I spotted this on a back street in Tonopah, NV. I’ve seen lots of odd and different loads hauled in pickup beds, but never its own cab.
Road Trip Outtake: Hauling Your Own Cab
– Posted on July 5, 2021
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Some people like to sit up high.
Well, we have the Carolina Squat, and now the Nevada Lift and Jerk.
Looks far too new to get scrapped out .
I imagine someone is making yet another pickup bed based trailer .
Beatty, Nev. is also home to an amazing amount of old junk and dead cars, trucks and even Motocycles scattered about .
-Nate
“I imagine someone is making yet another pickup bed based trailer.”
Been there, done that–actually, I didn’t MAKE mine but spent much time fixing them up after attaining them from people who no longer needed them. I’ve definitely gotten good use out of them! đ
Left: 1985 Nissan 720 behind my 2011 Ranger; Right: 1991 (according to the previous owner) Chevrolet S-10 behind my 2005 Astro
Beds and cabs used to be shipped from there to the midwest for pickup owners to replace their rusty ones. Maybe still?
Not just in the midwest, but here in New England as well. I did it on at least one of my small trucks back in the day when the beds would rust out well before the cab became un-usable. Changing over the bed was not much more difficult than changing a tire, although it did help to have a helper.
Ute kit some assembly required.