Thread: Triathlon trailer

I did some calcs on the weight of duplicating the chassis of my small van. However the extra weight used-up too much of the increased hub capacity available with heavier hubs so the van will only get a heavier duty and more supple axle/suspension conversion.

Couple of hours on it tonight.

Interesting strategies - we usually construct the chassis upsidedown, add the drawbar, coupling plate and suspension mounts and then flip the chassis and add wheels. This is way too heavy to flip, so calculated and tacked the suspension mounts in. Setup the drawbar for welding also. Will weld the drawbar to the front Xmember and flip it before welding that assembly into the chassis. Will also flip the main chassis rails and weld them in (waiting for rear spring perches). Hopefully more metal and parts will turn up tomorrow to keep this progressing - looking forward to finishing the chassis, it has been very slow.

A days work and it still looks the same!

Suspension mounts, flipped, squared up and welded. Metal arrived this afternoon, so body starts tomorrow.

It looks long. Did you use the full 8100 length for the rails?

Yes, the rails are 8 m long plus the front and rear cross members which are both 50 mm wide. This brings the length to 8100. The drawbar is another 1650 bringing the total length to just under 10 m.

Belly welding



Layed out the floor joists and side rail. Jeez the Vert up welds cause some contraction! Half of the joists and the frame are tacked, will do the rest tommorow.

Do you get a big yank tank chevy to tow it with?
Looking good, will be interested to see it finished

It'll need it!