Thread: my little project for 08' 09'

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as a side point that lookslike a very nice drive way to spill oil on, its black

Originally Posted by cucinadio

cheers mate ...that would be great, thanks

Matt

PS your old chassis look a lot like mine where was from ?

Bought it off a guy who dragged it from over your way. Looks like it has the same frame!
Have you got a bolted down tip on yours??
They may well be the same thing!. Mine looks a bit back yard and has had repairs to it, but my drawbar connects by a hinge arrangement to the frame.

Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

Bought it off a guy who dragged it from over your way. Looks like it has the same frame!

Have you got a bolted down tip on yours??

They may well be the same thing!. Mine looks a bit back yard and has had repairs to it, but my drawbar connects by a hinge arrangement to the frame.

buy tip l guess your saying the end of the draw bar connection to the underside of the centre of the chassie ...if that the case yes it does..and it is bolted and has allso been welded for extra strength

once l have the brother inlaw weld the floor on ( checker plate ) and brass the front with extra draw bar corners it wont be goinbg anywhere

the bro inlaw is a boiler maker buy trade and has built a few trailers in his time ...hes of the opinion that the fram is a really good base ..so im trusting in his jugement

By tip I mean tipper tray bolts to the draw bar. My drawbar is a little different in that I have a std A frame arrangement where as from your pics it looks to be almost like a single bar.

Originally Posted by LOVEMYRANGIE

By tip I mean tipper tray bolts to the draw bar. My drawbar is a little different in that I have a std A frame arrangement where as from your pics it looks to be almost like a single bar.

yhea...no mine doesn't have a tipper .....the draw bar is single bar running from the center of the frame level to the axle.......it has two extra beams running along side of that from axel to the front of the chassis frame......we will be running two extra beams from the the front of the chassis to just under the spare Tyre pole so will be very strong


wish i had cad ...would be nice to draw it up

cheers

Originally Posted by HangOver

as a side point that lookslike a very nice drive way to spill oil on, its black

what the oils black ????.....the trailer is no where near my driveway mate thank god....but at least it will tell straight up if the baby's leaking

cheers

G'day Matt, my opinion on your build is, keep it simple the setup i would go for would be too keep the trailer wheels the same as the tow vehicle.

Everything is available from any trailer place, I'd get a 45 square axle, LR drum or disc brake hubs (ELECTRIC OR OVERRIDE) with Ford bearings, 7 leaf rebound springs rated too 1000kgs, the springs come complete with hangers and shackles all you do do is weld the hangers in place with the springs attached, 500mm sides, offroad hitch.

This would be the basis for a good strong offroad trailer/camper.

Custom anything means more money, unless you can do it yourself.

EDIT This is one of the best trailer builds i've seen

http://myswag.org/forum/index.php'topic=127.0

Just my 2 cents.

Baz.