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Discussion Starter · Jan 20, 2012

Hi all. I found this at the dump today. They have signs all over telling you no salvaging but will usually ignore you if there is something good and easy to get. It's very rusty. I think someone stored their driveway salt in it, but it is all there and looks usable if I throw in a piece of plywood to keep things from breaking through the bottom. when I get a chance I will beat off the rust and see how much is salvageable.

16.5 cu ft with 6.50 x 8 wheels. Wheels are greased and tires look ok. Steel dump body with a tailgate. I have no idea what brand.

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Discussion Starter · #9 · Jan 21, 2012

Is yours missing the rear gate too? Those things must have a habit of walking off..

Actually the gate was included in the low, low price. I took it off to hopefully drain off some of the salt water. There are ice salting crystals in the bed.

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Discussion Starter · #11 · Feb 1, 2012

This one may be beyond economical salvage, but that's what I do best - resurrect things that someone else wrote off. The tongue and axle have heavy flaking rust and no trace of paint, and the bottom of the box would probably not stop a screwdriver dropped from a few feet up. I think they tossed it after the arm that holds the hitch pin broke off from rusting through.

Once I get going on it, I may post a before and after fix-it series here. Probably not till spring though.

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Discussion Starter · #12 · Mar 30, 2012

I got another look at the trailer after it finally melted out of the snowbank. I scraped off some blue paint and found this label. The trailer bed doesn't seem quite as rusty as I first thought. It may be worth salvaging as a work trailer.

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Discussion Starter · #17 · Mar 30, 2012

NOVAZ27 - thanks for the ideas - I think I may try them. I picked up a pressure washer at the pawn shop last fall. That might work well for getting off the worst rust chips.

By the way, did anyone catch the "Mythbusters" episode where they used spray-on bedliner as a blast shield? It actually worked - kept the cinder block wall and the stick built wall from blowing up their dummy!

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