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Need advice for a trailer for hauling a car
Angle trailers: it used to be here they were inferior quailty mostly coming from Alabama and Georgia---poor welds, bad design. Worst of all is the axles were made of reclaimed full size Ford car spindles. They were plopped on lathe and a boss or counter bore was "machined" in the back side to locate the axle tube before welding. Problem was they were never trued before or after welding and did not have a crown in the axle tube nor did they have proper toe-in. A buddy bought a single axle utility trailer made by these guys andd chewed a set of tires in 80 miles. Typically these trailers can be identified by looking for passenger car rims with bad tires---but being sold new.
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Need advice for a trailer for hauling a car
I had a wacky idea and am curious how feasible it is.
With this new car the garage will be getting a little crowded. There's room to park everything but restoring a car takes about two parking spaces.
Would it be reasonable to buy an enclosed trailer and use it as a place to park the tractor when the trailer is not being used? It isn't used much in the winter except for the few times we get snow.
The tongue of the trailer would have to be firmly anchored but other than that, is there any downside to doing this?
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Need advice for a trailer for hauling a car
Kw,
My only concern would be that you might get gassed by the exhaust when starting the tractor. If your tractor will coast with the engine off maybe you could park the trailer nose high and coast the tractor out.
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Need advice for a trailer for hauling a car
Ken, it's not whacky at all. In fact if you dig back through archives you will find where I describe using shipping containers on sites where we have to leave machines unattended for the winter contracts.
We use them both for security and shelter from the weather.
Unless you leave the machine running with the doors closed there isn't much worry of fumes. We back in so the exhaust is blowing out the door also. Mostly we do this though because it's easier to walk past the front wheel to get out than it is the back ones.
I wouldn't recommend a trailer though. They can be quite unstable when not hitched to a truck.
They are also far more expensive than a used shipping container.
Best of luck.
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Need advice for a trailer for hauling a car
I remembered the shipping container idea that was talked about a few years ago but had thought *maybe* the trailer would do the same job. Since it may be unstable I'll revisit the shipping container.
We really need a shop. Hope my wife finds a new job soon 
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Need advice for a trailer for hauling a car
Ken, you live in a forest. Spend $5k on a small sawmill. The shop won't be far behind!
We have a small mill that puts out a lot of lumber. It's paid for itself countless numbers of times. I couldn't tell you the number of buildings it's wood created over the years.
A tree as small as 9" at the butt will make 2" x 6" lumber.
Best of luck.
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I built my shop from a 40' container. I cut it in half, moved the halves together so the front end sits next to the rear end. Then I cut the two walls that now create the interior out leaving a clear space of 20 x 18. I welded the two sections together. The open end was enclosed by 2x4 studs and two barn doors totalling 11 feet. 2 2x6's created the header to support the steel roof halves. Needing more room for a wood stove, I opened the old rear doors, installed a floor, back wall and slanted roof using steel wall studs and metal siding. I installed a prehung 36" entry door on one side, and 3x4 window on the other. The nice thing about this is can dismantle it or pull it with a dozer if I have to when I buy the land next to it. And the floor is 1-1/2" wax impregnated mahogany. I have. About $2000 into it. Recently I vynil sided it with free materials. And I didn't need a permit since it sits on blocks. It's heavy though! The box alone weighed 8,500 lb. All I used to cut it apart was a metal cutting circular saw from TSC and a sawzall--in 45 minutes flat!
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Need advice for a trailer for hauling a car
Where do you get shipping containers?
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Need advice for a trailer for hauling a car
Frank, nearly all the "intermodal" shipping / trucking companies sell their decomissioned containers, usually pretty reasonably too.
The last couple I bought were 20' aluminum ones, they were $1,500 each because they were insulated & watertight. They also had $750 steel ones that were a little banged up.
The 40' ones were double that price, but are of little use to me because they're akward to move around. The 20' ones go on our roll off truck.
Best of luck.
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Need advice for a trailer for hauling a car
We have several terminals ports here in Deeetroit that have them. I bought mine when scrap was high. But I got mine for $1200 plus tax, and $250 for transporting. There are three or four grades of them ---pricing doesn't vary that much though.
Once I saw how easy it was to cut it I'm not convinced I would use it to secure valuables. Shoot, a cordless saw with a carbide blade can cut it like butter. Even still, the locking door mechanism is easily defeated with the same saw or bolt cutters.
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