Post by Rich Waugh on Oct 23, 2010 13:24:17 GMT -5
I really need some sort of a trailer I can drag around with both my tractor and my pickup, and I'm looking for suggestions on which way to go. This will be a DIY deal since I don't have the funds to run out and buy one.
What I'm looking for is ideas/suggestions for how I should build it, what features would be handy to have and reasonable to include, etc. I'm planning to use it to haul brush and trash around the farm, haul building materials for the new house (someday), maybe hauling steel from my shipper, hauling dirt/rocks/gravel/sand from the quarry, and possibly even hauling ironwork I've made to clients' places for installation. Might even want to use it to haul around my riding mower or generator and welder.
Our roads here are mostly kinda narrow and twisty and often have steep inclines that would be impossible in a place that got snow or ice. It's a marine environment so stuff rusts quickly if not carefully prepped and painted.
Pretty much anything I'm going to need in order to make this trailer, with the exception of wood and possibly tires, I'll have to order from the States and have shipped down. No real trailer supply places here, limited steel supply, etc. There are places that carry some stuff for boat trailers, but they're outrageously expensive from what I've seen.
I have the "dual remotes" on the tractor - that is, there are two QDs back there (that I have no idea at all how they operate). I doubt that I need a tilt bed trailer anyway, so unless you guys know of a reason that I should go to the extra expense and trouble I probably wouldn't bother with that feature.
There's the background scenario, what do you all think is the best way to go?
Rich
What I'm looking for is ideas/suggestions for how I should build it, what features would be handy to have and reasonable to include, etc. I'm planning to use it to haul brush and trash around the farm, haul building materials for the new house (someday), maybe hauling steel from my shipper, hauling dirt/rocks/gravel/sand from the quarry, and possibly even hauling ironwork I've made to clients' places for installation. Might even want to use it to haul around my riding mower or generator and welder.
Our roads here are mostly kinda narrow and twisty and often have steep inclines that would be impossible in a place that got snow or ice. It's a marine environment so stuff rusts quickly if not carefully prepped and painted.
Pretty much anything I'm going to need in order to make this trailer, with the exception of wood and possibly tires, I'll have to order from the States and have shipped down. No real trailer supply places here, limited steel supply, etc. There are places that carry some stuff for boat trailers, but they're outrageously expensive from what I've seen.
I have the "dual remotes" on the tractor - that is, there are two QDs back there (that I have no idea at all how they operate). I doubt that I need a tilt bed trailer anyway, so unless you guys know of a reason that I should go to the extra expense and trouble I probably wouldn't bother with that feature.
There's the background scenario, what do you all think is the best way to go?
Rich
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