Just scored a Ben Hur...

Off craigslist, for $200.00 Seemed solid enough & not beat up too bad...here's the link to craigslist but I don't know how long it will stay up on their site... http://sacramento.craigslist.org/for/4224308577.html I told the lady that all I could afford was $200 & she said she could work with that... Her husband even said he'd deliver it tomorrow morning, because I'm not yet set up to tow... here's a pic I snagged off craigs...

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I was so jazzed, I stopped & got some beer on the way home...
From what I understand, they just bought the house in a foreclosure sale & just moved down from McCloud Ca. their HOA doesn't permit trailers & such & they were anxious to get rid of it... The only thing that I didn't like was the extended tongue, but that can be easily fixed with my handy/dandy little Lincoln wire feed...now to figure out how to pay the other bills I have...

ETA: The picture does it no justice at all....

 

That is a great trailer in very good condition. I think you will be very happy with it.

 

I have no doubt I'll be happy with it.......I just have a hard time believing I picked it up so cheap...OTOH maybe if I'd have waited a bit, I could have gotten it fr free...

 

Great score!

 

The question now is what to do with it? I've got some thoughts rolling around in the space where most people have a brain, but unfortunately I'm not that blessed. ... Since I have a lot of spare time right now, I think I'll pull it apart for sanding/wire wheel/painting...chop the extended tongue off & stick a pintle hitch on it...while I'm cleaning it up...I'm gonna put some thought into using it as a platform for a tent.

 

It was a nice day yesterday, so I got out the angle grinder, sawzall, drill, & chopped the tongue "extension" off to where it was welded on...the new Reese couplers side holes lined up almost perfectly with the original holes, so I tack welded it in place & drilled out the original mounting holes to better accept some grade 8 7/16"X1 bolts I found laying around. Decided against the pintle hook & went with the 2" ball instead. I could only get power to one line through the wiring that's on it now, so I scrounged around in the garage & found an extension plug & enough wire from projects past, to go ahead & get the lights working later today. The current plan is to just get it serviceable until later this spring when it warms up a little & I have more daylight to work with.

I'm taking some pics, but am having problems with the SD port on my computer so it may be a while before I can post any...