Stueeee
Old git
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Finally finished this bridesmaid of a project that i've been tripping over in various states of completion for the best part of 2 years.
I started with a caravan chassis bought off ebay. Of course, a bit too wide and a bit too long for a general junk transport trailer. So I shortened it by a couple of feet and narrowed it by about 8"
Also, the drawbar was unfeasably long, probably to support a couple of gas bottles, you can see from the redundant mountings how much shorter the effective drawbar length is now.
It sat like this for quite some time while I got on with other stuff,occasionally fretting when I needed a trailer for some task or other.
Then, @pete rang me up one day and said, 'can you use some Aluminium sheet? I'm scrapping some from a job' And in fact the same job had some 1.5mm steel sheet, So once I'd rebuilt the scrap bending rolls which were laying outside the workshop (another bridesmaid project) I could roll the mudguards.
And then weld the bits together
It turned out that when Pete bought over the Ali and steel sheet, he also had a couple of used but useable 8 x 4 sheets of plywood. Which sorted the trailer floor requirement. so thanks again Pete
Put the whole thing together and it's turned out OK -especially if you're looking at the welding from a great distance- The trailer chassis is galvanised, it seems no end of grinding still leaves some zinc residue. The worst ones I ground the welds off and did them again.
Then, just put it together.
The tailgate wood has some chunky backflap hinges and folds out into the steel frame, the idea being that the tailgate doesn't make a massive hole in the wind, and it also means I don't have to rely on the door mirrors for rear vision.
It's going to be living in my back garden behind a couple of 5 bar gates, but I thought I'd better secure the trailer as they do seem to wander off otherwise. The main security here has inserted herself into the foreground of this photo.
I started with a caravan chassis bought off ebay. Of course, a bit too wide and a bit too long for a general junk transport trailer. So I shortened it by a couple of feet and narrowed it by about 8"
Also, the drawbar was unfeasably long, probably to support a couple of gas bottles, you can see from the redundant mountings how much shorter the effective drawbar length is now.
It sat like this for quite some time while I got on with other stuff,occasionally fretting when I needed a trailer for some task or other.
Then, @pete rang me up one day and said, 'can you use some Aluminium sheet? I'm scrapping some from a job' And in fact the same job had some 1.5mm steel sheet, So once I'd rebuilt the scrap bending rolls which were laying outside the workshop (another bridesmaid project) I could roll the mudguards.
And then weld the bits together
It turned out that when Pete bought over the Ali and steel sheet, he also had a couple of used but useable 8 x 4 sheets of plywood. Which sorted the trailer floor requirement. so thanks again Pete
Put the whole thing together and it's turned out OK -especially if you're looking at the welding from a great distance- The trailer chassis is galvanised, it seems no end of grinding still leaves some zinc residue. The worst ones I ground the welds off and did them again.
Then, just put it together.
The tailgate wood has some chunky backflap hinges and folds out into the steel frame, the idea being that the tailgate doesn't make a massive hole in the wind, and it also means I don't have to rely on the door mirrors for rear vision.
It's going to be living in my back garden behind a couple of 5 bar gates, but I thought I'd better secure the trailer as they do seem to wander off otherwise. The main security here has inserted herself into the foreground of this photo.
now its kept inside painted every 2 years got a plywood sacrificial floor in it with a rubber mat , dry it out if it ever gets wet . had it 25 years after a complete rebuild and is as good as new still
