Does anyone own one of those trailers made out of pick up truck bed? I just agreed to buy one made from an old Ford pick-up that is sitting on what I think is an RV trailer chassis? It has a title, so I am ok with it. I will share pics tomorrow when I get it home, and right now it's pretty "BUTT-UGLY", but after some sandpaper and paint,..I think it could be the talk of any redneck discussion out here! Anyone have any pics of one they are proud of? Please share it?
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luv2wrench
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I have several pickup box trailers. they are great and very common around the midwest. I have heard some folks laugh at them in other areas of the country.Mine are mosty are 3/4 ton and i use to haul scrap. They can haul about 3 tons.
got a dually i m gunna make into one soon.
My favorite box trailer is one i made out of a jeep j 10.
got a dually i m gunna make into one soon.
My favorite box trailer is one i made out of a jeep j 10.
luv2wrench
Member
don't think you guys follow me. We don't the pickup box onto another trailer....we cut them in half. We cut the frame under the cab and cut and bend the frame rails in and weld a hitch on. its great, lights are there with the wiring. They pull great. In nebraska they get liceced as a homemade trailer. best part is you can switch the plate from one pick up box trailer to the next and they don't know. Only the color is noted on the registration.
Ky. Hauler
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They pull really well. Had one years ago. They are heavy.
I am working on one right now. I took a sigle axle dump truck and scrapped the front half, made the hitch part out of frame rails from a semi, and am hooking a single hyd hose to the cylinder. It will be pulled with a farm tractor, not a truck. the dump box is in great shape and I will only have a few hundred $$ in it total, once I cash in on the scrap.
Paul Janke
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I didn't know those were rare in some areas. I only own two right now. One out of an early 1950's International 1/2 ton with a hoist under the box, and one out of a Datsun. I always use the whole frame and generally put a flatbed in front of the box. I've probably had close to a dozen different ones over the years.
Billy Shafer
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There is one down here. Man wrecked his truck. Cut off the front and made a trailer out of it. Looks like a factory job. Uses it for swap meets he goes to.
i got 2 of them,both chevy one is a factory frame and bed from the early '60's with coil spring suspension on the rear, not real good, but its my trash trailer and only gets pulled a couple times a month, [ its a 10 mile trip to take out the trash] the other is a later bed 67, to 72,and has a 2 i/2 inch channell frame and trailer house axle with a steel floor, in it i use the heck out of it had over a ton on it and pulled great at 70 mph, trash trailer pulls fine too just has a little wallow to it empty
old
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- Location
- Camdenton Missouri
I have one that was made with the bed of a early 50s Chev and I have over the years built more then one form dead trucks that I owned and then sold them. To me they are not much good unless of course you do not own a pick up truck
they are handy , i think i have 100 bucks in my most expensive one which was for wheels and tires, when i made it i didnt have any old 6 lug chevy wheels anymore, people who just need a smaller trailer in town like them, since they are a pickup bed, a bed cap fits them, making a nice lockable king size tool box, ummm dont forget to buy a hitch lock, they also make great dedicated use trailers, ie trash trailer feed trailer, ect so you dont tie up your pickup i have a water tank in one now, which is handy and i wouldnt want to haul that around with me all the time,if its on a rv trailer chassis pay attention to the axle and springs, if its on one of those old popup camper frames your hauling capacity will be minimal, a larger rv, your good for around a half a ton or more
ive owned several over the years made out of pickup frames that had been cut down.one thing i would recommend if yours is such as this,put shocks on it.some will sway so bad you cant hold them on the road. they are handy though,ive hauled many a ton of seed ,feed , and fertilizer in one.
I have three. The haniest thing I have ever done on the farm is turn one I bought at an auction for $50 several years ago into my "fence'n trailer". It is the back half of an old datsun. It's light enough my four wheeler will pull it about any where. No more look'n for fence'n stuff. I keep it stocked with post, wires, staples, insulators, ect,, when I need to do any fence chores I hook and go. When I get there I have every thing I need.
They come in real handy cut'n fire wood close to the house. I wouldn't want to go too far on the public roads but you can hook several together and spend the day load'n them.
Dave.
They come in real handy cut'n fire wood close to the house. I wouldn't want to go too far on the public roads but you can hook several together and spend the day load'n them.
Dave.
Thought of another good use for them.
For some reason guys around here love to tie up ton trucks with a service bed loaded down with tools and fuel tanks. I know a guy who bought a wore out twice service truck at an auction that had a good bed on it and cut it into a trailer. Now rather than have a truck tied up with a service bed that only gets drove four months a year while field work is go'n on he has a much cheaper to keep around trailer that stays parked in a shed and gets pulled to the field as needed.
Dave
For some reason guys around here love to tie up ton trucks with a service bed loaded down with tools and fuel tanks. I know a guy who bought a wore out twice service truck at an auction that had a good bed on it and cut it into a trailer. Now rather than have a truck tied up with a service bed that only gets drove four months a year while field work is go'n on he has a much cheaper to keep around trailer that stays parked in a shed and gets pulled to the field as needed.
Dave
Thought of another good use for them.
For some reason guys around here love to tie up ton trucks with a service bed loaded down with tools and fuel tanks. I know a guy who bought a wore out twice service truck at an auction that had a good bed on it and cut it into a trailer. Now rather than have a truck tied up with a service bed that only gets drove four months a year while field work is go'n on he has a much cheaper to keep around trailer that stays parked in a shed and gets pulled to the field as needed.
Dave
For some reason guys around here love to tie up ton trucks with a service bed loaded down with tools and fuel tanks. I know a guy who bought a wore out twice service truck at an auction that had a good bed on it and cut it into a trailer. Now rather than have a truck tied up with a service bed that only gets drove four months a year while field work is go'n on he has a much cheaper to keep around trailer that stays parked in a shed and gets pulled to the field as needed.
Dave
I"ve made a few trailers from pickups, usefull around farm. Remove brake shoes and hardware prevents a locked wheel on road incident-BTDT. Long tongues mean stable on highway. 6 bolt chev axles can take Japanese 6 bolt wheels. Little Maxda/Ranger bed with topper made good seed corn and fertilizer hauler- bags of seed on right side, starter fertilizer on left side when geting seed, etc no need to unload picup to use for something else, take trailer to field to load planter and can leave overnight witout worry about rain. Dodge D200 box hauls hay, wood, whatever. Most of litle box trailers sold of at brohers estate sale 3 years back, one sister says she sees couple of them on road yet and oher sister wishes she"d bid on the long tongue one for hay haulig at high speed on highway. Cut frame rails about firwall area, notch and heat sides, bend inward to V, short or long 3inch sqaure tube for coupler/hitch alighn and clamp, adjust then spot weld, double check then final weld. Side rail straight top and bottom cuts bend a bit when bending side in so you have 2 lap weld surfaces instead of cutting V notch- lots less gussetting needed to fill oversize V notch cut. Scrapped pickup could be made into trailer for about $50.00 parts, welding supplies was about what I came up with for rough cost. Auction bids were $150.00 to $250.00 and that got something that could haul twice as much as a $495.00 Menards special. No problem with license plate in wisconsin-up to 3000 pounds no brakes or plate required. Iowa had no problem as farm trailers, personel use. RN
fixerupper
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I used to have one made from the rear of a 1970 3/4 ton Chevy. I put a livestock rack on it and hauled fat hogs to market. Hauled a lot of hogs with it. I put a roof on it to make it tight and warm for hauling feeder pigs home in the winter. It could hold 12@ 260lb or 13@ 230lb but I forget how many 40 pounders it would haul. Hauled a stock cow or two once in awhile but it was a little too rocky and unstable to haul cattle at more than 20 MPH. Jim
Anonymous-0
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I have seven of them, four full size GM and 3 foreigns Mazda. Friends use them more than I do. Took one of the small ones 120 miles to a sale last Saturday. Only four here now. Did them all myself. chris
Jaden
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- Location
- Eastern Nebraska
Here's one to look at. Just noticed the ugly one in the background.
elmersooner
Member
take the cab off cut the frame after the motor mounts and v-notch and bend then weld on a good bulldog hitch. have several of them--I prefer 3/4 ton beds. my crazy father in law just did it with a knapheide dump bed off of a 1 ton ford--still haven't figured out what he's gonna do with it.
elmersooner
Member
take the cab off cut the frame after the motor mounts and v-notch and bend then weld on a good bulldog hitch. have several of them--I prefer 3/4 ton beds. my crazy father in law just did it with a knapheide dump bed off of a 1 ton ford--still haven't figured out what he's gonna do with it.
Well fellas,..I got it today,..with the title! It also came with 3 cans of white spray paint, and one tarp.
My problem is,...I don't know what year Ford it actually is. I will try to get some pics in here very shortly.
These things could become a new fad of redneck "must-haves"?
My problem is,...I don't know what year Ford it actually is. I will try to get some pics in here very shortly.
These things could become a new fad of redneck "must-haves"?
Pitalplace
Member
took a hoist out of one of our old corn wagons, made a hinge point on the back of the box. I then added a electric over hydraulic pump from eBay and walla a dump trailer. Works great for delivering wood to clients or hauling sand or gravel. It is the best thing I have done to a trailer.
Ok,...by simply looking at the tail light lenses, I have learned that this truck bed trailer I have is a 1967 Ford.
I have purchased some spray-on bed liner, and plenty of black paint.
I see myself using this for firewood, dirt, beauty bark, gravel, and moving just about anything I can get into it without killing myself or anyone else.
I have purchased some spray-on bed liner, and plenty of black paint.
I see myself using this for firewood, dirt, beauty bark, gravel, and moving just about anything I can get into it without killing myself or anyone else.
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