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Posted by HC on June 27, 2008, 1:23 am
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> I was wondering if I could email some pictures of a trailer I bought
> to someone that could give me some advice. I bought a 12 foot by 6
> foot rough dual axle trailer. I bought it for 400 bucks. I pulled it
> for an hour at 60 miles an hour and it pulled fine. (Other than I
> heard a popping occasionally when turning a real sharp corner.)
>
> Anyway, whoever had the trailer replaced the front a frame with heavy
> I beams and kind of hodge podged it. It is very heavy. I am not
> against keeping ti, I am just wondering what you all would do.
>
> I also want to make a back gate for it. Is there a way to do that
> without expanded metal? (It is 70 bucks a sheet for =BE number 9 here.)
>
> Thanks for all your help!
>
> (PS, I cant acess photo sharing sites from where i am currently.)
I'm not sure about anything without seeing it first-hand but, let me
say this: in any turn the front axle will turn in a wider radius than
the rear axle; essentially it drags the front axle to the inside of
the turn or it pushes the rear axle to the outside of the turn
(actually, it's both at the same time, trying to pivot on the mid-
point of the two). If you have ever had a four-wheel drive truck like
a Dodge or a Chevy or a Ford (part-time 4WD's) and not the full-time
4WD's like Subarus, Volvo's and such) you may have noticed that the
system binds up in turns when there is good traction (a turn will
cause a lurching/popping). It is possible that, as you turned, one
axle was ahead or behind the other, instead of evenly balanced out in
twisting force, and got to a point where it was really loaded up and
then released causing the popping; check the tightness of the hitch
and receiver. Also check out the structural integrity of the trailer;
a "rough" trailer has probably been either abused or poorly built or
both.
In north central Texas I pay 39 dollars for a four foot by eight foot
sheet of 3/4 inch #9 here or 45 dollars, depending on which supplier I
get it from. I have built a number of smokers with that used as
flooring and grates (building three right now) and a motorcycle/lawn
mower trailer, too and I can't think of a better material unless you
can find some used and unwanted shaker screen from a rock quarry or
crusher. We have a rock quarry nearby but I have yet to find a way to
get their cast-off screens.
--HC
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> to someone that could give me some advice. I bought a 12 foot by 6
> foot rough dual axle trailer. I bought it for 400 bucks. I pulled it
> for an hour at 60 miles an hour and it pulled fine. (Other than I
> heard a popping occasionally when turning a real sharp corner.)
>
> Anyway, whoever had the trailer replaced the front a frame with heavy
> I beams and kind of hodge podged it. It is very heavy. I am not
> against keeping ti, I am just wondering what you all would do.
>
> I also want to make a back gate for it. Is there a way to do that
> without expanded metal? (It is 70 bucks a sheet for =BE number 9 here.)
>
> Thanks for all your help!
>
> (PS, I cant acess photo sharing sites from where i am currently.)