Update on Bent trailer.

Some of you asked me to keep them informed on the progress on the enclosed trailer. It looks like
the trailer had a rough life before I bought it. Pic 1-what I cut out of right gooseneck beam. Pic 2-Squaring everything-leveled trailer-used string along each side to find where coupler should be after tying trailer to anchors in shop floor.pic 3 squaring. Pic 4-New channel iron-$1/inch. Pic 5- Reinforcing the seam. Pic 6-2 inch channel iron on inside of iron to give 1 inch spacing for the plate. Pic 7-using plasma to cut 5.25 inch off of 3/16th plate steel. Pic-8 Left side of hitch plated. People say I overbuild stuff but I am going to put plates on the inside of the channel iron on both sides. Thanks for looking-----Tee

That's some fine looking' metal melting' you done there, Tee.

What made you install the tie downs in the floor? Frame work?

Thanks K- When we build the shop in 88 I guess we put them in because the fix-it shop in town had them. To be honest with you-the most we ever used them is when we were farm "stock" pulling we used to put a chain hook in them and attach the other end of the chain to the front of the tractor and spin the tires backwards on the cement apron out in front of the shop to give the tread an edge-----Legal?? -----------Tee

Nice job beefing up that gooseneck.

Lookin good so far. You mentioned about a rough life. Did you run a tape measure from front to back and also corner to corner to check for frame square and how accurate the axel will track. A friend of my dads had to cut the purchase on the springs on a trailer he bought and move things maybe a half inch so his trailer would track straight. Was funny how him and his kids did it. They cut the one side totally loose and "C"clamped the hangers together. Down the hi-way they go with him in his Jeep truck and the kids in a car watching how it is tracking. They loosen the clamps a couple of times and move things a scootch. Get her nice and straight and back to the shop for a weld it up job .

(quoted from post at 03:45:56 01/02/17) Thanks K- When we build the shop in 88 I guess we put them in because the fix-it shop in town had them. To be honest with you-the most we ever used them is when we were farm "stock" pulling we used to put a chain hook in them and attach the other end of the chain to the front of the tractor and spin the tires backwards on the cement apron out in front of the shop to give the tread an edge-----Legal?? -----------Tee

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ounds like nothing more than creative intretation of the rules. If the rule book doesn't say you can't, you can. Clever!

Nice looking repair on the trailer and yes I tend to overbuild things too. I wish I had put in a couple of tiedowns in the floor of my shop when I built it. I have a overhead hoist system in mine so pulling up on something is no problem but it sure is hard to pull down on something when you need too.

Leveled the trailer, tied it down through door on other floor anchors, took tape to front lower corners of main frame, tweaked with ratchet straps and level. The ball coupler is where it is supposed to be but the gooseneck frame is not perfect. Thanks----------Tee

(quoted from post at 19:45:56 01/01/17) Thanks K- When we build the shop in 88 I guess we put them in because the fix-it shop in town had them. To be honest with you-the most we ever used them is when we were farm "stock" pulling we used to put a chain hook in them and attach the other end of the chain to the front of the tractor and spin the tires backwards on the cement apron out in front of the shop to give the tread an edge-----Legal?? -----------Tee

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Our rules used to say no cut tires, but last season changed to no "sharpened" tires, Oh well. Last time I sharpened mine was on the floor of the neighbor's manure lagoon. He bought the place a few years ago, and it is now a log yard, and the walls to the lagoon are gone. I hooked up to a huge self propelled log cutter-stacker-loader sort of machine, and spun away.

(quoted from post at 19:45:56 01/01/17) Thanks K- When we build the shop in 88 I guess we put them in because the fix-it shop in town had them. To be honest with you-the most we ever used them is when we were farm "stock" pulling we used to put a chain hook in them and attach the other end of the chain to the front of the tractor and spin the tires backwards on the cement apron out in front of the shop to give the tread an edge-----Legal?? -----------Tee

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Our rules used to say no cut tires, but last season changed to no "sharpened" tires, Oh well. Last time I sharpened mine was on the floor of the neighbor's manure lagoon. He bought the place a few years ago, and it is now a log yard, and the walls to the lagoon are gone. I hooked up to a huge self propelled log cutter-stacker-loader sort of machine, and spun away.

With a triple axle setup like he is using he will have a lot of tracking issues because the center axle floats rather than fastened to the frame.