The Trailor That I Built

[rbarshaw]

7' wide 16' long (excluding the 3' drive up ramp), all the steel, axels, and tires cost $200.

Shows the unfinneshed ramp on the back. This used to be a mobilehome frame that I cut and welded to this configuration.

The sides are stacked C-chanel 8" on 6". The two axels are balanced in the center of it. Anyone know how to find the weight rateing on an axel?

An inside view of the frame, it has 8" C-chanel across it every 2'.

Indispensible help, the GrandKids.

[DanG]

Lookin' good, Bob!  I wouldn't worry too much about the axles.  Usually the limitations come from the springs and tires.  Those will make their weaknesses obvious without any help from the engineers. ;) :D :D

[farmerdoug]

If those axles are from a mobile home you would need to worry more about the bearings as they are usually made cheap and for low speeds or one time hauls. 
It is a nice trailer you have made though.  What are you going to deck it with?

[Fla._Deadheader]

  MH axles are rated 6000# and 7000# per axle.  The one on our mill, we bent, putting logs on there that were too big and heavy.  : : ;) ;) ;)

[rbarshaw]

I plan on decking it with 2" oak planks as soon as a friend of mine says the logs are ready for me to pick up. He's having a tree service cut a few oaks out of his yard and wants me to remove the logs so he won't have to pay the tree service to remove them  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8) .

[farmerdoug]

Now with that free oak you really were a miser on that trailer.  Just do not show it to your buddy as he will think it is half his. :D :D :D  You sure cannot knock a deal like yours.

[SwampDonkey]

rbarshaw,

Ya done real good on the trailor, and the price and decking sound like a good deal too. I see ya got a photo of the engineering consultants.

[rbarshaw]

rbarshaw,

Ya done real good on the trailor, and the price and decking sound like a good deal too. I see ya got a photo of the engineering consultants.

Yup, they approve each cut and weld  :P  ;D prior to allowing me to continue.  :D :D :D

[maple flats]

Looks like you might want to beef up the tongue and check what the coupler is rated for weight. Everything else looks sturdy enough. Don't exceed whatever is stamped into the coupler or you could get in trouble, both legally and in terms of danger when hauling a heavy load. Price sure sounds like ya did good. 8) 8) Generally it is a good idea to have about 10% of your load on the tongue. This can be done simply by moving the load fore or aft. 8) 8)

[Doc]

I had thought of that as an idea, as run down mh's are a dime a dozen around here. Was gonna buy one for 450, andstrip the sheetmetal off it for a pole barn for airdrying lumber. Scrap the wall garbage out of it, and reuse some of the electrical stuff in the pole barn.

You surely can't beat the price!

Doc