F100 pulling the Utility Trailer
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F100 pulling the Utility Trailer
I had to go to the dump the other day with the trailer hooked up.
Looked pretty good so I decided to snap a picture:
Dang, this tricore computer smokes. 5 secs to load to photobucket. It used to take like 30 secs per picture.
And that with listening to music and copying all my picture files across to a pocket drive. Never could do that. Whoa .... I'm impressed!!
You never know what your missing until you upgrade your computer system I guess.
Looked pretty good so I decided to snap a picture:
Dang, this tricore computer smokes. 5 secs to load to photobucket. It used to take like 30 secs per picture.
And that with listening to music and copying all my picture files across to a pocket drive. Never could do that. Whoa .... I'm impressed!!
You never know what your missing until you upgrade your computer system I guess.
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Looking good. So when you going to paint the trailer to match the truck? I know what you mean about upgrading computers. This one I got for my b-day kicks donkey over my other computers.
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Don't plan on painting it to match. I use it behind my JEEP, Pathfinder and Motorhome as well. So, black is good. I might take a few dents out of it and shoot it myself again with Semi Gloss. The Gloss Black is just too shiny for a trailer imo.
History -
I bought this trailer from a guy in '92 for $125. It had shot tires...buy I had some. At that time I repacked the bearings, painted it, put new lights on it, jack, tool box and rewired it. All in all another $100. I used it like that until 2004 when the axle spindle gave out. I purchase a $125 axle for it. Then last year those wheels got looking pretty bad so I bought the chromies for $75 installed.
So, I guess I have $450 into the trailer but have gotten 16 years of use out of it. Plus, it's good for another 15-20 years now with the new axle.
I think it's a 53-'56 step side Dodge Truck bed that was converted. Someone took steel plate and welded it to the floor instead of dealing with replacing the wood. Nice move imo. Smooth floor for loading and unloading. Plus, it's so thick it will never rust through. The trailer probably weights around 500lbs though. I plan on masking the Dodge impression that exsists on the tail gate someday. But, I've never been hassled about it. I guess that is because it's always a Ford hauling that Dodge around.... LOL !!!!
History -
I bought this trailer from a guy in '92 for $125. It had shot tires...buy I had some. At that time I repacked the bearings, painted it, put new lights on it, jack, tool box and rewired it. All in all another $100. I used it like that until 2004 when the axle spindle gave out. I purchase a $125 axle for it. Then last year those wheels got looking pretty bad so I bought the chromies for $75 installed.
So, I guess I have $450 into the trailer but have gotten 16 years of use out of it. Plus, it's good for another 15-20 years now with the new axle.
I think it's a 53-'56 step side Dodge Truck bed that was converted. Someone took steel plate and welded it to the floor instead of dealing with replacing the wood. Nice move imo. Smooth floor for loading and unloading. Plus, it's so thick it will never rust through. The trailer probably weights around 500lbs though. I plan on masking the Dodge impression that exsists on the tail gate someday. But, I've never been hassled about it. I guess that is because it's always a Ford hauling that Dodge around.... LOL !!!!
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