BarnyardEngineering
Well-known Member
- Location
- Rochester, NY
I just got back from retrieving my latest "prize" from an auction. Bought an old firewood trailer for $1. The picture was of a wooden box with a bunch of junk in it and buried in weeds. You'd think they would pull it out so you could get a good view of it.
I had intended to just leave it there for the scrap guy, but after I pulled the junk out I found that it had a brand new tongue jack on it worth at least $30, an 8' piece of brand new 6" c-channel steel that would have cost me $50 at the steel yard, a 10' piece of light angle steel, and a few decent pieces of lumber.
Both tires were up. I think it'll haul a load of wood or two with a little work. So I winched it up on the trailer and hauled it home.
It cost the auctioneer more to sell it than what it brought.
I had intended to just leave it there for the scrap guy, but after I pulled the junk out I found that it had a brand new tongue jack on it worth at least $30, an 8' piece of brand new 6" c-channel steel that would have cost me $50 at the steel yard, a 10' piece of light angle steel, and a few decent pieces of lumber.
Both tires were up. I think it'll haul a load of wood or two with a little work. So I winched it up on the trailer and hauled it home.
It cost the auctioneer more to sell it than what it brought.