You Know You Are Old When

[Jstpssng]

When I was young we lived in a rural place without trash service so I made a trailer from an old pickup and put plywood sides on it. When It filled up I would go to the dump. My then wife would accuse me of coming home with more than I left with... not my fault people were throwing good stuff away

Some places have a spot where you can leave things which are still good. We emptied out a camp years ago and left a slugload of items on the table at the local transfer station.

 

[tallyho8]

YKYO when your parents die.

Since my parents died when I was quite young, I am unable to agree with you.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Some places have a spot where you can leave things which are still good. We emptied out a camp years ago and left a slugload of items on the table at the local transfer station.

We just returned from Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania amish country. A week there and saw one police cruiser. Our horse farrier & his wife were here yesterday and they frequent there because of family. They said recently they had a fund raiser for a cancer patient and an amish lady walked the proceeds to the family...$85,000 cash in a 5 gallon bucket several miles.

 

[sixdogs]

I have heard farmers say...
I go "road farming" every time I leave the house.
I drive slow so I can check out the neighbors corn/beans.
If his is doing better than mine, I might think about switching next year.

Road farming. We used to live in rural northern New England and many of the roads were bank-run gravel and not much different than our glacial till "soil".

Anyway, one (really) old timer still worked with old equipment and that included a rope trip to raise and lower his seeder. He was often late in lifting the planter so he wound up planting corn about half way into the road around a bend. About 50 feet. No big deal and the locals just squeezed by until it was chopped for silage.

I don't recall anyone ever saying anything to him so he might have thought it was OK. Actually, it was.

 

[Oaktree]

When I was young we lived in a rural place without trash service so I made a trailer from an old pickup and put plywood sides on it. When It filled up I would go to the dump. My then wife would accuse me of coming home with more than I left with... not my fault people were throwing good stuff away

You used to see quite a few home-made trailers here made from an old pickup bed (and presumably part of the frame). Haven't seen one in years.

 

[WinterDeere]

You used to see quite a few home-made trailers here made from an old pickup bed (and presumably part of the frame). Haven't seen one in years.

I grew up with one of those, made by my grandfather out of a 1930’s pickup bed. Mom sold it decades ago, but I sure do wish I could find it now!

 

[deserteagle71]

You used to see quite a few home-made trailers here made from an old pickup bed (and presumably part of the frame). Haven't seen one in years.

I still see them everywhere out here. I have one - made from a Studebaker pickup. Has "Studebaker" across the tailgate!

 

[LouNY]

I still see them everywhere out here. I have one - made from a Studebaker pickup. Has "Studebaker" across the tailgate!

Yep, rust doesn't happen in your area.

 

[bigtiller]

You used to see quite a few home-made trailers here made from an old pickup bed (and presumably part of the frame). Haven't seen one in years.

We had one also. The bed was about 4' square and the whole thing was brush painted yellow. Us kids would ride around town in it while mom & dad played kissy face like the 20 something they were.

It was okay with the one cop our town had. But then they hired a second, part time cop. He put an end to our Saturday night fun.

 

[Runner]

It was okay with the one cop our town had. But then they hired a second, part time cop. He put an end to our Saturday night fun.

You grew up in Mayberry?

 

[masseyrider]

You grew up in Mayberry?

Oh that Barney Fife, MD.

 

[MossRoad]

I still see them everywhere out here. I have one - made from a Studebaker pickup. Has "Studebaker" across the tailgate!

Would love to see pic. I live in South Bend, home of Studebaker.

 

[MossRoad]

I recall our Boy Scout troop had a pickup bed trailer. But it had a straight axle under it, not the original differential. It was a 50's bed in the 70's.

 

[bigtiller]

You grew up in Mayberry?

Almost.
We even had a local operator to make the calls for us.

 

[MossRoad]

You used to see quite a few home-made trailers here made from an old pickup bed (and presumably part of the frame). Haven't seen one in years.

Very few in many years around here. Why? I'm guessing...

18' car hauler trailer with 5000# load capacity is about $4K.

Truck trailer capacity is less than half, 3X shorter and 2-3 feet narrower, half the axles and no brakes.

You'd have to find a donor truck without a bent frame, strip it all off, fix the rear end to free spin, figure out braking, and figure out how to title and insure it.

With that said, I'd think it would be cool to find a truck bed that matches my Suburban year and color and put a cap on it.

 

[Jstpssng]

I'd think it would be cool to find a truck bed that matches my Suburban year and color and put a cap on it

It might be easier to buy an existing flatbed trailer, amd add the truck body to it.

 

[not2old]

I recall our Boy Scout troop had a pickup bed trailer. But it had a straight axle under it, not the original differential. It was a 50's bed in the 70's.

I made mine from a 1975 F250 in the mid 1980's. It still has the differential under it, but I cut off the axles so the gears don't turn and the original brakes with a surge coupler. Gets used frequently as garbage for the dump doesn't go in my truck and the same for sand and gravel.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

YKYO when it takes longer to empty your bladder than it used to empty your bowels.

 

[masseyrider]

You're home, posting at 2AM on some obscure site because you can't sleep because you have aches and pains from a job you never did that day.

 

[CalG]

If you have sat on one of these..

Bucket between your feet. Bail ready to run.