Five out of 8 did not have titles. I declined to buy them, as scrap
yards are reluctant to take them without titles.

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes and were difficult to yank
out of snow piles. But we did it with a "train" of my pickup, forklift,
and the semi tractor itself. We were the only ones who could to it by
ourselves, all other buyers had to pay tow trucks or a huge loader.

All three were driven to a scrap yard, where they are resting in
peace right now. It was funny to watch the trail of rust falling off
as these old junkers were bouncing on potholes.

i

"Ignoramus17561" wrote in message
...
Five out of 8 did not have titles. I declined to buy them, as scrap
yards are reluctant to take them without titles.


Smart move.

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes and were difficult to yank
out of snow piles. But we did it with a "train" of my pickup, forklift,
and the semi tractor itself. We were the only ones who could to it by
ourselves, all other buyers had to pay tow trucks or a huge loader.


Did you take any pics for posterity? The great winter of 14.

All three were driven to a scrap yard, where they are resting in
peace right now. It was funny to watch the trail of rust falling off
as these old junkers were bouncing on potholes.

i

Best Regards
Tom.
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http://fija.org/

On 2014-02-21, azotic wrote:

"Ignoramus17561" wrote in message
...
Five out of 8 did not have titles. I declined to buy them, as scrap
yards are reluctant to take them without titles.


Smart move.

Well, in the end, the scrap yard did not care. (like you would expect)

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes and were difficult to yank
out of snow piles. But we did it with a "train" of my pickup, forklift,
and the semi tractor itself. We were the only ones who could to it by
ourselves, all other buyers had to pay tow trucks or a huge loader.


Did you take any pics for posterity? The great winter of 14.

No, but I regret, I should have taken a video, this would be a fun
video.

All three were driven to a scrap yard, where they are resting in
peace right now. It was funny to watch the trail of rust falling off
as these old junkers were bouncing on potholes.

i

Best Regards
Tom.

On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 07:18:07 -0600, Ignoramus24287
wrote:

On 2014-02-21, azotic wrote:

"Ignoramus17561" wrote in message
...
Five out of 8 did not have titles. I declined to buy them, as scrap
yards are reluctant to take them without titles.


Smart move.

Well, in the end, the scrap yard did not care. (like you would expect)

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes and were difficult to yank
out of snow piles. But we did it with a "train" of my pickup, forklift,
and the semi tractor itself. We were the only ones who could to it by
ourselves, all other buyers had to pay tow trucks or a huge loader.


Did you take any pics for posterity? The great winter of 14.

No, but I regret, I should have taken a video, this would be a fun
video.

That's a shame. It would have been a viral video, I'll bet.


All three were driven to a scrap yard, where they are resting in
peace right now. It was funny to watch the trail of rust falling off
as these old junkers were bouncing on potholes.

Imagine what the potholes will look like after the collapse.

--
Cogito, ergo armatum sum.

(I think, therefore I am armed.)

On 2/20/2014 7:26 PM, Ignoramus17561 wrote:
....

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes ...

All three were driven to a scrap yard, ...

Hmmm...that seems a serious risk if the bears were out???

Cost would be far more than the potential reward I'd think...

--

dpb wrote:

On 2/20/2014 7:26 PM, Ignoramus17561 wrote:
...

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes ...

All three were driven to a scrap yard, ...

Hmmm...that seems a serious risk if the bears were out???

Cost would be far more than the potential reward I'd think...

--

I suspect he used his forklift to load all of them onto his good
registered trailer, brought them to the scrap yard and then went back to
pickup the forklift.

On 2/21/2014 1:39 PM, Pete C. wrote:

dpb wrote:

On 2/20/2014 7:26 PM, Ignoramus17561 wrote:
...

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes ...

All three were driven to a scrap yard, ...

Hmmm...that seems a serious risk if the bears were out???

Cost would be far more than the potential reward I'd think...

--

I suspect he used his forklift to load all of them onto his good
registered trailer, brought them to the scrap yard and then went back to
pickup the forklift.

What I'd have done and am/was hoping to be so, but the choice of words
and the story the potholes made me wonder at least a little...

--

On 2014-02-21, dpb wrote:
On 2/21/2014 1:39 PM, Pete C. wrote:

dpb wrote:

On 2/20/2014 7:26 PM, Ignoramus17561 wrote:
...

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes ...

All three were driven to a scrap yard, ...

Hmmm...that seems a serious risk if the bears were out???

Cost would be far more than the potential reward I'd think...

--

I suspect he used his forklift to load all of them onto his good
registered trailer, brought them to the scrap yard and then went back to
pickup the forklift.

What I'd have done and am/was hoping to be so, but the choice of words
and the story the potholes made me wonder at least a little...

--

I just drove them.

i

On 2014-02-22, Ignoramus24287 wrote:
On 2014-02-21, dpb wrote:
On 2/21/2014 1:39 PM, Pete C. wrote:

dpb wrote:

On 2/20/2014 7:26 PM, Ignoramus17561 wrote:
...

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes ...

All three were driven to a scrap yard, ...

Hmmm...that seems a serious risk if the bears were out???

Cost would be far more than the potential reward I'd think...

--

I suspect he used his forklift to load all of them onto his good
registered trailer, brought them to the scrap yard and then went back to
pickup the forklift.

What I'd have done and am/was hoping to be so, but the choice of words
and the story the potholes made me wonder at least a little...

--

I just drove them.


Additionally, the junk trailers were registered, just not in my
name. The Illinois ST plates (Semi trailer), never expire. And they
had plates.

The worst that they could stick to me was operating a vehicle without
current safety inspection.

i

On 2014-02-21, dpb wrote:
On 2/20/2014 7:26 PM, Ignoramus17561 wrote:
...

The three ones I bought, had frozen brakes ...

All three were driven to a scrap yard, ...

Hmmm...that seems a serious risk if the bears were out???

Cost would be far more than the potential reward I'd think...

I calculated risk and reward of driving them to a scrap yard 1.5 miles
away, after evaluating their condition (brakes freed up but not working).

The reward outweighed the risk.

i

On 2/21/2014 9:24 PM, Ignoramus24287 wrote:
....

I calculated risk and reward of driving them to a scrap yard 1.5 miles
away, after evaluating their condition (brakes freed up but not working).

The reward outweighed the risk.

As long as didn't get caught...

I'd guess if had on even one it would've changed the outcome
drastically...at least here they'd charge mightily for even the smallest
infraction and an inoperable brake would likely be big bucks...

I suppose if the distance is short enough and back-roadsy enough odds of
pull-over were pretty low.

--

On 2014-02-22, dpb wrote:
On 2/21/2014 9:24 PM, Ignoramus24287 wrote:
...

I calculated risk and reward of driving them to a scrap yard 1.5 miles
away, after evaluating their condition (brakes freed up but not working).

The reward outweighed the risk.

As long as didn't get caught...

I'd guess if had on even one it would've changed the outcome
drastically...at least here they'd charge mightily for even the smallest
infraction and an inoperable brake would likely be big bucks...

I suppose if the distance is short enough and back-roadsy enough odds of
pull-over were pretty low.

The odds of a pull-over are low, the brakes looked legitimate, the
fine should be manageable. Plus if you go to court, they may as well
forgive you, it happened to me with the overweight ticket.

i

On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 14:21:04 -0600, Ignoramus26524
wrote:

On 2014-02-22, dpb wrote:
On 2/21/2014 9:24 PM, Ignoramus24287 wrote:
...

I calculated risk and reward of driving them to a scrap yard 1.5 miles
away, after evaluating their condition (brakes freed up but not working).

The reward outweighed the risk.

As long as didn't get caught...

I'd guess if had on even one it would've changed the outcome
drastically...at least here they'd charge mightily for even the smallest
infraction and an inoperable brake would likely be big bucks...

I suppose if the distance is short enough and back-roadsy enough odds of
pull-over were pretty low.

The odds of a pull-over are low, the brakes looked legitimate, the
fine should be manageable. Plus if you go to court, they may as well
forgive you, it happened to me with the overweight ticket.

i
With an EMPTY trailer, on the way to the scrap yard, you'd have a much
better chance than with a loaded trailer, for sure.