Moi??? Overkill???
Are you trying to say that 1" square tubing uprights placed every 12" on the
sides and welded on all four sides at every point of contact with other
pieces of steel tubing may have been too much? Was it the .0625" thick
gussets in each corner of the upright tubes that could be called overkill?
Or is it the 5/8" head rivets spaced every 2" on every panel along every
support frame tube is too much? How about using .062" aluminum sheet metal
walls instead of lighter .030" panels? Are you contending that fully
welding every single place where that cheap Chinese steel frame overlaps
itself AND leaving in all the original bolts & nuts might be considered
overkill? Or perhaps that boxing-in the entire length of the 3 sided super
flexy (Chinese factory part that could visibly be twisted by hand pressure)
tongue with a piece of 3" wide .125" thick hot rolled steel to stiffen it up
might be considered "too much"?
Man, I've gotta take some pics of it for all y'all to see. Like Mike said,
if I had to do it again I'd start from scratch with some wheels, springs and
axle stubs from a boating supply store and build it right.
One thing is for sure, pending corrosion it will definitely out last the car
that's towing it. ;^) Eh, it was winter time and we had nothing else to
do. I'm still waffling on whether or not to paint it white with blue
stripes to match my car. Hmm, I do have a few extra cans of Krylon sitting
around. ;^)
Eric Linnhoff in KC
1998 Dodge Neon R/T
#69 STS #13 TLS
knuckledragger@kcweb.net
ICQ#101282513
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It sounds like Eric went a wee bit into overkill mode on his trailer. Some
flex is good.
I have one of the 4x8 variants from Harbor Freight. They happen to be on
sale right now for 199 with free shipping. Mine has been modified to be 5
feet wide in order to pull a T-87 Red Devil. It tows great, is very
lightweight and is still sprung a little too stiff with a 650 lb
(approximate) car on board. Mine is now 5 years old, with regular bearing
maintenance it should work great. I think that simple tack welding after
final assembly would tighten up the frame a bit. Mine has also towed 2 moose
out of the deep woods on crappy, rough dirt roads.
Dan Morency
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