That looks great man, what color are you going with on the boards?

 

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...

 

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)

 

heh, thanks for the kind words... and im pretty sure that my yota has less than 100 horses inside of it... heck, i couldnt cram more than the face of one thru the intake because toyota designed them so small...

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...

 

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...


after...


u bolts reinstalled...


and pics of the clearences... odd how everything is 7 inches...

Fender clearances...



Ground to bottom of axle clearence...


Spring perch to frame clearence...

 

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...

 

thats what she said.

 

time to throw some 33s on it.

 

now that you did all that work id use that trailer it looks much better

 

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.

 

sneak peek on what its gonna look like...

 

nice work man!

 

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...

 

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...

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...





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.

 

thanks!

 

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...)

 

hmm... if you want to buy em for me fae, then sure, nekkid lady mudflaps...

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.

 

"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."