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Trailer Rebuild (pic heavy)
Well, as the girl_face and i are gettin ready to go to the Oregon Yotatech meetup and then to warshington and idaho to visit family, i spoke with my dad about borrowing his trailer...
well, its got some issues, but i have 2 and a half weeks to sort those out... specs on the trailer... its was a 1950something 5x7 pop up trailer... back around 1985 it was moldy and falling apart, so my dad stripped it down to the frame and rebuilt it as a stake side trailer in a very fashionable black and red.(:think:) meh, it was the 80s... lol... anywyas, its been used for everything imaginable. its been overloaded, the rear gate has fallen off numerous times, the tires are only 8 inches tall and 3 inches wide, the springs only have 2 in the pack, and with 300 lbs in the back it sags down to the wheel wells... but thats all about to change... im going to rebuild it, replace those springs and get some larger tires, give it a new coat of paint and run new LED lights and markers, and new trailer plug wiring... where i sit now... the white boards were replacements that my dad put in a few years ago because the old ones were rotten... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4139.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4140.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4141.jpg the floorboard which isnt getting replaced, just painted... lots of work to do... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4142.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4143.jpg check out that shackle angle!!! http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4146.jpg my dads wiring job and the wheeled jack that was installed a few years ago... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4144.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4145.jpg old colors... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4147.jpg new colors... the same sthparkley blue as my hubs and some suspension pieces for the metal and white for the boards so that it matches my truck... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4148.jpg |
heres a few more pics of the progress...
as you can see, im starting from the rear gate forward right now working on getting all the metal painted... and what im hoping for is that with the white and sparkly blue it will bring the trailer up to date fashion-wise, and with the LED markers and lights, new springs, new tires, and new wiring harness it will bring the trailer up to spec safety-wise... https://i269.photobucket.com/albums/...2/DSCN4149.jpg https://i269.photobucket.com/albums/...2/DSCN4150.jpg https://i269.photobucket.com/albums/...2/DSCN4151.jpg https://i269.photobucket.com/albums/...2/DSCN4152.jpg https://i269.photobucket.com/albums/...2/DSCN4153.jpg |
got some more work done tonight...
got the frame of it painted black onthe sides, got the old lights off, and pulled the axle... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4201.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4202.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4207.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4208.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4209.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4210.jpg notice the TINY "overload springs" as my dad called them... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4212.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4211.jpg To show what it looked like before... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4213.jpg Fully Painted bottom rail... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4214.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...3/DSCN4215.jpg |
lol i wouldn't even trust that trailer for the 5 mile trip to the gas station
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Good progress on the trailer...maybe a tranny cooler as a treat for the truck?
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maybe a little bit later in life, okie, but im not sure if its possible with a 5 speed...
and elton, this trailer has served us loyaly for over 50 years, so shut it... |
its just them little tires i dont trust
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Awesome!... What part of Idaho you visiting? Elton I believe he mentioned putting bigger tires on. It always cracks me up when you see people towing trailers like for a golf cart or something with those tires doing 80 down the freeway. They have no clue how fast those little tires are whizzing at those kinds of speeds.
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yea... with the 33s, figure that those little 12 inch tires are rotating at around 2.5 times the speed of my tires on my truck...
they are getting replaced with, hopefully, a set of 15 inch tires on 12 inch rims... |
Meh, I'd put 33's on the trailer! :hillbill:
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i WANT to... but the wheel wells arent large enough not is the axle strong enough...
but, i am going to gank an idea from here and do a spring over conversion... lol... should gain me 2-3 inches... anyways, got some more work done today... got the axle stripped and the wheel bearing crap all pulled out... gonna repack em and get em back together... then paint everything flat black and bolt it back up... hopefully tomorrow i can also get all the boards stripped and start painting... |
Looks good space... I was going to suggest an axle flip to get you some more ground clearance/travel... the axles look to be in really good shape for a trailer that old... I was thinking you might want to shift the dolly a little further back because it might interfere with the hitch if you get into a tight turn/off camber situation.
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As soon as I saw the leaf springs I was gunna say do an SOA conversion :D but then I read on and you already did :bigok: what about adding two ubolts and making a new ubolt plate....seems a little sketchy with just one ubolt IMO. Other than that, lookin good!
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Coming along nicely, good work.
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Originally Posted by aviator
(Post 51167838)
Looks good space... I was going to suggest an axle flip to get you some more ground clearance/travel... the axles look to be in really good shape for a trailer that old... I was thinking you might want to shift the dolly a little further back because it might interfere with the hitch if you get into a tight turn/off camber situation.
hmm... im not sure what the "dolly" is that your referring to, but this trailer is going to be a strictly onroad trailer... for now... :hillbill: and its funny you should mention the axle too, because if you waw it in person, its less of an axle and more of a U shaped piece of steel with the wheel bearings welded into the ends and smapp spring pads welded across the open side of the U... but, hey, it works!
Originally Posted by 89silverpu
(Post 51167851)
As soon as I saw the leaf springs I was gunna say do an SOA conversion :D but then I read on and you already did :bigok: what about adding two ubolts and making a new ubolt plate....seems a little sketchy with just one ubolt IMO. Other than that, lookin good!
LOL... beat you to it!! yea, we have to flip the spring over the axle to get a little more clearence for the bigger rims and tires... as for the U-bolts, they were the only ones on there from the factory, and they have worked for 50 years, so im pretty sure they should be fine... and i dont have time or money for more fabrication at this point... as said before, this rig isnt gonna be towed on the trail... Thanks for the kind words!
Originally Posted by okie81
(Post 51167872)
Coming along nicely, good work.
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the pipe clamps holding the leaf packs together is a nice touch!
:hillbill: cool little project haha. nice work. |
so wheres the snorkel goin?
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Originally Posted by bigtrucknwheels
(Post 51167982)
the pipe clamps holding the leaf packs together is a nice touch!
:hillbill: cool little project haha. nice work. Ouch about the pipe clamps... those were there from when my dad originally rebuilt the trailer back in the mid 80s... my best guess is that they were to keep the tiny over load leafs in check... but im not 100% on that... thanks!
Originally Posted by vital22re
(Post 51168016)
so wheres the snorkel goin?
on my truck... when i can afford one... :hillbill: |
got a little more work done...
got the rest of the frame painted... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...5/DSCN4244.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...5/DSCN4245.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...5/DSCN4246.jpg got the rest of the boards off of the truck and the upright supports painted... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...5/DSCN4247.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...5/DSCN4248.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...5/DSCN4249.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...5/DSCN4250.jpg |
That looks great man, what color are you going with on the boards?
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well, because its been so windy lately, i havent been able to break out the house paint for the boards, but all of them are going to be replaced with new boards of the same sizes (like the white ones that you see on the front of the trailer; the ones with no paint on the edges) and they will be exactly the same... later on, after my trip im goint to pull them back off and actually paint them with super white gloss latex house paint... that way it will be easy to wipe down when it gets dirty...
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I would trust that trailer on a 5 mile trip to the gas station especially if it was a beer run. It looks strong and in good shape. It also looks dowdy and disheveled but that is just cosmetic. What you call a rebuild I think of as general maintenance. Are you getting it all dolled up for a parade?
Actually, if was a beer run, I would a go ahead and ride in the back of that thing chariot style all way to the gas station. How many horses in that yota. Hook me up and lets ride. (crack whip) |
Originally Posted by jackwolf
(Post 51168477)
I would trust that trailer on a 5 mile trip to the gas station especially if it was a beer run. It looks strong and in good shape. It also looks dowdy and disheveled but that is just cosmetic. What you call a rebuild I think of as general maintenance. Are you getting it all dolled up for a parade?
Actually, if was a beer run, I would a go ahead and ride in the back of that thing chariot style all way to the gas station. How many horses in that yota. Hook me up and lets ride. (crack whip) anyways, i totally agree with what you said, it looks (looked) disheveled, but its really a stout little trailer... and for the record, im taking it on a 2500 mile trip up thru oregon, washington, idaho, and maybe nevada on the way back to commiefornia... and, yes, its maiden voyage will be down to the store for some beer... :hillbill: |
ok, so at 4:00 AM this morning, i finally got the wheel bearings repacked and squared away and... THE AXLE IS IN!!! woohoo!!
hook how much lift i got out of it!!! before... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...1/DSCN4146.jpg after... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...6/DSCN4252.jpg u bolts reinstalled... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...6/DSCN4253.jpg and pics of the clearences... odd how everything is 7 inches... :think: Fender clearances... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...6/DSCN4257.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...6/DSCN4256.jpg Ground to bottom of axle clearence... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...6/DSCN4260.jpg Spring perch to frame clearence... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...6/DSCN4261.jpg |
well, the new boards for the trailer turned out to be about 8 inches too long, so i get to cut a bunch of boards down today... yay...:bang:
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Originally Posted by space-junk
(Post 51168503)
...odd how everything is 7 inches... :think:
thats what she said. |
time to throw some 33s on it.
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now that you did all that work id use that trailer it looks much better
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Looks like a bomber trailer, I don't know what everyone else is talkin' about. If you're going to put 15" rims on it(I think you said 15. heck even if it's 13) I say you put a pair of those crappy "spinner" wheelcover/hub caps on it and take it off road. what that crap break! Sorry, I just think those are the most pathetic things ever.
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nice work man!
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looks sweet... don't forget to paint the edges of those boards lol... what you need are some nice 16" Honda type rims with low profile tires lol or maybe some classic 84 Toyota Celica Supra rims... That would look different goin' down the road... Your fellow drivers might appreciate some mud flaps too...
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thanks guys!
aviator, the edges of the boards will get painted, just not before the trip... in fact, thats just a primer, i have the actual paint waiting for me when i get back... and unfortunately, because of the design of the trailer im not able to run any larger tire than whats on there... so im gonna stick with these rims, paint them black, and im getting new tires tomorrow... lol... imagine them making mud tires this small... 16.5x5.5R8... :chairfall anyways, just got all the boards put on... man what a PITA... when my dad originally did that he didnt use a template for drilling his holes, so every hole is in a different spot... lol... but its done, they all line up (for the most part) and it looks 100% better... http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...6/DSCN4266.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...6/DSCN4267.jpg http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...6/DSCN4268.jpg so, tomorrow, i get up at 7 to clean out all the crap in the bed and put all the tools back, then go to my best friend chuck's house to get all the connections wired, then go home and pack... |
Easily the prettiest trailer I've seen in a long while.
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Originally Posted by CRafferty
(Post 51169204)
Easily the prettiest trailer I've seen in a long while.
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you know whats missing?
nekkid lady mudflaps. i'll be very disappointed if you show up next week without them. That is a very *pretty* little trailer honey, way prettier than ours... (which is pretty much a wasp condo... with a 2 year old load of metal in need of a trip to the recyclers...) |
Originally Posted by Fae_Tal
(Post 51169452)
you know whats missing?
nekkid lady mudflaps. i'll be very disappointed if you show up next week without them. That is a very *pretty* little trailer honey, way prettier than ours... (which is pretty much a wasp condo... with a 2 year old load of metal in need of a trip to the recyclers...) altho, i want the ines with the nekkid fat chick... i love those ones... |
like putting a bandaid on a bullett hole... j/k kidding troy, it looked pretty slick rollin by my place today. although it should match your rig a little more. white with the decal, and some fancy lil stickers on the side lol.
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"when my dad originally did that he didnt use a template for drilling his holes, so every hole is in a different spot... lol... but its done, they all line up (for the most part)"
X2 for your fathers MOA. "templates?" "We don't need no stinking templates." |
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