HELP! I got roll up door trailers. What should I do with them?

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  1. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Seems that way. Tell the cousin; "No one wants to buy your trailers, so come get them."
     
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  3. LadybugTrucker

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    Will do. I was talking to a metal recycling place. I didn't see any trailer recycling places and the one for autos around here doesn't take trailers. That's the thing.
     
  4. LadybugTrucker

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    That's a great idea. Thanks.
     
  5. SmallPackage

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    You can have the roll/ups removed and swing doors installed. Or vise versa. It is done all the time. Yellow for one would buy old swing doors from other carriers and have them changed to roll up’s. Averitt back in the day when they first settled in these parts would have roll/up’s changed to swings. H-E-B still does it. My wifes great uncles trailer repair shop did hundreds of them.
     
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  6. LadybugTrucker

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    He is my first cousin and I look at him more like a little brother. He looks up to me and I told him that I would sell them and I'm the one that can't sell them. I'm embarrassed because I'm old fashioned and I'm the type that does everything I say I'm going to do. It's rare that I would hit a hurdle I can't jump, so even though it was his problem in the first place I take ownership of it because I told him I could do something I haven't figured out how to do. I'm just trying to make good on a promise. I don't blame him for expecting me to come through. I have never failed anyone. So really if I just can't get something going on this my pride is the biggest problem in this whole situation. I'm too proud to tell him I couldn't do it. That's why I asked you guys for help and I got some pretty good ideas so far and I see where I went wrong and I don't mind the jokes and comments because the raw honesty on this platform is what I like most about it. Most of the time it is hilarious the jokes people make. It just happens to be that this time its on me and mine and I'm okay with that. It's a part of trucking, so thanks to everybody for the comments. I will tell my cousin hey its not going as planned, I'm gonna post a sale for storage trailers on the fence, try to find other people that might scrap them and all the other options you guys come up with. I appreciate y'all. :O_o_1PIRATES18:
     
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  7. bryan21384

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    Put em on sale here. Isn't there a classified section on here?
     
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  8. SmallPackage

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    I remember one time Utility Trailers in San Antonio had a large order for new trailers for Zero Motor Freight and they were taking zero’s old ones in on trade. The old ones were roll up refer’s because at the time that is all H—E-B ran and zero was there main hauler. Utility had another customer that wanted those old trade ins but they wanted swings so utility factory in california shipped all the doors to my wife’s great uncles shop and they did all the work.
     
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  9. nikmirbre

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    Serious question....how much you want for 1 of them?
     
  10. LadybugTrucker

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    I didn't know they had one. Thanks. I just posted on there.
     
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