I am in need of a trailer on the cheap. I have some 3 inch pipe from
the local plumbing supply. WOuld this work ok?
Posted by Louis Ohland on April 8, 2008, 2:57 pm
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stryped wrote:
> I am in need of a trailer on the cheap. I have some 3 inch pipe from > the local plumbing supply. WOuld this work ok?
Load? Speed?
Something that would be OK for farm use, or behind an ATV will fail
catastrophically at highway speeds.
Posted by stryped on April 8, 2008, 3:12 pm
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> stryped wrote:
> > I am in need of a trailer on the cheap. I have some 3 inch pipe from > > the local plumbing supply. WOuld this work ok?
> > Load? Speed? > > Something that would be OK for farm use, or behind an ATV will fail > catastrophically at highway speeds.
To pull behind my truck. It is very heavy pipe or seems that way.
Posted by Leo Lichtman on April 8, 2008, 3:40 pm
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"stryped" wrote: To pull behind my truck. It is very heavy pipe or seems
that way.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
There is a saying, "Give me enough sand and I'll build you a golden castle."
I could build a trailer out of conduit, by using enough of it, and designing
it not to be weak. That doesn't mean I would. Building a structure out of
round pipe is more difficult because the joints have to be "fish-mouthed."
Welding galvanized pipe has its own problems. How do you plan to cope with
these? Are you a welder? I don't think a person qualified to weld up a
trailer frame would have asked this question.
So my answer to you is: "No."
If you are a troll, please ignore this entire response :-)
Posted by Lloyd E. Sponenburgh on April 8, 2008, 4:01 pm
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> Welding galvanized pipe has its own > problems. How do you plan to cope with these? Are you a welder? I > don't think a person qualified to weld up a trailer frame would have > asked this question.
He didn't say it was galvanized, Leo. It could be black pipe. It could
even be well casing. Well casing is pretty stout stuff.
He'd still have to deal with the assembly fitting issue, though.
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> the local plumbing supply. WOuld this work ok?