desert_steve
Well-known member
Just rambling with an idea floating around in my head. A family friend has an older 41' enclosed 3 axle gooseneck trailer that theyre talking about getting rid of for cheap. I dont need anymore projects by any means, but the possibilities could be endless! The roofs leaking and the inside needs to be gutted and redone just to make it usable, and my google homework says the damn thing weighs roughly 10k lbs empty, but my inner jew-ban (half jewish, half cuban) keeps coming back to the thought of owning it.
Option 1 - Address the above mentioned roof/interior issues and "run it". Its ugly as hell and the outside needs to be painted (in the high desert we'd just hit it with a roller and some house paint and call it a day), new tires, etc etc. These things would need to be addressed no matter what someone did with it.
Option 2 - This would be assuming the internet engineers would approve of such an idea, but what about cutting off about 20-22ft of the enclosed portion from the back of the trailer and making it a flat/open deck? Then adding half-ass living quarters to the front, like one of those badass sundowner/logan trailers, but done by a moron in his back yard on a budget. Sounds like a nice project for retirement. The roof/wall delete should shave quite a bit of weight off of it, which my tow pig would appreciate. Not sure if the frame would be too noodle-y w/o the walls and roof for rigidity/support though.
Option 3 - Getting rid of ALL of the enclosed part and turning it into a flatbed trailer. It'd have a deck big enough to haul 2 trucks but my dually still wouldnt legally be able to pull such a setup. "Crawler-hauler" also becomes a possibility with this option.
So theres my inner thoughts and ramblings, anybody have any ideas/thoughts/comments here?
Option 1 - Address the above mentioned roof/interior issues and "run it". Its ugly as hell and the outside needs to be painted (in the high desert we'd just hit it with a roller and some house paint and call it a day), new tires, etc etc. These things would need to be addressed no matter what someone did with it.
Option 2 - This would be assuming the internet engineers would approve of such an idea, but what about cutting off about 20-22ft of the enclosed portion from the back of the trailer and making it a flat/open deck? Then adding half-ass living quarters to the front, like one of those badass sundowner/logan trailers, but done by a moron in his back yard on a budget. Sounds like a nice project for retirement. The roof/wall delete should shave quite a bit of weight off of it, which my tow pig would appreciate. Not sure if the frame would be too noodle-y w/o the walls and roof for rigidity/support though.
Option 3 - Getting rid of ALL of the enclosed part and turning it into a flatbed trailer. It'd have a deck big enough to haul 2 trucks but my dually still wouldnt legally be able to pull such a setup. "Crawler-hauler" also becomes a possibility with this option.
So theres my inner thoughts and ramblings, anybody have any ideas/thoughts/comments here?
