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BarnyardEngineering · Mar 25, 2023

Junk truck axles, and truck bed trailers in general.

They're no longer scrap metal on the way to the junkyard. They're "projects," "valuable parts."

I've got a couple of old truck bed trailers that need axles. One is missing 7 of the 16 lug studs. The other must've lost its lube many years ago and now sounds like a rock crusher. Want a junk truck axle these days? $500+. It's a valuable Dana/Spicer/Corporate 14-bolt... No it's a junk pickup truck axle.

This post was edited by BarnyardEngineering on 03/25/2023 at 04:13 pm.

Traditional Farmer · Mar 25, 2023

Gotta Pay to Play.

VicS · Mar 25, 2023

I used a van rear axle. Wasn't wide enough
but just cut it in two. Then welded 2
angle irons to hold it together. They come
with springs from a Dodge. Our scrap yard
will save you things if you tell them
ahead.

caterpillar guy · Mar 25, 2023

Just wait a while it will all go crash shortly with the current events going on.

Frankmn · Mar 25, 2023

You got that 100 percent correct

Aaron SEIA · Mar 26, 2023

The problem is a lot of guys are axle swapping those heavy ones into rock crawler/extreme 4x4 type stuff. Still shouldn't be hard to find a heavy axle somewhere fairly cheap.
AaronSEIA

BarnyardEngineering · Mar 26, 2023

(quoted from post at 19:27:03 03/25/23) Just wait a while it will all go crash shortly with the current events going on.

Been listening to people say "just wait" for 40+ years. Still waiting. "No really, it's going to happen this time." Yuh-huh. Heard that too.

Traditional Farmer · Mar 26, 2023

After years of scrapping the supply of things like that are getting depleted.20 years ago I could go and find plenty of old trucks and tractors just sitting,not anymore.

paul · Mar 26, 2023

The smaller scrap yards are getting bare and end up hauling the entire yard out when prices go up. Many state and local regulations are getting to where a scrap yard is considered a hazard and very difficult to keep open. Doesnt pay to have, or once it changes hands its not worth the new costs needed to run it.

Load it all up haul it away.

Really dont see many older scrap yards any more.

Went to an auction turned out to be a scrap yard not really a farm auction. The place was sold for, of all things, to expand the city waste pile. Bit of irony there.

Paul

Fred47M · Mar 26, 2023

See if you can pull the gears out. I think
on a 14 bolt you can as it had spindles on
full floating axles. Might need to replace
the bearings. I think you can get 14s at
the u-pull 150-200 around here.

NDIHC · Mar 26, 2023

Really no need to replace a whole rear
axle/diff under a trailer because of bad
studs and gears or differential. Just
replace the damaged or missing studs. If
the gears or differential carrier bearings
are bad on a full floater, take them out.
They aren't necessary. You can even cut
off the axle shaft and use the flange to
cover the end of the hub so there aren't
any internals other than a pinion to plug
the front hole.

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