Landed a FREE Trailer!

[rivergames]

I am getting ready to move from LA to OC in 3 more weeks. The past 4 weeks I have been stressing a bit to find a decent flat bed trailer to move a tall 17'L x 8'W x 12'T Storage shed I have in back of my LA pad. I also need to move a corner Pergola.

I couldn't find any decent trailers less than $3,800. 2 nights ago, my neighbor hits me up and asks if I want a free trailer. His Dr. Buddy is building a new house in Santa Monica and doesn't need the trailer anymore. My neighbor hits me up knowing I could possibly be in need of this trailer. He sends me a few pictures and I say hell ya I want a FREE Trailer!

I get over there yesterday afternoon, move a bunch of construction shit off the trailer, hook the summa bitch up to my blazer and haul ass outta there!

When I got home, my boy helped me sweep up

I'll pressure wash her this weekend. I think she will clean up well

After the move, I will get 2 new heavy duty fenders that I could drive over if needed. The current fenders are trashed.

Then I need to weld a new bracket for the winch up front. Somehow the one on there is bent back like a Mofo

I also need to replace the banged up storage box.

Once I replace the fenders, straighten out the jack, & replace the storage box, I will hit the trailer and rims with a gloss black farm paint to clean her up!

 

[ChrisV]

Come up!

 

[cofooter]

Nice, where are you moving in OC?

 

[rivergames]

Nice, where are you moving in OC?

We found a bitchen house on a little over an acre of property in Orange Park Acres

 

[ChrisV]

We found a bitchen house on a little over an acre of property in Orange Park Acres

Hell yeah

 

[ChumpChange]

“Free Trailer”. Not when you’re done with it. Congrats on the find.

 

[cofooter]

We found a bitchen house on a little over an acre of property in Orange Park Acres

Awesome area, grew up right around the corner in North Tustin! Check out Morenos on Chapman for a great Mexican dinner!!!!

 

[Havaduner]

Are you going to put a sticky on the top of the forums with the sign up sheet when the inmates need to borrow it??

 

[rivergames]

Awesome area, grew up right around the corner in North Tustin! Check out Morenos on Chapman for a great Mexican dinner!!!!

Awesome! My Grandpa has had his house in Villa Park for over 40 years now. It's about 3/4 of a mile as a crow flies from my new pad.

I'd love to check out Morenos, but will be limited to cans of beans and boxes of rice for a long long time

 

[WYRD]

Sometimes free is the most expensive shit you'll ever own. Cool project good luck on the build

 

[rivergames]

“Free Trailer”. Not when you’re done with it. Congrats on the find.

Very True! Maybe I will just pressure wash the summa bitch and leave her alone!

 

[old rigger]

Awesome area, grew up right around the corner in North Tustin! Check out Morenos on Chapman for a great Mexican dinner!!!!

One of my wife's oldest girlfriend's family owns that place. Really good food.

 

[Hardly Satisfied]

Free is always good

 

[C_J_J_C]

Last time I got a "Free Trailer" I spent about a grand on it and then gave it away for free because the axles were bent and it was completely unsafe when loaded above 55mph.

My suggestion is to actually tow it. Empty and loaded with weight near what you plan on towing before you do anything else....... then look into registation.

If it tows straight and you can register it then you got a free trailer.... otherwise you took someones problem for no charge.

Good luck and based on the photos I think you did well.

 

[cofooter]

One of my wife's oldest girlfriend's family owns that place. Really good food.

Been going there since early '70's. To this day, whenever the familys in town together for some birthday or celebration, we usually meet up there!

 

[rivergames]

Last time I got a "Free Trailer" I spent about a grand on it and then gave it away for free because the axles were bent and it was completely unsafe when loaded above 55mph.

My suggestion is to actually tow it. Empty and loaded with weight near what you plan on towing before you do anything else....... then look into registation.

If it tows straight and you can register it then you got a free trailer.... otherwise you took someones problem for no charge.

Good luck and based on the photos I think you did well.

I towed it from Santa Monica to Westchester (About 10 miles) on the freeway. Got up to 65mph and she towed dead strait.

I do want to throw some weight on her and see how she tows. I also need to look over the whole trailer for any cracks or bent metal that could possibly cause future issues.

I will work on getting her registered next week.

 

[Bigbore500r]

I am getting ready to move from LA to OC in 3 more weeks. The past 4 weeks I have been stressing a bit to find a decent flat bed trailer to move a tall 17'L x 8'W x 12'T Storage shed I have in back of my LA pad. I also need to move a corner Pergola.

I couldn't find any decent trailers less than $3,800. 2 nights ago, my neighbor hits me up and asks if I want a free trailer. His Dr. Buddy is building a new house in Santa Monica and doesn't need the trailer anymore. My neighbor hits me up knowing I could possibly be in need of this trailer. He sends me a few pictures and I say hell ya I want a FREE Trailer!

I get over there yesterday afternoon, move a bunch of construction shit off the trailer, hook the summa bitch up to my blazer and haul ass outta there!

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When I got home, my boy helped me sweep up

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I'll pressure wash her this weekend. I think she will clean up well

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After the move, I will get 2 new heavy duty fenders that I could drive over if needed. The current fenders are trashed.

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Then I need to weld a new bracket for the winch up front. Somehow the one on there is bent back like a Mofo

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I also need to replace the banged up storage box.

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Once I replace the fenders, straighten out the jack, & replace the storage box, I will hit the trailer and rims with a gloss black farm paint to clean her up!

Awesome!
...can I borrow it? I'll make sure to leave the lights not working, and at least one tire hammered. And i can make sure we lose the pins for the ramps, to cover the bases!

 

[old rigger]

Been going there since early '70's. To this day, whenever the familys in town together for some birthday or celebration, we usually meet up there!

We go now and then, mostly for some kind of get together. Kind of a drive from Long Beach.

 

[mjc]

I am getting ready to move from LA to OC in 3 more weeks. The past 4 weeks I have been stressing a bit to find a decent flat bed trailer to move a tall 17'L x 8'W x 12'T Storage shed I have in back of my LA pad. I also need to move a corner Pergola.

I couldn't find any decent trailers less than $3,800. 2 nights ago, my neighbor hits me up and asks if I want a free trailer. His Dr. Buddy is building a new house in Santa Monica and doesn't need the trailer anymore. My neighbor hits me up knowing I could possibly be in need of this trailer. He sends me a few pictures and I say hell ya I want a FREE Trailer!

I get over there yesterday afternoon, move a bunch of construction shit off the trailer, hook the summa bitch up to my blazer and haul ass outta there!

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When I got home, my boy helped me sweep up

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I'll pressure wash her this weekend. I think she will clean up well

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After the move, I will get 2 new heavy duty fenders that I could drive over if needed. The current fenders are trashed.

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Then I need to weld a new bracket for the winch up front. Somehow the one on there is bent back like a Mofo

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I also need to replace the banged up storage box.

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Once I replace the fenders, straighten out the jack, & replace the storage box, I will hit the trailer and rims with a gloss black farm paint to clean her up!

I would consider moving the jack back far enough to open the tailgate without hitting it. Seen too many dented tailgates form it hitting.

 

[boatpi]

That’s better than borrowing a trailer from RD.

 

[C_J_J_C]

I towed it from Santa Monica to Westchester (About 10 miles) on the freeway. Got up to 65mph and she towed dead strait.

I do want to throw some weight on her and see how she tows. I also need to look over the whole trailer for any cracks or bent metal that could possibly cause future issues.

I will work on getting her registered next week.

Awsome....

Throw on a Harbor Freight storage box for $100ish bucks, maybe a new jack, and some tires and it is perfect.

 

[Ziggy]

When your done moving your stuff I'd gladly give you a $Grand$ for it
.

 

[rivergames]

When your done moving your stuff I'd gladly give you a $Grand$ for it
.

SOLD!






J/K I will need it for trips out to the dirt to go riding in lieu of brining my enclosed race trailer

 

[Ziggy]

SOLD!






J/K I will need it for trips out to the dirt to go riding in lieu of brining my enclosed race trailer

Darn

 

[TimeBandit]

Date code on tires?

Nothing worse than a blown tire, no tools, spare or jack.

 

[76 Hondo]

Welcome to the OC! The boy sure has grown, remember meeting your family at the restaurant in Chandler, great bunch of people. The Wife and I are Orange High Grads, and lived there after we married for another 13 years until moving to So. County.

 

[Backlash]

Keep an eye on Craigslist. I've seen storage boxes for sale for cheap.

 

[LakeMead Boater]

We found a bitchen house on a little over an acre of property in Orange Park Acres

Congrats! My kids go to school at Salem right on the corner. Tons of river people at that school and in the area.

 

[rivergames]

Congrats! My kids go to school at Salem right on the corner. Tons of river people at that school and in the area.

My wife already applied for our boy to start at Salem in August! Our new pad is right down the street!

 

[wallnutz]

Awesome!
...can I borrow it? I'll make sure to leave the lights not working, and at least one tire hammered. And i can make sure we lose the pins for the ramps, to cover the bases!

So you have borrowed my trailer before...

 

[rivergames]

Welcome to the OC! The boy sure has grown, remember meeting your family at the restaurant in Chandler, great bunch of people. The Wife and I are Orange High Grads, and lived there after we married for another 13 years until moving to So. County.

Thanks Buddy! He is growing like a weed! So. County is really nice, but a little too far from my shop in Gardena.

 

[Melloyellovector]

Very True! Maybe I will just pressure wash the summa bitch and leave her alone!

Even simple trailers can be a slippery slope