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Tom N
September 19th, 2007, 10:46 PM
My latest project:
After sitting in a pile in my yard for a year I finally put together a big (for me) trailer. It also is a pretty good workbench/layout table.:D
I have about $300.00 total cash invested in it, including the close to 50 pounds of welding rod I used on it. I collected almost all the parts free.
Later it will be easy to upgrade to better axles too. It's not completely done but I can use it for heavy hauling now. All 3 axles have working brakes too.
Here are a couple pix.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/bbigtn/Trailer907010512x340.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/bbigtn/Trailer907016512x384.jpg
Volcom
September 20th, 2007, 08:53 AM
Nice work! Looks sturdy.
Eric
September 20th, 2007, 01:54 PM
Looks beefy, but also a little wide. What's your overall width (outside of fender to outside of fender)? How much does it weigh?
bcw1284
September 20th, 2007, 08:57 PM
FYI, 8' 6" is max legal with for a ordinary flatbed trailer. I like the trailer though, it's pretty beasty. Hard to turn with 3 axles? i've never pulled anything bigger than a double, i'm just curious.
Tom N
September 20th, 2007, 10:25 PM
Looks beefy, but also a little wide. What's your overall width (outside of fender to outside of fender)? How much does it weigh?

Thanks to this site I knew to look in the lexis/nexis CO revised statutes and I made its absolute widest point 101-1/2 inches. It weighs at least 3 tons but I need to scale it to know exactly.

FYI, 8' 6" is max legal with for a ordinary flatbed trailer. I like the trailer though, it's pretty beasty. Hard to turn with 3 axles? i've never pulled anything bigger than a double, i'm just curious.

It tracks pretty well on corners, but I am still overcompensating to be sure, it is way back in the rearview. I can't tell much difference from a tandem axle trailer.

I used it as a cutting table today.
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/bbigtn/Trailer907012600x398.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t75/bbigtn/Trailer907014600x398.jpg
Budman
September 22nd, 2007, 11:49 PM
Down side to Tripple axles is that you run through tires like a mad man if you are turning her hard.
Tom N
September 23rd, 2007, 01:09 AM
Down side to Tripple axles is that you run through tires like a mad man if you are turning her hard.

Right now I have more than a few spares. :thumbsup:
Budman
September 23rd, 2007, 10:49 AM
good lookin trailer though...
Tom N
September 23rd, 2007, 07:03 PM
Thanks. Its not totally done yet but at least its serviceable.
formatt
November 21st, 2007, 07:58 PM
are you running a junkyard out of your house? :)

$300.. now THAT ain't bad!
Tom N
November 23rd, 2007, 07:13 PM
are you running a junkyard out of your house? :)

!

No but I have collected a lot of stuff. ;)
Colin
November 23rd, 2007, 07:55 PM
Can you see your place driving through fairplay? Thought I saw that trailer parked but maybe not
Tom N
November 23rd, 2007, 08:31 PM
Not unless you take a turn off the highway. I did bring a 79 Chevy PU home on it a few weeks ago.
Leon Phelps
November 26th, 2007, 01:49 PM
No but I have collected a lot of stuff. ;)

I still need to get out there and see your ENTIRE collection before you have to start crushing it. :thumbsup:
formatt
November 26th, 2007, 01:52 PM
No but I have collected a lot of stuff. ;)

stuff?! :D

is that huge white old topper with the big letter C on it, considered "stuff"? ;)

j/k man..
Tom N
November 26th, 2007, 02:15 PM
I still need to get out there and see your ENTIRE collection before you have to start crushing it. :thumbsup:

Too late, 53 vehicles went bye bye in September, but I have more than that left. All the better stuff. :)



stuff?! :D

is that huge white old topper with the big letter C on it, considered "stuff"? ;)

j/k man..

Thats a mini truck topper. Definitely stuff. More than a few toppers have been known to fly off trucks driving through South Park and sit in fields for weeks. Know what I mean, Vern?