Wells Cargo type of trailer help?
 

Ive got the opportunity to trade some labor for a covered Wells Cargo
type of trailer, in decent shape, about 5x8 feet. Last tagged in
Florida , plates expired 12/01.

Purchased off Ebay in 2001, brought to Arizona, where it has sat since
then holding rolls of old insulation....

Id like to use it for a work trailer...holding electrical Stuff,
Plumbing supplies etc on job sites etc

Well made, light enough to pull behind the Ford Ranger

The big problem is its only 8' deep. Not long enough to hold a joint
of conduit..something I really need to keep in it on job sites.

Anyone have any practical ideas about conduit storage Under the
trailer? Id like to be able to keep 100' of 3/4" and 1" (or more)
each safe and secure, without it getting nasty and rusty.

My big E350 van does a pretty good job of carrying everything I need
on job sites..but at $4+ a gallon for gas now days...I hate to fire it
up very much..seems that this covered trailer would be the ticket

Anyone living in Arizona know the procedure for getting a "trip
ticket" for a trailer so I can haul it back to California?

I "could" haul my flatbed to Aridzona and haul the trailer back on
it....cringe.....but a 850 mile round trip with first one..then two
trailers is gonna eat into the wallet really bad....

Gunner

Wells Cargo type of trailer help?
 

"Gunner" wrote in message

The big problem is its only 8' deep. Not long enough to hold a joint
of conduit..something I really need to keep in it on job sites.

Anyone have any practical ideas about conduit storage Under the
trailer?

I'm sure you have seen those big tubes on service vans with latching doors
at each end.


Id like to be able to keep 100' of 3/4" and 1" (or more)
each safe and secure, without it getting nasty and rusty.

Maybe a couple of those tubes. How about on a rack on your Ranger if the
trailer does not work out for that.

My big E350 van does a pretty good job of carrying everything I need
on job sites..but at $4+ a gallon for gas now days...I hate to fire it
up very much..seems that this covered trailer would be the ticket

The gas mileage will drop some on the Ranger pulling the trailer.

Anyone living in Arizona know the procedure for getting a "trip
ticket" for a trailer so I can haul it back to California?

I don't know if a Ca driver can do it, but I know I can go to the Az DMV
website, and buy and print a three day registration for a vehicle.

https://servicearizona.com/webapp/permit3/

Looks like you can. It seems to me that you used to be able to do something
like this in Kalifornia too.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

Wells Cargo type of trailer help?
 

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"Gunner" wrote in message

The big problem is its only 8' deep. Not long enough to hold a joint
of conduit..something I really need to keep in it on job sites.

Anyone have any practical ideas about conduit storage Under the
trailer?

I'm sure you have seen those big tubes on service vans with latching doors
at each end.


Doh! This is rec.crafts.metalworking.

Just make a box underneath that goes above the axle and all the way up under
the tongue of the trailer. Leave enough room between the box and the axle
so you can load the trailer without it hitting everytime yu hit a bump. If
axle is on top of springs move it to the bottom of the springs to add a
couple more inches of clearance.

Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com

Wells Cargo type of trailer help?
 

"Gunner" wrote in message
...
Ive got the opportunity to trade some labor for a covered Wells Cargo
type of trailer, in decent shape, about 5x8 feet. Last tagged in
Florida , plates expired 12/01.

Purchased off Ebay in 2001, brought to Arizona, where it has sat since
then holding rolls of old insulation....

Id like to use it for a work trailer...holding electrical Stuff,
Plumbing supplies etc on job sites etc

Well made, light enough to pull behind the Ford Ranger

The big problem is its only 8' deep. Not long enough to hold a joint
of conduit..something I really need to keep in it on job sites.

Anyone have any practical ideas about conduit storage Under the
trailer? Id like to be able to keep 100' of 3/4" and 1" (or more)
each safe and secure, without it getting nasty and rusty.

My big E350 van does a pretty good job of carrying everything I need
on job sites..but at $4+ a gallon for gas now days...I hate to fire it
up very much..seems that this covered trailer would be the ticket

Anyone living in Arizona know the procedure for getting a "trip
ticket" for a trailer so I can haul it back to California?

I "could" haul my flatbed to Aridzona and haul the trailer back on
it....cringe.....but a 850 mile round trip with first one..then two
trailers is gonna eat into the wallet really bad....

Gunner

Gunner,
California issues a trip ticket for $10. (3 years ago). You validate it
yourself by filling in the date on the first day that you use it. I know
many contractors that keep a dozen of these in their glove box instead of
paying for tags on their trailers, backhoes etc. When I brought a vehicle
up to Oregon I checked with Oregon DMV and they honored the California trip
tickets. A year later, on my Oregon to California return trip with the
truck, I again used a CA trip ticket. Cheaper than licensing the truck.

Ivan Vegvary

Wells Cargo type of trailer help?
 

I drove my trailer around for about one month with a sign "license
applied for". I was never stopped and never checked (IL). I did have
the paperwork on the trailer, in the electrical box.

i

On 2008-06-06, Ivan Vegvary wrote:

"Gunner" wrote in message
...
Ive got the opportunity to trade some labor for a covered Wells Cargo
type of trailer, in decent shape, about 5x8 feet. Last tagged in
Florida , plates expired 12/01.

Purchased off Ebay in 2001, brought to Arizona, where it has sat since
then holding rolls of old insulation....

Id like to use it for a work trailer...holding electrical Stuff,
Plumbing supplies etc on job sites etc

Well made, light enough to pull behind the Ford Ranger

The big problem is its only 8' deep. Not long enough to hold a joint
of conduit..something I really need to keep in it on job sites.

Anyone have any practical ideas about conduit storage Under the
trailer? Id like to be able to keep 100' of 3/4" and 1" (or more)
each safe and secure, without it getting nasty and rusty.

My big E350 van does a pretty good job of carrying everything I need
on job sites..but at $4+ a gallon for gas now days...I hate to fire it
up very much..seems that this covered trailer would be the ticket

Anyone living in Arizona know the procedure for getting a "trip
ticket" for a trailer so I can haul it back to California?

I "could" haul my flatbed to Aridzona and haul the trailer back on
it....cringe.....but a 850 mile round trip with first one..then two
trailers is gonna eat into the wallet really bad....

Gunner

Gunner,
California issues a trip ticket for $10. (3 years ago). You validate it
yourself by filling in the date on the first day that you use it. I know
many contractors that keep a dozen of these in their glove box instead of
paying for tags on their trailers, backhoes etc. When I brought a vehicle
up to Oregon I checked with Oregon DMV and they honored the California trip
tickets. A year later, on my Oregon to California return trip with the
truck, I again used a CA trip ticket. Cheaper than licensing the truck.

Ivan Vegvary



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Wells Cargo type of trailer help?
 

On Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:24:07 GMT, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:


"Gunner" wrote in message
.. .
Ive got the opportunity to trade some labor for a covered Wells Cargo
type of trailer, in decent shape, about 5x8 feet. Last tagged in
Florida , plates expired 12/01.

Purchased off Ebay in 2001, brought to Arizona, where it has sat since
then holding rolls of old insulation....

Id like to use it for a work trailer...holding electrical Stuff,
Plumbing supplies etc on job sites etc

Well made, light enough to pull behind the Ford Ranger

The big problem is its only 8' deep. Not long enough to hold a joint
of conduit..something I really need to keep in it on job sites.

Anyone have any practical ideas about conduit storage Under the
trailer? Id like to be able to keep 100' of 3/4" and 1" (or more)
each safe and secure, without it getting nasty and rusty.

My big E350 van does a pretty good job of carrying everything I need
on job sites..but at $4+ a gallon for gas now days...I hate to fire it
up very much..seems that this covered trailer would be the ticket

Anyone living in Arizona know the procedure for getting a "trip
ticket" for a trailer so I can haul it back to California?

I "could" haul my flatbed to Aridzona and haul the trailer back on
it....cringe.....but a 850 mile round trip with first one..then two
trailers is gonna eat into the wallet really bad....

Gunner

Gunner,
California issues a trip ticket for $10. (3 years ago). You validate it
yourself by filling in the date on the first day that you use it. I know
many contractors that keep a dozen of these in their glove box instead of
paying for tags on their trailers, backhoes etc. When I brought a vehicle
up to Oregon I checked with Oregon DMV and they honored the California trip
tickets. A year later, on my Oregon to California return trip with the
truck, I again used a CA trip ticket. Cheaper than licensing the truck.

Ivan Vegvary



Thanks!!!!!

Gunner

Wells Cargo type of trailer help?
 

In article HZ22k.13242$B31.12442@trndny03,
"Ivan Vegvary" wrote:

"Gunner" wrote in message
...
Ive got the opportunity to trade some labor for a covered Wells Cargo
type of trailer, in decent shape, about 5x8 feet. Last tagged in
Florida , plates expired 12/01.

Purchased off Ebay in 2001, brought to Arizona, where it has sat since
then holding rolls of old insulation....

Id like to use it for a work trailer...holding electrical Stuff,
Plumbing supplies etc on job sites etc

Well made, light enough to pull behind the Ford Ranger

The big problem is its only 8' deep. Not long enough to hold a joint
of conduit..something I really need to keep in it on job sites.

Anyone have any practical ideas about conduit storage Under the
trailer? Id like to be able to keep 100' of 3/4" and 1" (or more)
each safe and secure, without it getting nasty and rusty.

My big E350 van does a pretty good job of carrying everything I need
on job sites..but at $4+ a gallon for gas now days...I hate to fire it
up very much..seems that this covered trailer would be the ticket

Anyone living in Arizona know the procedure for getting a "trip
ticket" for a trailer so I can haul it back to California?

I "could" haul my flatbed to Aridzona and haul the trailer back on
it....cringe.....but a 850 mile round trip with first one..then two
trailers is gonna eat into the wallet really bad....

Regarding the conduit: You could make a 12" by 12" cross
section extension in one upper corner long enough to take a 10'er.

Chuck P.