Travel trailer to euipment trailer, thoughts anyone?

[Iplayfarmer]

muddstopper,

I will see if I can divine the true rating of the axles. If they are greater than 3.5K pounds, then I might just do a total build. I do have professional help that I can bring to bare on critical components where safety is a top priority.

I have no idea what I might get out of the aluminum. Anyone scrapped out a travel trailer lately? If so, how much did the 'goodies' bring you. If it could about pay for itself, this project, then I'd be really jazzed about moving forward with it.

We shall see...

Last time I scrapped aluminum I got 30 cents a pound. It's been a while, though.

 

[muddstopper]

My buddy runs a scrap yard, I am going down there in a little while and I will ask him for prices. I know he has bought several campers complete for scrap. Steel is 0.11lb and copper wire, unstripped, is $1.25 and $2.50 stripped. I just sold a bunch yesterday but didnt ask the price on Aluminum.
Provideing the axels are large enough, I would sell camper contents, fridge, stove, ect, and scrap the rest. Should bring $3-400 as scrap, enough to buy 3 or 4 sticks of channel for a trailer frame.