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Posted by Buzzman72 on July 24, 2006 at 08:32:31 from (4.224.252.145):
My mom recently "parted out" an old 1948 something-or-other mobile home trailer, and now she would like me to take the frame and running gear and build her a flatbed trailer for hauling hay [square bales] and such. The trailer was a tandem-axle version, with electric brakes on the rear axle. The frame is tubular sheet metal, not over 1/8" thick if that. The main frame rails are boxed, and the crossmembers are 2x4 C-channels made of the same material. The original trailer home was constructed by attaching wooden 2x2's or 2x4's to the crossmembers, and then building up from there. I'd guess that the best bet might be to take some 4x4's [I'm thinking maybe oak or a similar hardwood], and then building the flatbed on top of that. The outer edges of the frame are 53-1/2" apart, and the measurement between the brake backing plates is 62-1/2". Rather than deal with fenders, I'm considering building the platform for the flatbed to ride above the wheels; second option is to build a set of fenders out of 3/16" steel [diamond-plate ?] and then just build the main section of the bed between the fenders. The frame has extensions out to the sides, made of the same bent-sheet metal channel, that add 21" to each side beyond the 53" frame rail width...for a total of 95", or a nominal 8-foot dimension. So I'll end up with a trailer that's 8 feet wide, and the frame is 25 feet, 3 inches overall length [13'9" from the front crossmember to the center of the axles, and 11'6" to the rear]. I'm thinking about building the deck out of some sort of expanded metal, like they do with landscape trailers...but with a pair of 1/8" x 18" wide "tracks" [dimensions taken from an alignment rack] in case we need to haul a vehicle on the trailer. I'm also thinking that a dovetail on the back would ease loading and unloading of a vehicle...anyone know what the recommended angle on that might be? I'd appreciate any and all input. I'm estimating the trailer capacity not to exceed 7,000 pounds, based upon the one axle with brakes. It has 5-lug wheels, so that's another clue that the capacity isn't gonna be eye-popping. I'm open to suggestions, ideas and corrections to my assumptions, and all comments will be appreciated.
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