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I have a center mount 5000 lb jack on my trailer and while it is overkill at half the trailer's weight rating, it makes lifting the tongue with a heavy load MUCH easier. The only problem is when someone forgets to raise the foot before taking off. I did this once and bent the ***** so bad I had to replace the entire jack.
Clayton, please tell me the toolbox is mounted to the deck and not the tongue? (For those that dont know, its a tilt deck)
Yes its on 2 pieces of 1.5 st along the deck.
Got the axles moved back a total of 12 inches. I hope it isnt too much. Before I had to move the jeep essentially where the bumper was halfway over the tongue to keep it from walking, so hopefully this fixes that.
When did you replace the axles?
Before katemcy.
it would be tits if you made a set up that copied big rig trailers...like on 53' vans that slide the axles. just pull a pin hold the electric brake on and back up or pull forward to move the axles.:gigem:
http://www.trailersnmore.net/texas.htm
Scariest contraption since the guillotine. My old roomate's dad had one, I think one of us almost lost a hand one night loading it up, fawk that.
Why does the image of my grandad and him saying "Boy, ya gotta be smarter than what ya workin with" pop into my head?Quote:
Originally Posted by BMFScout
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Well you have to understand who I was working with. I'm just saying it relies on the electric trailer brakes to hold, and there is a lot of force on it. If they don't hold, or it's muddy or whatever, things are going to start moving really fast. In our case the brakes weren't working, so they decided to chock the wheels. The chock let go and the axles came slamming forward and deck rocked back, it was fawked up. I just think it's gimmicky and dangerous, don't see the need for it.
everytime I see one of those being loaded or unloaded I just stand back and watch as usually it's quite the show. electric trailer brakes don't work in reverse and surge brakes suck also, so in my opinion there really is no way to make these trailers load and unload reliably. if you hate ramps that bad get a tilt deck.
the one I used back when I actually had a working bronco was a tilt deck... bad dude it had a cylinder so it didn't just slam down.... had surge brakes too but I like them
That trailer was ****ing massive.
yup
I wasn't talking about loading...I was talking about moving the axle to balance the load. If you keep it greased it doesn't take much to movee them.
The one I've used had a lever you flipped from the axle to the wheel and locked the wheel. Electric brakes never work on farm trailers anyway.
http://www.donahue-trailers.com/implement.html
speak for your self kolpecker, not all farmers are polaks, just the cheap ones...Quote:
Originally Posted by eight
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Does that really work?Quote:
Originally Posted by eight
Seems like you would just push the un-loaded wheels around.
Yep. They've been around for a long dam time.
We have one of those. Handier than hell
If kolpecker AND rowdy can use them, then anybody could use it. :D
is that how you take your women out, drop the trailer and roll them on :flipoff2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Reckless
noice!Quote:
Originally Posted by TMatheaus
Na, i usually take the stock trailer and a lead rope
i might have to call val and ask about that
hahaha yea she would laugh, then kill
I have tried to tell yall Rowdy has moved on up in the world.
(Val is gonna gomer outa one of yall if you don't knock off the fat girl jokes. ;) )
realized that I never posted my sled here. Bought in Hempstead for $500, pulled it to CS like it was on fire to beat sundown since it didn't have lights. Bought $200 worth of garbage pressure treated from Home Depot and re-decked. Lights from Harbor Freight, left the farm trailer tag on it and pulled it to Denton to pick up a toyota for the family property (the ugly-er truck). Got the toyota, pulled it back to CS and parked trailer (with toyota on top) for a couple of weeks until I had a chance to take it to Mississippi. If you've read this far you may be thinking that I've omitted some details, like repacking bearings, etc...the kind of maintenance you generally do when you buy a trailer that's nearly 20 years old and been hauling hay its entire life. Nope, only thing I've done at this point is source a spare wheel/tire for it and checked/added air every time I use it. One of the tires wouldn't hold air for more than about 2 days. So I pull it to MS with ugly-er truck on top, pull it back empty, park for a couple of months. I think at this point I got a set of new (to me) tires for it. $100 take-offs that really weren't in great condition. But at least I didn't have to drive 5mph to the gas station with a flat every time I picked it up out of storage. Next trip to Mississippi I pulled it out there empty and pulled it back with the gem you see below. That is one heavy-ass piece of chevy, if you were wondering. Sharpe and Kopecki can attest that the trip went down without event, however. The next big trip for this trailer was from Houston to Denver. Thank God it has a 2 5/16 hitch on it, because that's the size that Penske trucks have on them. Right under the sticker that says "Only Penske trailers may be pulled with this truck" (or something to that effect). Checked the air, loaded up uglytruck, and let er rip! Every fuel stop on that trip I did do a little once-over to make sure that it was, in fact, still there, and sure enough, she didn't leave me! She's now made a few short trips pulling uglytruck to a buddy's house to wrench (and even once to wheel) but now mainly serves to decorate my backyard. I don't really have any desire to move her out of the backyard right now because, to get it in there, I had to take a sawzall to my fence, unload uglytruck and unhitch the trailer, then comealong the trailer on in. It was a pain in the ass that I don't want to be subjected to every time I want to go wheeling.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_BtG9ElGqcd4/SS...0/IMG_0597.jpg
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So I want to get rid of her and buy or build another. I know, I know. I've rode her hard and put her away wet, yet she always puts out with nary a whimper, but the backyard issue really is irreconcilable, so I've spent some time thinking about what I liked/disliked about this one and what I might want in the next.
First: of course the length. But turning radius is as important or more so. So I am thinking a shorter tongue length (really tire-to-hitch length). I know it won't pull as well but what good is that if I'm too lazy to use it?
Second: the rails drive me crazy. Tough to do anything axle-related with those rails in the way. Tough to open the doors or crawl under the rig with the rails in the way. No rails
Third: I think I like the angle construction (versus channel). It pulls like a dream and that may have something to do with the frame flexing. Not sure you can eliminate the rails without going to channel construction though.
Fourth (random ideas): Next one I want to put stake pockets and build removable sides for hauling brush/garbage/whatever. Make it a utility trailer when the need arises. I also think I might make the floor out of diamond plate treads and use 3/4" plywood between them. Think that will make things cheaper, and if I want to work under the truck with it on the trailer (i.e. change clutch on a trip) it may give a little more head room. Like a mechanic's pit! Lastly, I'd like to put a couple of receptacles for a hoist on it; so I could have a swiveling crane that I could put at 4 or 6 positons around the trailer. Do you know how much people out here pay for rocks?!
last edit: /blog. Thanks for reading :gigem:
Tell me again why it's hard to get out of the backyard? Looks like that whole back fence can open up?
PS, you're post are ****ed up, unless you're editing them.
yes I'm editing them
The alley's only like 12 feet wide, I might could swing it into the far side fence if I put a hitch on the front of my truck, but backing it ain't happening
is that your dog?
how much of your man card is left? :flipoff2:
that picture of my Sanford and Son backyard and you question the validity of my man-card!? Buster was going to be my dog after my dad adopted it and decided after 6 months that he didn't want it anymore, but he gave him back to the rescue before I could get him. Kind of a touchy subject between us.
it just looks like a pit bull would be more fitting for that yard :DQuote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
Soon. I'll take a picture of coletrain back there this weekend if that will make you feel better :D
is there any way to put a gate in your front yard to gain access to the back?
What about a front hitch on one of your vehicles?
lot is 25 ft wide, house is like 20. Front gate is 2' wide. I really need to get in touch with the guy that owns the lot next door and buy it and fence it all in.
I want to put a bumper on the tahoe, so maybe I'll find one that has a receiver and problem solved?
Exactly, I'm sure you've hooked a trailer to the front of something and seen the results of how much sharper you can turn.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
I actually haven't...but I walked around in my alley making vroom vroom noises and turning a mock trucker steering wheel, so I can imagine what it'd be like!
I could sell you jeep hauling trailer. You're not gonna make anything much more maneuverable than it. The sides can be cut off, the frame is 6" channel. You could even shorten the hitch some.
It works well but I keep thinking I might want to take jeep and a quad on trips so I'd need an 18'.