The Trailer
I love it when a plan comes together...the first time!
| After destroying my first effort I decide to try making something out of steel. I needed a small trailer to bring some item back from Texas and decided to see if I could make one light enough for my car in time for the trip since I doubted being able to rent one light enough. This is a shot of the frame on edge while welding the tacked in cross members. | |
| Frame with axle assembly and tongue assembly in place. | |
| Starting to install fender mounting points and then the fenders. | |
| Fenders setting on tires just to see how it’ll look. | |
| Painted up and carpet installed in flat-bed mode. | |
| With side-rails bolted on. | |
| Installed jack. | |
| Almost home after Texas run. Trailer has around 2,400 miles on it after its first 4 days of use! It worked great, pulled true and even my wife (who wouldn’t have even consider driving a car with a trailer behind it if we’d have rented one) had no difficulty with it. Of course, she never backed it up either! | |