as well. I've got a lot of junk, and this thing will get a bunch of use. Plus, why put the wear and tear on the bed on the "good" truck, when I can toss junk in and out of this thing and not worry about if it gets dented or scratched. I was also thinking about cutting up a crappy old engine hoist I have, and mounting it permanently in the left rear corner of the bed, bolted to the frame underneath, and making it swivel around so I could easily load and unload engines or what ever in and out of the bed.

Just happened to be the side that had the most room. Soft grass + pulling it over very slowly = no damage. You can't tell I rolled it. The right side was damaged when the previous owner ran the truck up against a guard rail.

 

This the guy?

 

seen it done a thousand times around here. nice going!

my car hauler has mobile home axles under it and everything about it was built from scratch so there's nothing wrong with a little enginuity. almost always ends up saving us time and money

 

That's not too far off, and I'm not even kidding. When I bought the truck, he had just got out of prison after 10 years, that's why this truck was originally parked and went to hell. Don't know what he was in prison for.

My grandpa has an old home made car trailer with mobile home axles under it.

 

Pretty sure 8 inches never came in trucks. This one is a 9 inch, open diff with 3.25 gear. Truck had a 240 I6 with a 3 on the tree originally. Had a rebuilt 300 with a 3 speed on the floor when I bought it. My F250 had a 360/C6 originally with a Dana 60 rear with 3.73 in it. Now has the 300/3 speed out of this F100 (it'll pull a house down, but it won't run much over 60). My '69 Ranger XLT has a 360/C6 with a 3.50 9 inch under it. I have another 9 inch out in my shed from a '68 Mustang with a 4.11 gear in it. Traded a 2.79 geared Maverick 8 inch for it.

 

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you should get a 390 or 428 for the 69. not a modded 360 but the real deal. they dont seem too different but when you put a 8' bed of logs on it you will KNOW it. same gas mileaged too if you dont go crazy with the cam...

 

ah. well thats not too healthy for a windshield..
sounds like an odd guy