New Trailer project

[RamAirZ]

Got a little more work done today. Added a large cross brace across the frame. I put it where the rear leaf spring mount is on the frame, which worked out to be lined up where the rear tires will sit on the trailer. I also welded in the other ramp crossbar. I'm going to add a few more braces and then start working on the wood. Here are some pics form today:













This show about where the Passport will sit on it:

[Bob Barker]

Looks slow

[technocoy]

Very nice welds. No birdsh*t welds for you!

[ZEUS]

You are like a kid in a candy store with that welder! I bet you get this trailer all spruced up and then sell it for $1500 so you can do it all over again with a better trailer...

[Bob Barker]

You are like a kid in a candy store with that welder! I bet you get this trailer all spruced up and then sell it for $1500 so you can do it all over again with a better trailer...

This gets my vote as well!

[RamAirZ]

Looks slow

It is, it can't go anywhere under it's own power

Very nice welds. No birdsh*t welds for you!

Thanks! Not all of them are perfect (some spots were harder to get to) but I think it's turning out good.

You are like a kid in a candy store with that welder! I bet you get this trailer all spruced up and then sell it for $1500 so you can do it all over again with a better trailer...

LOL not a bad idea

[jmayer40]

Its just a frame, Roll it over to work on it. Spatter stings, when welding upward..

[RamAirZ]

Its just a frame, Roll it over to work on it. Spatter stings, when welding upward..

I wear a full length jacket with gloves and a mask so it's not too bad but if you want to come over and flip this beast for me, have at it Getting it flipped over would take alot longer than welding the few spots underneath that I had to get to.

[RamAirZ]

Picked up some new wheels for the trailer today:

[RamAirZ]

Picked up some different wheels with almost new tires yesterday, debating if i should run centercaps:

Rolled up next to trailer:


Tire tread:


Installed:






Same basic design as the other ones I bought but these are 14" and had amazing tires. I'm selling the other rims without tires for the same as I paid for all 4 of these! The tires are rated at 1819lbs per tire with the same ply count as the 2 Maxxis trailer tires currently on there (which are rated at 1820lbs per tire). I talked with a trailer manufacturer and they said it's safe to run truck/car tires but to subtract 20% off the total load carrying capacity of all the tires and that should be your max total load with trailer and cargo to be safe. The Passport will be a few hundred pounds below max using this theory and when I haul our car projects (all will be about 3500lbs or less) it will be well below. I will get some Goodyear trailer tires for it eventually but I think these will work out nicely for a little while, especially with the short trips the trailer will see right now.

[RamAirZ]

with both caps on:

[Bob Barker]

I like the centercaps. Without looks unfinished.

[RamAirZ]

That's what I was thinking

[RamAirZ]

Been a bit since I posted an update. Got most of it done today, ran out of welding wire so I need to weld the rear channel that will hold the left side planks down as well as make the mount for the winch, weld my new jack and new safety chains on. I used some round tube and notched it out to sit the taillights in and welded those to the trailer frame for my bracket, everything is wired up and working great, just need to lay down the wood in the center up front and clean everything up a bit and she'll be finished for awhile (probably finish the center portion when I get back from picking up a Mustang this weekend). I loaded the Passport up and took it down the street, she rides great and everything works good. Had a bit of a scare during initial loading, seems the collar lock didn't latch all the way (even though it looked good and the front latch was locked in place) so when I started loading it on the trailer it popped off the hitch and the tongue went straight up :lol: Luckily nothing was damaged and I got it figured out real quick. Here are the pics of the progress:

[tom4bren]

... so when I started loading it on the trailer it popped off the hitch and the tongue went straight up :lol: Luckily nothing was damaged and I got it figured out real quick.

ROFL - reminds me of the time I loaded a dingo into a trailer hooked to the back of my TLC. Dang near lifted the rear TLC wheels off the ground. Didn't seem too dramatic from where I was at but Wifey was in front seat & said it was an 'interesting sensation'.